Acute @Home Grade 2 Physiotherapist

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
  
• Home base - Fitzroy
  
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
  
• Friendly and dynamic team
  
• 0.3EFT (12 hours/week) part time, fixed term until June 30, 2025 AND
  
• 0.2EFT (8 hours/week) part time, permanent
  

About the Role
Accountable to the Program Manager and responsible to the Acute @Home grade 3 physiotherapist, the Acute @Home Grade 2 physiotherapist has an exciting and stimulating role in providing high quality, overall physiotherapy management to the patients under HITH and RIR and may also include assessment and planning with patients whilst still in the ED or ward-based environments. The candidate will be responsible for the supervision of physiotherapy students and junior physiotherapists. The candidate is also responsible for continuing quality improvement projects and other tasks as directed/delegated.


Classifications for this position will range from VB1-VB4 ($90,235 to $103,724 per annum, pro rata for part time).


Your Contribution

• Physiotherapy degree
• Current AHPRA registration
• Current, unrestricted Australian Driver’s Licence
• Current National criminal history check, or be willing to obtain

What we Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• A healthy work/life balance encouraged.
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• In the heart of Fitzroy, CBD at our doorstep, close to some of Melbourne’s best cafes, public transport and lots of carparks
• Culture of continuous improvement

About Acute @Home
Acute @Home is a forward-thinking and dynamic directorate, comprised of inter-linked services - Residential In-Reach (RIR), Hospital in the Home (HITH), District Nursing (DN) and Palliative Care @Home (PC@H) - with all programs aimed at supporting patients to return home successfully and earlier from campus-based care.

The Acute @Home physiotherapist works as an integral member of a medically-led multidisciplinary team, to plan and provide care to HITH and RIR patients in their residential aged care facility, home, place of work, place of study, and HITH clinic. The patient population supported by RIR and HITH is across the adult lifespan, from diverse cultural backgrounds and with a broad spectrum of clinical conditions.


Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application

Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.
Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.
SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).
This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.