Physiotherapist (Grade 3)
We are seeking an experienced Senior Physiotherapist to join our GEM at Home team at Western Health. This leadership role offers the opportunity to deliver exceptional physiotherapy care to patients with complex and chronic conditions, primarily in a home-based setting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide expert clinical care to older patients with complex conditions, ensuring evidence-based practice.
- Work collabratively in a skilled multi-displinary team.
- Lead and mentor Grade 2 physiotherapists and Allied Health Assistants , fostering a culture of support and continuous learning.
- Oversee service delivery and quality improvement initiatives to optimise patient care and team performance.
- Provide clinical governance and leadership within the GEM at Home team and across other Western Health at Home teams as required.
About GEM at Home:
Western Health’s GEM at Home service is a bed-substitution model that supports older people with complex, chronic or multiple health conditions to be assessed, treated and managed in the comfort of their home rather than in hospital.
The service utilises a time-limited multidisciplinary care team approach, and aims to assist patients to achieve their care goals, and best possible level of health and function, while reducing the time spent in, and risks associated with, hospitalisation.
Applications close at 11:59pm on 1 December 2024
If you are currently employed at Western Health, please ensure you sign in through the 'Employee Login' via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the Intranet before applying.
About Us
Our workforce of over 13,000 employees are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES). We value our people and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop. Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience.
Western Health is in a period of rapid growth. Our services comprise of four acute public hospitals: Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh & Melton Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Day Hospital, Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care, as well as community health centres in Melton, Caroline Springs and Bacchus Marsh and a range of mental health and community-based services. We care for a diverse community of more than 1 million people with complex care needs ranging from Neonates to Geriatrics.
Our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits such as:
• Professional development support
• Career advancement opportunities
• Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
• Work-life balance
Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation status clearance and (if applicable) a Working with Children’s Check.
Western Health do not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from Recruitment Agencies.