Physiotherapist (Rockhampton)

at  Queensland Health

ABOUT US:

Allied Health plays an important role in achieving the objectives set out in our Destination 2030: Great Care for Central Queenslanders strategy. Allied Health work closely with medical, nursing, technical and operational colleagues and community partners to optimise patient recovery and well-being. The Allied Health workforce is supported to achieve clinical excellence through a commitment to improving quality, creating continuous improvement opportunities and a culture of learning and development.
Physiotherapy involves a holistic approach to the prevention, diagnosis and therapeutic management of pain, disorders of movement or optimisation of function to enhance the health and welfare of the community from an individual and population perspective. CQ Health offers a comprehensive physiotherapy service across the lifespan to support patients through their acute hospital admission, recovery following discharge or when accessing other specialist outpatient services. Our Physiotherapists work in hospital and community facilities across Gladstone, Biloela, Emerald, Capricorn Coast and Rockhampton regions.

VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES (VPD) REQUIREMENTS:

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases as listed on the Role Description.

Physiotherapy provides a range of acute, sub-acute, ambulatory and paediatrics services across various locations in Central Queensland. Opportunities exist to deliver physiotherapy clinical services as a member of a multidisciplinary team to stakeholders/consumers of CQ Health. Physiotherapy roles focus on the application of physiotherapy skills and knowledge in the assessment and treatment of consumers in order to promote, maintain and improve their health, functional ability and quality of life.