• Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
  
• Position Classification: Physiotherapist Level 3
  
• Location: Nepean Hospital
  
• Remuneration: $112,396 - $116,038 per annum
  
• Hours Per Week: 38
  
• Requisition ID: REQ569833

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment, working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow Region.

Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.

Rehabilitation in the Home (RITH) is a short-term intensive home-based early discharge rehabilitation program. It aims to achieve rehabilitation goals using a range of therapies that allows the patient to receive this service in their home, or phone consultation, or via virtual care. The program is seeking to engage an experienced qualified Physiotherapist who will assist in the provision of the highest quality RITH Physiotherapy services to patients living in the Penrith LGA.

The successful incumbent will contribute to the planning, implementation, evaluation, and reporting of the district's RITH Physiotherapy service. In this position, you will utilise your skills and expertise in managing patients from a broad range of specialty areas with acute and complex conditions. This is an opportunity for you to further expand your Physiotherapy experience by providing a more personalised approach to rehabilitation. We invite you to take this next step in your career with us. Apply Today!

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

• Allocated Day Off (ADO)
• Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
• Novated Leasing
• Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Fitness Passport

NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.

NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.

Selection Criteria:

1. Tertiary qualification in Physiotherapy and current registration as a physiotherapist with AHPRA
2. Substantial postgraduate level of knowledge, skills and clinical expertise across a broad range of Rehabilitative Physiotherapy including but not limited to Cardiorespiratory, Neurology/Neurosurgical, Orthopaedics, Infectious Diseases, Aged Care and patients with multiple comorbidities
3. Demonstrated high level verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to adapt communication style to suit different audiences.
4. Demonstrated ability to independently problem-solve and apply professional and ethical boundaries when working with complex situations as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
5. Demonstrated ability to implement a new service, provide advice to service managers on Physiotherapy WH&S, clinical service development, practice and design in response to demands and client / stakeholder needs.
6. Demonstrated commitment to professional development and demonstrated knowledge of & experience with Quality Improvement & Evidence Based Practice
7. Demonstrated ability to deliver Physiotherapy Rehabilitation services via Virtual Care
8. Current driver's licence (including P1 or above) and willingness to use for work purposes.

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.

Need more information?

1. Click here for the Position Description
2. For role related queries or questions contact Paola Lighezzolo on [email protected].