St Stephen's Hospital in Hervey Bay is Australia's first fully integrated digital hospital. Since October 2014, this state-of-the-art ‘hospital of the future’ provides vital medical and surgical services to the Fraser Coast and showcases how technology can transform the healthcare experience. Part of UnitingCare Health, St Stephen’s Hospital is the only not-for-profit provider of private hospital services on the Fraser Coast. 

We are currently seeking several Physiotherapists to become integral members of our Allied Health Team. We are open to experienced and new graduate therapists working fulltime (76hrs/fortnight) on a permanent and/or temporary contract

You will have the opportunity to apply your skills, while building valuable experience within a highly diverse acute and subacute setting. Through delivering our patients a wide range of specialist services, we offer a rare opportunity to work with a diverse patient case load as part of a large multi-disciplinary team.

As a physiotherapist within the allied health department you will have the opportunity to work across all areas of St Stephen’s Hospital including rotations through general medical wards, surgical wards (including orthopaedics) and our 20 bed inpatient rehab unit.

We also offer multidisciplinary day rehabilitation programs and cardiac rehab services in our newly built state of the art gym. Being part of UnitingCare health we also have strong connections to the Metro hospitals for ongoing professional development and further career opportunities.

If successful you will present with: 

• Tertiary Degree in Physiotherapy from a recognised tertiary institution
• Current unconditional registration with AHPRA
• Experience within a hospital setting
• Demonstrated ability to deliver treatment plans based on sound clinical reasoning and  current best practice
• Exceptional interpersonal communication skills including relationship management and interdisciplinary team work
• Strong knowledge of workplace health and safety and clinical risk management requirements

Ideally will have experience across the areas of Orthopaedics, Medical, Surgical and Inpatient Rehabilitation

About UnitingCare Health

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.

Working as part of the UnitingCare Health team at St Stephens Hospital, you’ll join a values led organisation, focused on putting people at the centre of everything we do.  We actively promote a healthy work life balance, and provide access to a range of benefits including

• Generous salary packaging options which increase your take home pay;
• Exceptional professional development opportunities and exciting career paths in both clinical and leadership streams;
• Flexible working arrangements;
• Free on-site parking and access to staff gym
• Access to internal job opportunities across UnitingCare Health and UCQ.

For more information on the benefits of working with us please see below:

http://unitingcarehealth.com.au/careers/working-with-us#rewards

To apply for this opportunity, please click on the 'Apply' button below to be taken to our online application process.

Applications Close Sunday, 5^th November 2017.

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.

Through our values UCQ are proud of our teams diversity, we believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce to help us achieve the best outcomes for the communities in which we operate and serve. We highly encourage applications from people who identify as a part of the Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community.