• Full Time, Fixed term role
• Access to 14 weeks paid parental leave benefits above standard industry agreements
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please clickhereto find out more.

About the role

The Podiatrist is responsible for providing quality community-based Podiatry services to individuals and groups within our community. This includes assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of clients with foot related / lower limb disorders.

Using a strengths-based approach cohealth the Podiatrist will collaborate with clients, their carers and other service providers, to develop meaningful care plans.Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Provide high quality Podiatry services to clients and groups of clients in accordance with agreed targets
• Provide Podiatry consultancy where appropriate
• Provide a high quality and flexible Podiatry services to clients from marginalised backgrounds
• Refer, consult, and liaise with staff within the organisation and other local agencies to ensure a holistic multi-disciplinary approach to health care provision.
• Develop, review, and evaluate Podiatry direct care and health promotion programs using a codesign approach.

What cohealth offers:

• Generous salary packaging options to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation). Salary packaging reduces your cohealth taxable income, meaning you pay less tax on your cohealth income
• A generous rewards program from our salary packaging provider
• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)
• Career development and continuous learning opportunities/mentoring with senior clinicians

Our ideal candidate:

• Excellence in the delivery of community based and outreach dietetics services and demonstrated ability to work effectively across a multi-disciplinary service and with marginalised clients, including CALD groups.
• Current registration with Australian Health Professionals Regulation Agency as a Podiatrist, or eligible to register.
• Proof of qualification to be sighted
• Experience in supervision including the supervision of Podiatry students, grade 1 Podiatrists and/or Allied Health Assistants.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Check, a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Statutory Declaration, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses).

Additionally, some roles will also require current AHPRA registration and/or NDIS Worker Screening Clearance.Roles that are determined to be Risk Category A or B [staff that have direct and/or indirect contact with body substances and are at higher risk of occupational exposure to infections] will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza prior to commencement [A] or within 12 weeks of commencement [B].

This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

Application Process

Click on Apply now to be directed to our careers page. You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and answer the Key Selection Criteria.

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received. If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Miranda Dyt at [email protected], using the subject line: Podiatrist - Niddrie enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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