• Allied Health
• Part-time (15 hours / week) 

UnitingCare Health is one of the largest not-for-profit private hospital groups in Queensland and is a service group of UnitingCare Queensland. The hospital group is a major provider of healthcare services in Queensland which operates almost 1000 licensed hospital beds and employs over 4200 people.

Allied Health services (inpatient, ambulatory and outpatient) support The Wesley and St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital. Allied Health comprises support staff and health professionals from Physiotherapy, Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, Nursing and Psychology.

Reporting to the Head of Physiotherapy, the Physiotherapist will be responsible for contributing to Allied Health's strategic goals and objectives by:

• Delivering high quality Physiotherapy services  in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards and in accordance with UnitingCare Health policies and procedures;
• Providing clinical practice supervision, mentoring and education to less experienced Physiotherapists,  other  Allied   Health  staff  and  Partners  to  ensure the maintenance of professional clinical standards;
• Collaborating with the Head of Physiotherapy to provide quality assurance for clinical services provided to patients and their families;
• Contributing to the strategic direction and ongoing development of Allied Health services and collaborating with colleagues across UnitingCare Health;
• Maintaining a clinical caseload.

Ideally, the successful applicant will demonstrate the following criteria:

• Tertiary degree in Physiotherapy from a recognised tertiary institution;
• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency;
• Significant Neurological clinical experience in a comparable acute hospital and/or ambulatory service setting;
• Demonstrated high level clinical knowledge, expertise and skills in Physiotherapy;
• Demonstrated organisational skills and ability to manage a complex and variable caseload;
• Evidence of involvement in quality or service delivery improvement  initiatives;
• High level interpersonal and written communication skills;
• Sound computer literacy in Microsoft applications and knowledge of WH&S and clinical risk management requirements.

UnitingCare Health is committed to being a child safe, child friendly organisation for all children who come into contact with our services. It is our expectation that our employees will share in this commitment.  Therefore, employees and successful candidates in specified roles will be required to hold a valid ’Blue Card’ in line with the ’Working with Children Check’ requirements.

Criminal record checks will be conducted for all successful candidates.

Working as part of UnitingCare Health, our staff enjoy a values based organisation with benefits including:

• Friendly values based environment;
• Generous salary packaging options;
• Exciting career paths in both clinical and leadership streams;
• Exceptional professional development opportunities including Post graduate leaderships programs;
• Flexible working arrangements;
• Subsidised on-site parking and restaurant;
• Access to staff gym.

For further information regarding this position please contact Lisa Haigh, Head of Physiotherapy, on 0417156960 or via email at lisa.haigh@uchealth.com.au.

To apply for this opportunity, please click on the 'Apply' button below to be taken to our online application and quote the following reference number – 13018.

We look forward to receiving your applications by Sunday 4th June 2017.