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Physiotherapist
Logan - South Brisbane
The purpose of this role is to provide clinical expertise and deliver physiotherapy clinical intervention to optimise treatment, management and improvement of children and young people who live with overweight, obesity and/or with T2DM within a family centred framework. The role will provide culturally appropriate clinical services to culturally diverse families within a multi-disciplinary team.
Job details
| Position status | Fixed Term Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support |
| Classification | HP3 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane - South |
| Job ad reference | QLD/H26CHQ688661 |
| Closing date | 06-Aug-2026 |
| Job duration | 6 months |
| Contact person | Eloise Warner |
| Contact details | 0436679153 Access the National Relay Service |
About the Team
The Healthy Kids Club service provides care to children and young people who are living with overweight, obesity, and/or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. The community-based clinic services the multicultural Logan population to improve the health outcomes of these families.
The multidisciplinary team of the Healthy Kids Club provides culturally responsive, family centred care via consultations, home visits, school visits, telehealth, and group sessions. The team aims to empower patients improve their health and achieve their goals through education, skill development, and holistic behaviour change. The population is complex requiring careful consideration when planning interventions, as well as maintaining continuum of care across other services.
About the Role
In this role you will deliver quality outcomes for children, young people and families (Leader of Self) in accordance with the Children's Health Queensland Leadership Excellence Framework and the Queensland Public Service and the CHQ values. Your contribution will include:
- Deliver quality clinical services within an overweight, obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus caseload in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards.
- In a community health setting, support children, young people, and families to implement healthy lifestyle changes.
- Provide family-centred, individualised therapy as well as facilitate group interventions within the Healthy Kids Club service.
- As experience builds, apply increasingly independent clinical judgement to more complex clinical decision making, under the clinical practice supervision or professional guidance of a more senior clinician.
- Work cooperatively and effectively within the multidisciplinary team and with patients.
About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)
Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.
Inclusion and diversity
To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.
Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HHS
If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- Competitive renumeration
- Annual pay increases
- 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
- 17.5% annual leave loading
- Salary packaging
- Employee wellness and assistance program
- Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description, Information Pack and Applicant Tool Kit for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
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