• Employment Type: Part Time (22.05 hours per week), Permanent
• Classification: Health Professional Level 3 (PN 25526)
• Salary: $111,639 - $120,057 (Plus 12.5% Super)
• Location: The Canberra Hospital, Garran ACT
• Section: Acute Allied Health Services - Physiotherapy
  

What can we offer you:

• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions
• 12.5% Superannuation.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Physiotherapist who has a strong emphasis to be placed across all sections on accessible and timely care, delivered to a high standard of safety and quality.

Acute Allied Health Services (AAHS) Physiotherapy provides services to a range of clients in acute inpatient wards and specialised outpatient settings. Our physiotherapists work closely with patients, carers, referrers, other health care professionals and multidisciplinary teams to achieve safe, high quality patient care. Acute physiotherapy inpatient care is delivered across 7 days with extended hours of service provision.

For a successful Physiotherapist Neurosciences in this role, you will work in varying inpatient settings including Acute Stroke Unit, Neurology Ward, and Neurosurgery Wards, depending on operational service needs and development requirements.

You will provide high level of appropriate physiotherapy assessment and interventions to patients across a range of specialised clinical areas; exercise independent professional judgement on moderately complex matters, generating innovate solutions to problems and producing a range of options.

A culture of ongoing learning, on the job training, professional development and formal clinical supervision is fostered by the department, teams and individuals.

Note: The successful applicant will need to be available for after-hours work including weekend and/or shift pattern.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

To Apply:

Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a 2-page Response (where possible, include specific examples of your work) to the Selection Criteria, listed in the Position Description.
***Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position***

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the .

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together

Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community

Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please see the full contact details and how to apply on the CHS Careers Page.