Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District

REQ485402

Employment Type : Temporary Part Time (Until 11/05/2025)
Position Classification : Physiotherapist Level 3

Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration : $54.76 - $56.54 per hour
Hours Per Week : 20
Requisition ID : REQ485402

Applications Close: 29/05/2024

With CORE  Values of C ollaboration, O penness, R espect and E mpowerment,

working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed
and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow Region. 

Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.

Our Renal Medicine Division is seeking to engage an experienced Physiotherapist on a Part Time assignment until May 2025. The Physiotherapist (PT) role is an integral part of the Renal Supportive Care Multidisciplinary team providing holistic comprehensive assessment within the community/ and or hospital setting to a specialised group of patients with End Stage Kidney Disease requiring supportive care in their last weeks or months of life.
The PT will develop measurable and realistic goals, care plans and priorities for timely intervention and implement and review the care plan with the team and client/carer. The position will provide education and information to clients, carers, and staff regarding ongoing intervention, equipment, and community resources and ensure close liaison, communication and timely referrals to other team members and service providers. 
To be success in the role, the incumbent will need to demonstrate advanced reasoning skills and operate autonomously with minimum direct clinical supervision providing care to the clients of the Renal Supportive Care (RSC) program. The role is expected to prioritise and monitor individual caseload to ensure timely access to services.
We invite you to take the next step in your career with us. Apply Now!
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

· Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging

· Novated Leasing

· Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year

· Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members

· Fitness Passport

NBMLHDis committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.

What you will bring to the role 

• Degree in Physiotherapy and current National Physiotherapy Registration with AHPRA.
• Demonstrated high level of clinical expertise and knowledge in the assessment and management of clients with complex conditions including experience in palliative care and/or chronic illness across community or hospital settings
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to apply advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel, complex or critical nature
• Ability to provide clinical support, education and consultation to health professionals in area of specialty
• Demonstrated commitment to evidence based practice and quality improvement
• Excellent communication skills and ability to produce written documentation of a high standard
• Current Driver's Licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel
• Demonstrated ability to provide advice to service managers on clinical service development, practice and design in response to demands and client stakeholder needs in relation to Renal Supportive Care Physiotherapy.

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