About the role
COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT
About us
Cassowary Area Community Health delivers community-based healthcare services that empower people to maintain their health, independence and wellbeing close to home. Our multidisciplinary team includes Community Nursing, Allied Health, Child Health, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers, working together to support self-management, reduce avoidable hospital admissions, and improve quality of life for individuals and families across the region.
Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.
About you
In your new position you will....
- Deliver high level community physiotherapy services and expert clinical consultancy within a multidisciplinary team, demonstrating professional leadership, evidence-based practice and a commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Exercise a high degree of professional autonomy and advanced clinical decision-making in the assessment and management of complex community-based clients, including the provision of home-based therapy, mobility equipment prescription, and implementation of preventative health, self-management and chronic disease management strategies in collaboration with clients, carers and the multidisciplinary team.
- Provide clinical and professional supervision, education and support to physiotherapy staff, allied health assistants, students and other relevant personnel, including competency development, skill enhancement and clinical placement supervision.
- Lead and collaborate in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of physiotherapy service improvement, quality and change management initiatives to support safe, effective and evidence-based care.
For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
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What we offer
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.
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