Physiotherapist

Your role at St John of God Geelong Hospital

Casual Physiotherapist – Weekend Bank

We are seeking casual Physiotherapists to join our weekend bank, supporting the multidisciplinary team across Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics, and acute medical wards.

You will provide essential physiotherapy services, ensuring continuity of care and timely patient management. Shift lengths will vary depending on caseload allocation. All practice must align with the Australian Physiotherapy Association Code of Conduct and St John of God Health Care policies and guidelines.

The Position

• Provide high quality evidence based physiotherapy assessments and treatments for all patients/clients, including the provision of hydrotherapy treatments where applicable.

• Ensure that direct working relationships are established and maintained with multi-disciplinary colleagues and internal/external customers including active participation in the multidisciplinary team meetings

• Use of Evidence Based Patient treatment outcome measures and use of Patient feedback satisfaction measures and quality assurance activities

• Participate in the physiotherapy department weekend roster if required.

• Responsible for completing appropriate administrative duties arising from each session instructed. This requires liaison with the office administration team, reporting of statistical data and completion of clinical documentation.

• Attend staff meetings and present at professional development sessions as required.

• Accepts responsibility for maintaining and strengthening own professional knowledge and expertise. Maintenance of own continuing professional development portfolio as required

• Promote a positive safety culture within their areas by demonstrating a positive commitment to OHS.

You will hold a registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Physiotherapist and will have a demonstrated understanding of effective verbal and written communication skills.

To succeed in this multi-disciplinary team, you will have recent experience in Physiotherapy services in relevant clinical settings including the provision of hydrotherapy treatments.

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you

• Salary: $44.68 to $61.78 per hour (casual loading included) plus 12% superannuation

• Casual position available

• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, as a casual employee, you can salary package a percentage of your earnings each pay period

• A welcoming & supportive culture

• Discounts on hospital services & private health insurance

• Dynamic role in multidisciplinary team

For enquiries contact James Walker, on (03) 5215 8736

If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process.

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.