About Monash Health in the Community: Helping people live their best lives

As Monash Health in the Community, we actively engage with people to improve and maintain health, independence and well-being. We do this by coordinating and/or providing integrated, multidisciplinary care across multiple settings within the local community. Our aim is to help clients live their best lives by enabling them to access the support they need, when they need it.

Working with clients across the age spectrum, Monash Health in the Community provides a continuum of care, supporting clients through all stages of non-acute care from prevention through to rehabilitation.

• We provide services to support clients in their homes, community based facilities and dedicated Monash Health Community hubs.
• We provide quality care focused on the person in the context of their life
• We are interdisciplinary and innovative with a can-do attitude
• We view change and challenge as great opportunities

Community Rehabilitation

Community Rehabilitation offers both home and centre based therapy. The physiotherapist works closely with the key liaison person and the interdisciplinary community rehabilitation team to provide a therapy program that is both holistic and client centred. This position provides the opportunity to work with autonomy, be creative and deliver high quality therapy services.

Job Summary

• Full time permanent
• Based across Cranbourne home and centre based teams

The Grade 2 Community Rehabilitation physiotherapist is responsible for working within the multidisciplinary team to provide best practice patient care, achieve maximal operational effectiveness, develop organisational competencies, and create strong partnerships within and outside Monash Health in collaboration with Senior Clinician Physiotherapists and Stream/Team Leaders. You will provide a high standard of client assessment, treatment and coordination of services to patients, to facilitate safe, effective, and person centred care.

These positions are primarily in the centre based program, but you may be required to work in the home based service and at any of the Monash Health sites.

What you need:

• Bachelor of Physiotherapy, Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) or recognised equivalent degree
• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) – Physiotherapy Board of Australia (practicing, no restrictions)
• Working towards, or completion, of relevant post graduate study
• Member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, including involvement in relevant Special Interest Group/s (desired)
• Current drivers licence
• Working with children check

Monash Health employee benefits:

• Salary packaging
• Access to professional development courses and seminars

Notes on How to Apply

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only, which can be accessed by clicking Apply Now. Email applications will not be considered.

Existing Monash Health Employees should apply using your Monash Health employee account. For any queries regarding employee accounts contact Recruitment Services by email – [email protected] using the subject line: Physiotherapist - Grade 2 enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

• reference checks;
• a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
• a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
• proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

As part of our selection process, you may be invited by email to participate in an on-camera video interview.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses.
All applicants to positions with Monash Health will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 as part of their application. Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement or your COVID-19 Digital Certificate, which can be accessed via MyGov.

Enquiries: Brendan Dawes, Senior Physiotherapist on 0438 837 874