Physiotherapist Grade 2

Job Description:

• Permanent / Part Time position (30.4 hours per week)

• Challenging and rewarding work environment

• Friendly and dynamic team

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging

About the Role

An exciting opportunity currently exists for a Grade 2 Physiotherapist to join the Community Rehabilitation team on a permanent part time basis. The Physiotherapist will deliver high quality person-centred, goal-orientated home and centre-based care within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

This position may be required to work at any of the HIP hub sites or programs. This will be at the discretion of the HIP manager and will take into consideration appropriate skills and training.

Your Contribution

• Bachelor of Physiotherapy or equivalent

• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

• Minimum of four (4) years post-graduate experience in a relevant field of rehabilitation

• Demonstrated knowledge and application of physiotherapy practice and principles in the area of rehabilitation

• Demonstrated highly developed clinical skills 

• Understand and support the principles of Health Independence Programs continuum of care for clients, particularly in relation to individualized, time-limited, goal-centred episodes of care that aim to improve health outcomes

• Commitment to the values and health care philosophy of St. Vincent’s

What we offer

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!

• Employee Assistance Program

• Staff Health Centre

• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation

• Career development & advancement encouraged

• Culture of continuous improvement

About the Department

This position is part of the Health Independence Programs (HIP). The intent of HIP is to deliver improved outcomes for clients and to support hospital demand management and flow, through delivering integrated and coordinated care to clients across the hospital and community interface, reducing duplication and fragmentation of services and ensuring client centered care planning.

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) HIP consists of integrated hub sites across several locations including in Fitzroy, Kew, North Richmond and Fairfield.

HIP at SVHM is delivered in partnership with North Richmond Community Health (NRCH). This position is part of the HIP Community Rehabilitation team. Community rehabilitation is currently provided from our centers at Kew and Fairfield.   

The key aim of Community Rehabilitation is to help people who are recovering from traumatic injury or illness, are frail or chronically ill to regain optimal function and to allow people to maximize their independence. The programs offer a supportive and dynamic team environment, which focusses on patient-centered care.

Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations). Please contact us if you would like to know more.

For further information contact Andrea Forster or Sarah Jessup, (03) 9906 5600.

This position is part of the Health Independence Programs (HIP). The intent of HIP is to deliver improved outcomes for clients and to support hospital demand management and flow, through delivering integrated and coordinated care to clients across the hospital and community interface, reducing duplication and fragmentation of services and ensuring client centred care planning.

SVHM HIP consists of integrated hub sites across several locations including in Fitzroy, Kew, North Richmond and Fairfield.

Community Rehabilitation Services provide time-limited, goal–orientated care for people who have a physical disability, are frail, chronically ill or recovering from traumatic injury or illness to regain and /or maintain optimal function. Community Rehabilitation services comprise of Community Rehabilitation Centres at Fairfield and Kew and Rehabilitation in the Home.

This position may rotate through any of the Community Rehabilitation Services.

This position may also require working from any of the SVHM Health Independence Program (HIP) sites and may be required to work within any of the HIP programs. This will be at the discretion of the HIP manager and will take into consideration appropriate skills and training.

HIP at SVHM is delivered in partnership with North Richmond Community Health (NRCH)

To work within a flexible, interdisciplinary structure, that ensures the delivery of high quality therapy services to all clients of HIP Rehabilitation services, making sure that the client’s needs are met and they receive ‘the right treatment in the right place at the right time. Clinicians are required to provide assessment and management of clients in a number of settings across the continuum of care within HIP, including client’s residence, community settings, the HIP Centres or Specialist Clinics.

• Assess and manage all assigned clients as appropriate, according to HIP and St. Vincent’s policies and procedures and relevant rehabilitation protocols
• Deliver accountable, client focussed, high quality physiotherapy assessment, intervention, education and management
• Communicate client issues effectively with other team members, with active contribution to multidisciplinary team meetings
• Complete client goal setting in consultation with patient/family/carers as appropriate. Goals are to be functional and measurable
• Evaluate treatment / management using the most appropriate methods, making use of objective measures where possible
• Maintain current knowledge and skills in clinical best practice and rehabilitation
• Participate in relevant in-service programs
• Supervision of undergraduate allied health students as appropriate 
• Provide guidance, support and direction to Allied Health Assistants within the HIP program as appropriate and on direction of senior Physiotherapy staff and/or Team Leader
• Actively participate in quality improvement initiatives (includes working groups, projects, audits, discipline related projects) as directed by Team Leader/ senior physiotherapy staff
• Maintain the appropriate standard of medical record keeping and data collection as per St. Vincent’s and HIP policies
• Achieve set activity targets and compete activity statistics by end of working week or end of month (whichever comes first)
• Participate in meetings as required and complete allocated tasks on time

General Obligations

• Perform duties of the position to best of their ability and to a standard acceptable to SVHM.
• Comply with all SVHM policies, procedures, by laws and directions.
• Treat others with respect and always behave professionally and in accordance with the SVHM Code of Conduct.
• Only access confidential information held by SVHM when this is necessary for business purposes, maintaining the confidentiality of that information once accessed.
• Participate in the annual SVHM performance review process.
• Participate in student placements as appropriate to clinical role.
• Display adaptability and flexibility to meet the changing operational needs of the business.
• Comply with applicable Enterprise Bargaining Agreement provisions.
• Display a willingness to develop self and seek to improve performance.

Clinical Quality and Safety Obligations

• Attend clinical orientation upon commencement.
• Maintain clinical registration, participate in supervisory relationships, adhere to professional development expectations and maintain any required indemnity cover.
• Always work within approved scope of practice under supervision by more senior clinical staff as appropriate.
• Take personal responsibility for the quality and safety of work undertaken.
• Take all necessary care and precautions when undertaking clinical procedures.
• Complete annual clinical competencies.
• Maintain skills and knowledge necessary to safely and skilfully undertake clinical work.
• Consult with peers and other experts and refer to other healthcare workers when appropriate and in a timely manner.
• Collaborate and clearly communicate with patients/clients and the healthcare team.
• Participate in clinical risk management and continuous quality improvement activities as part of day-to-day work.

Person Centred Care Obligations

• Ensure consumers receive information in an appropriate and accessible format.
• Actively support consumers to make informed decisions about their treatment and ongoing care.
• Ensure consumers are aware of their rights and responsibilities and how to provide feedback.

Health and Safety Obligations

• Protect the health and safety of self and others, complying with all health and safety related policies, procedures and directions.
• Complete required Fire and Emergency Training annually.
• Complete required Workplace Culture and Equity Training annually.
• Complete other mandatory training and locally determined requirements.
• Attend general hospital orientation within 3 months of commencement
• As required, comply with fit-testing and PPE requirements
• Participate in reporting and analysis of safety and quality data including risks or hazards
• Report any hazards, near misses and incidents (regardless of whether an injury has occurred or not) into Riskman
• Identify and report any variance to expected standard and minimising the risk of adverse outcomes

The incumbent of this position will be expected to possess the following core capabilities:

• Demonstrated behaviour
• Personal effectiveness
• Takes responsibility for accurate, timely work results
• Learning Agility
• Identifies personal development needs and seeks information from a range of sources
• Patient/Resident/client centred
• Strives to meet and exceed expectations, demonstrating sound judgement
• Innovation and Improvement
• Contributes to improvement by reviewing strengths and weaknesses of current processes
• Driving Results 
• Manages own work load to deliver results
• Organisational Acumen
• Understands the interdependencies between units/departments
• Working with and Managing others
• Takes responsibility for ensuring productive, efficient teamwork
• Collaboration
• Works collaboratively within and outside the team

• Bachelor of Physiotherapy or equivalent
• Current Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Eligibility for Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) membership

• Minimum of four (4) years post-graduate experience in a relevant field of rehabilitation and or community based service
• A demonstrated sound knowledge and application of therapy practice and principles particularly in the areas of Orthopedic and Neurological Rehabilitation.
• Demonstrated highly developed clinical management skills
• Understand and support the principles of HIP continuum of care for clients, particularly in relation to individualized, time-limited, goal-centred episodes of care that aim to improve health outcomes
• Highly developed leadership and interpersonal skills that incorporate excellent communication
• Evidence of ongoing education/professional development relevant to Physiotherapy practice
• Knowledge and commitment to quality improvement
• Competent using Microsoft Office programs, database systems
• Commitment to the values and health care philosophy of  St. Vincent’s
• Current Victorian driver’s licence

Closing Date:

15 December 2025 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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