Senior Surgical Inpatient Physiotherapist
Position Classification: Physiotherapist Level 3
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $56.68 - $58.52 per hour
Hours Per Week: 20
Requisition ID: REQ569854
Applications Close: 14/05/2025
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
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.
The Nepean Physiotherapy team is seeking to engage a qualified experienced Physiotherapist for the Surgical Inpatient unit. The incumbent will ensure provision of the highest quality Physiotherapy services to orthopaedic, vascular and plastics patients in NBMLHD. In this position, you will utilise your skills and expertise in leading the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Surgical Inpatient physiotherapy service procedures and standards to ensure best practice across the district.
This role will suit a candidate who is keen to be actively involved with staff education and development programs, including the department in-service program, performance development, and quality assurance. This is an opportunity for you to drive engagement amongst health clinicians in professional development and collaborative care opportunities. We invite you to take this next step in your career with us. Apply Today!
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
NBMLHD is 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.
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What you will bring to the role:
- Degree in Physiotherapy and current National Physiotherapy Registration with AHPRA.
- Substantial postgraduate clinical experience and demonstrated high level of knowledge, skills and clinical experience in orthopaedics, vascular and plastics caseloads, and across a broad range of clinical areas.
- Demonstrated high level verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to adapt communication style to suit different audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to independently problem-solve and apply professional and ethical boundaries when working with complex situations as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Demonstrated experience in staff supervision, as well as experience in the clinical supervision of undergraduate physiotherapists.
- Demonstrated ability to implement a new service, provide advice to service managers on Physiotherapy WH&S, clinical service development, practice and design in response to demands and client / stakeholder needs.
- Demonstrated commitment to professional development and demonstrated knowledge of & experience with Quality Improvement & Evidence Based Practice.
- Current NSW Drivers Licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
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For role related queries or questions contact Paola Lighezzolo on Paola.Lighezzolo@health.nsw.gov.au
