Physiotherapist - Grade 2 ED/EDSSU

Employment Type: Permanent Part time 0.6EFT
Hours: 45.6 hours per fortnight (including weekend roster)
Location: Werribee Mercy Hospital
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Contact: Dr Anne Harrison Physiotherapy Manager E: [email protected]

Where there's life, there's Mercy.
Where there's care, there's You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that's gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you'll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.


At Mercy Health, it's all about taking what we have and making it better.
To do that, we need you.
Join us at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.


About the opportunity

This permanent part-time position, provides quality, safe, person-centred physiotherapy clinical care to the allocated caseload as part of our acute team and servicing the WMH Emergency Department and Short Stay Unit, ensuring a holistic and multidisciplinary team approach.

• Grade 2 part-time (0.6EFT) permanent role (including participation in weekend roster and Public holidays as required)
  
• Provides quality, evidence based, person-centred, physiotherapy clinical care working as part of the acute team and servicing ED and the EDSSU (secondary contact) and acute wards as needed, and on a rotating roster including regular weekend and public holiday shifts
  
• Ensures a holistic multidisciplinary approach to patients and their carers
  
• Integral to providing responsive, flexible physiotherapy care to improve timely and effective care, patient flow and discharge and subsequently improve patient experience.

What you'll bring
You're resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Recognised Degree in Physiotherapy, full current and unlimited AHPRA physiotherapy registration and current Victorian (or equivalent) Driver's License
  
• Broad and relevant clinical physiotherapy skills and experience in an acute hospital setting. Experience in ED and EDSSU setting highly desirable
  
• Excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt, problem solve and prioritise completing tasks in a timely manner within a complex fast paced work setting
  
• Willingness to assist with weekend and public holiday rosters
  
• A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective patient care and management.
  
• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
  
• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?


Join us and make a meaningful difference in people's lives - and your career.


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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.