Physiotherapist - Senior - Tablelands

Queensland Government; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Salary packaging

Healthy work-life balance

Job summary

The Queensland Government's Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service is seeking a physiotherapist to lead and develop services at Atherton Hospital, covering a vast regional area.

You will undertake clinical governance activities to improve practices, provide safe and equitable physiotherapy, work in a multidisciplinary team, and provide leadership and advocacy with supervisors and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Undertake clinical governance activities to improve clinical practices, procedures, and protocols.
• Provide and maintain safe, ethical, equitable and efficient physiotherapy services.
• Work cooperatively and effectively as part of a team to contribute to service outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Undertake clinical governance activities to improve clinical practices, procedures, and protocols.
• Provide and maintain safe, ethical, equitable and efficient physiotherapy services to the Atherton Hospital, through local service improvement activities.
• Work cooperatively as part of a team and assist with delegated administrative and management responsibilities.
• Provide high-level leadership and advocacy on behalf of physiotherapy and allied health to supervisors, other service providers and stakeholders.

Skills

Clinical governance

Physiotherapy

Team collaboration

Leadership

Job description

COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECTAbout us:Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers an area of 142,900 square kilometres. We go as far as Tully in the south, Cow Bay in the north and Croydon in the west.About your opportunity:In this position you will...Undertake clinical governance activities to improve clinical practices, procedures, and protocols within the service, engaging cross-discipline referencing where relevant. Provide and maintain safe, ethical, equitable and efficient physiotherapy services to the Atherton Hospital, through local service improvement activities including the initiation, development, adaptation, implementation and evaluation of clinical practices, procedures, and protocols.Work cooperatively and effectively as part of a team to contribute to optimal service provision and outcomes including assisting with delegated administrative and management responsibilities.Provide a high-level leadership and advocacy on behalf of physiotherapy and allied health, to operational and professional supervisors, other service providers and stakeholders as requested.For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.Using AI for your application? Read our Using AI in Recruitment guide for applicants.Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.What we offer:Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.Learn what it's like to work with us, in an inclusive and supportive work environment.Discover our dynamic and culturally diverse region through community and lifestyle.Listen to what some of our staff have to say about working in our regions.Visit our website to learn more about our hospitals and health centres.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.