Enjoy the Far North lifestyle while working with Rural and Remote Services as a Physiotherapist - Senior (Commonwealth Home Support Program). In this role you will provide clinical leadership and deliver high level community-based Physiotherapy clinical services to a wide range of CHSP eligible clients, as a member of a multidisciplinary team.

Job details

About us: The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services.

Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

About your role:

• Independently deliver high level physiotherapy clinical services to CHSP eligible clients (including assessment, diagnosis and treatment interventions) as part of a multidisciplinary team, in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards.
• Provide and maintain safe, ethical, equitable and efficient physiotherapy services to CHSP clients, through quality improvement activities including the development, adaptation, implementation and evaluation of clinical practices, procedures, and protocols.
• Provide leadership in quality improvements for physiotherapy and allied health services. This includes identifying systems, leading change and monitoring outcomes that enhance the delivery of physiotherapy and allied health services.
• Work cooperatively and effectively by maintaining timely and open communication (including accurate documentation and reporting) within multi-professional teams, with patients, their families/carers and other health professionals, supervisors, students, and researchers as required.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are to apply online. If the information requested in the ‘how to apply’ section is not provided, you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• CAH650631 Role Description (PDF, 680KB)
  Role Description
  
  1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Documentation preparation guide (PDF, 229KB)
  Information Package for Applicants