Role details

The Bowen Hospital is seeking applications for a Senior Physiotherapist to join their team on a permanent basis.

How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Your opportunity

• To deliver high level generalist physiotherapy clinical services to inpatient and outpatient clients presenting to Bowen Hospital with various conditions in the areas of respiratory, surgical, orthopaedic, neurological, musculoskeletal, rehabilitation, paediatrics and women's health across the age span.
• To actively participate in an Allied Health team that contributes to patient safety and positive outcomes by adhering to professional standards and working towards achievement of health service strategic priorities.
• To support continued health service improvement by undertaking quality improvement activities and evidence based practice as a member of a multidisciplinary team, to optimise functional outcomes, and to achieve maximum benefits from health care services for patients/consumers, their families, carers and other key stakeholders or customers of Queensland Health.
• This is a sole practitioner position based at Bowen Hospital with outreach services provided to Collinsville Multipurpose Health Service and is clinically responsible and accountable to the Medical Superintendent, and operationally accountable to the Director of Nursing. Professional support is provided by the physiotherapy department in Mackay through telehealth and face to face meetings, education sessions and shadowing.

About the Team

Bowen Hospital is a 20 Bed rural hospital servicing the town of Bowen and surrounding areas providing Inpatient acute care and sub-acute care; renal dialysis, general outpatient services and 24 hr Accident and Emergency service. Other services provided at the Bowen Hospital include speech pathology, occupational therapy, social work, community mental health, pharmacy and radiography.   The Physiotherapist provides outreach services to Collinsville inpatients and outpatients and is supported by administration team.

Bowen is a beautiful town built on the coast just north of the Whitsundays, the team at Bowen work together to provide a holistic service to our communities. The position works autonomously within the allied health team and HP3 level physiotherapist are encouraged to apply for consideration for the temporary HP3 position with supervision and support from Mackay while upskilling and developing towards the HP4 role.

About our Hospital and Health Service

Mackay Hospital and Health Service ( https://www.mackay.health.qld.gov.au/ )has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.

Some of our great benefits on offer

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• Flexible working arrangements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport

Workforce attraction incentive scheme

You may be eligible to receive the Incentive Scheme 2, the scheme is available to health workers (new and current Qld Health employees) that relocate from intrastate (MM1 to MM2),  interstate or international to come work within our team may receive up to $70,000 in incentive payments under the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme (conditions apply). ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/working-for-us/workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme )