Step into a 3-month contract that makes an impact as the Advanced Health Practitioner!

Join our Community Rehabilitation team and bring your leadership, innovation, and evidence-based expertise to shape the future of Allied Health care. You’ll work at full professional scope, guide multidisciplinary clinicians and students, and represent Allied Health at leadership and state-wide levels.

This role is all about driving collaboration, pioneering models of care, and elevating service quality, from safety and research to real-world patient outcomes. If you’re ready to lead, influence, and inspire while leaving your mark on rehabilitation services, this short-term opportunity offers the perfect platform to showcase your expertise!

Job details

About us:

Allied Health play an important role in achieving the objectives set out in our Destination 2030: Great Care for Central Queenslanders strategy. Allied Health work closely with medical, nursing, technical and operational colleagues, and community partners to optimise patient recovery and well-being. The Allied Health Workforce is supported to achieve clinical excellence through a commitment to improving quality, creating continuous improvement opportunities and a culture of learning and development.

About the role:

• The Advanced Allied Health Practitioner (Community Rehabilitation) clinician will utilise advanced clinical skills in at least one area of health practice, as well as extended skills across a range of allied health disciplines to provide day to day clinical leadership in the interdisciplinary delivery of Allied Health services in Community Rehabilitation.
• In collaboration with Medical and Nursing colleagues, at a ward and/or service level, develop, implement and evaluate Clinical Pathways that address complex patient needs across the continuum including the advocacy for advanced and extended scopes of practice that are able to be measured through Hospital and Health Service level strategic Key Performance Indicators (i.e Australian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre Data).
• Collaborate with the Professional Directors of Allied Health disciplines to ensure that the workforce sustainability including skill development and succession planning for the Community Rehabilitation area to improve the reliability and quality of patient care for clinical services as well as improve patient outcomes.
• This position reports operationally to the Director Allied Health – Sub-Acute (Rockhampton, Capricorn Coast and Mount Morgan) and professionally to the relevant discipline Director.

About you:

• Mandatory possession of an Allied Health qualification from a registered tertiary institution.
• Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) with a current annual practicing certificate is essential, or for members of non-registered professions, eligibility for professional membership of the relevant professional association.
• While not mandatory, a postgraduate qualification in Rehabilitation would be well regarded.

What we offer:

Total monthly remuneration value of up to $14,385 p.m. is comprised of:

• An hourly rate between $73.12 - $76.30 p.h.
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% leave loading

Additional Benefits

• Ongoing Professional Development and Education Opportunities
• Flexible Work-Life Balance and Variety
• Generous Salary Sacrificing Options
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) requirements:

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases as listed on the Role Description.

How to apply:

To apply, please submit the following:

• Your current CV or resume, including referees.
• A cover letter (1-2 pages) addressing how your experience, skills and values align with the key responsibilities and expectations outlined in the Role Description.
• Any additional forms / evidence as attached or listed on the Role Description.

For assistance:

1. Contact Recruitment.CentralQueensland@health.qld.gov.au
2. Quote the Job Ad Reference (JAR) RK5K669659

Applications close: Sunday, 30 November 2025

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Further information

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Documents

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• RK5K669659 - Advanced Health Practitioner (Community Rehabilitation) (PDF)
  
  Information for Applicants (PDF)