Acute Physiotherapist Grade 2

Are you a passionate physiotherapist with extensive acute care experience ready to take the next step in your career Epworth Geelong has an exciting opportunity for a Grade 2 Acute Physiotherapist to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team in a part-time fixed-term role currently until June 2027.

As a valued member of our acute physiotherapy team youll bring a caring approach strong acute clinical experience and well-developed clinical reasoning skills. Your problem solving skills and flexibility in approach to challenging situations is practiced and effective. You present with a commitment to best practice and have a genuine passion for improving patient experience through innovation and high-quality care. Ideally the successful candidate will have regular availability Thursday Friday and Saturday.

You will make an impact by:

• Delivering individually tailored and high-quality physiotherapy care to a diverse caseload of acute care patients

• Providing education guidance and support to junior staff students and nursing staff as required

• Collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient outcomes and drive service innovation

• Integrating allied health into the clinical care team within the inpatient wards

To be successful in this role you will present with:

• Experience managing a variety of patients in the acute inpatient setting

• A demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement

• An ability to work autonomously

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

• Excellent time management and organisational skills

Position Description       Inherent Requirements

Early applications encouraged with advertising to continue until the position is filled.

About Epworth Geelong
Epworth Geelong located adjacent to Deakin Universitys Medical School in Waurn Ponds is developing an environment of world-class health care and education to meet the needs of the expanding population of Geelong and South West Victoria. Providing exciting career opportunities to doctors nurses allied health professionals and support staff. It features contemporary design cutting-edge medical technology and best practice patient care whilst offering a wide range of inpatient and outpatient medical surgical and rehabilitation services.

Qualifications :

• A Bachelor or Post Graduate Degree in Physiotherapy with current AHPRA registration

Additional Information :

Why Join Epworth

At Epworth its a community.

Its the sense of belonging and being part of an organisation and a team that works to make sure that every patient addition to this you will have access to:

• Epworths enhanced Not for Profit status provides the opportunity for employees to salary package up to $15900 pre-tax annually plus $2650 meals and entertainment allowance leading to greater take home pay
• Discounted private health insurance
• Reduced cost of health services for you and your family at Epworth
• The largest educational scholarship program of its kind in Australia!

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. This includes First Nations peoples people with disability mature-age and young job seekers members of the LGBTIQA community and individuals from all cultural backgrounds. We are committed to providing an equitable inclusive and barrier-free recruitment experience for everyone.

If you need support during the application process or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments we encourage you to let us know what you need to participate fully and confidently. We understand that sharing your needs can feel daunting so please know that any information you provide will be treated with the utmost confidentiality and respect.

Ready to Make a Difference

To apply click the Im Interested button to attach your CV and Cover Letter:

For more information refer to the attached position description or contact 

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It is a condition of employment with Epworth HealthCare subject to reasonable exemptions that you have had an annual Influenza vaccination where this is required under Epworth policy.

As a child safe organisation all successful applicants are required to satisfactorily clear a National Police Check (conducted by Epworth) and may be required to hold a valid employee Working with Children Check (provided by you).

At Epworth we believe inclusion and diversity are essential to our culture and values. We focus on fairness and opportunity for all across race ability ethnicity gender age sexuality cultures and beliefs that reflect the communities we work in. At Epworth we care.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract