Physiotherapist Grade 1 or 2
Permanent full or part time
Up to 80 hours per fortnight with monthly ADO

About Grampians Health

Grampians Health was established 1 November 2021, bringing together Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services to deliver safe, sustainable, healthcare tailored to changing workforce and community needs, for the long term.

This partnership follows years of strong collaboration and close partnerships between the four health services. Together, we will deliver better healthcare, enhance services and advance careers, closer to home, now and into the future.

A career with Grampians Health means you are connected and are part of a team providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Our communities are diverse, as is our workforce, with expert clinical staff from across the world choosing to live and work in our beautiful region.

Grampians Health provides acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care, administration and support services.  This means your career will be as diverse and rewarding as you strive to be.

About the role

Grampians Health Stawell is inviting applications for a full time or part time Physiotherapist to work within our dynamic and innovative team. The successful physiotherapist would be supported by the physiotherapy and multidiscipline team to provide quality and timely service to the community. Grampians Health Stawell values safe, quality and client centered care where your contributions will be highly valued and your growth and development will be prioritized.

This position is a mixed caseload with rotations including:

• Inpatient general medicine and post-operative care
• Inpatient subacute rehabilitation and Transition Care Program
• Acute and Community outpatients
• Sports injury Management
• Aged Care – excluding pain management program
• Group programs such as Better Balance, Hydrotherapy, and GLA:D
• Rotations to other hospital sites

Grade 2 candidates will be required to undertake supervision of Grade 1 Physiotherapist and students. Grade 2 candidates will also be required to participate in quality improvement projects with in Physiotherapy and the broader Multi-disciplinary team.

Skills and experience

This position would be suitable for a new graduate or experienced clinician. The successful applicant would require

• Degree in Physiotherapy with current unlimited AHPRA registration
• Current Drivers licence
• Current Working wtih Children's Check
• Demonstrated ability in providing a service to acute hospital, community outpatients and rehabilitation, and aged care settings.
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development
• Demonstrate experience in undertaking quality improvement activities, or knowledge of quality improvement principles
• Demonstrated initiative, flexibility and problem-solving skills and ability to operate in an environment of change
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills including written and verbal communication, time management, and organisational skills

Grampians Health Culture & Benefits

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset.  We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays

Grampians and Stawell Region

Home to spectacular views, outstanding wine and food all from your backdoor step. Join our team and experience all that the Grampians has to offer.

• We provide Structured menitoring, support, and supervision,
• flexible caseload with support to develop specialist areas of interest, 
• opportunity to work alongside highly trained Allied Health and Nursing clinicians,
• access to ongoing professional development opportunities,
• attractive Salary Packaging benefits, and
• accommodation through the transition period

Stawell is a small town, with a big heart. Life is lived here at a slower pace, it's perfect for people who are wanting to get away from big cities and unwind. We have beautiful wildlife and numerous hiking trails, you will never outgrow this place and its wonders. Stawell is only a 45-minute drive to Horsham, where you can have the opportunity to dine from restaurants, farm gates and cellar doors of some of Australia's best and most awarded venues.

If you are dreaming of a career change with country lifestyle and want to sway expensive urban dwelling for stunning natural landscapes, Stawell is the place for you.

How to apply
Click APPLY or contact Julia Harricks, Physiotherapist, on 0353588531 for a confidential discussion.

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask.  Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.

Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.