Physiotherapist

at  Southern Cross Care SA NT VIC Inc

• Be the difference. Enjoy great rewards and benefits.
• Permanent Part Time position available;

Wednesdays and Thursdays 08:30 - 16:36

• Bupa Health Insurance & Goodlife Health Club discount benefits
• Exceptional learning and career development opportunities

Our dedicated and collaborative Philip Kennedy Centre team is seeking a Physiotherapist who is passionate about health and wellness for older adults, no matter their age, or level of disease or disability.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for people who will be the difference in the lives of our residents and clients.

The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• Bachelor or Master degree in Physiotherapy including current registration with AHPRA.
• Knowledge of residential aged care practice including understanding and experience of AN-ACC
• Experience working from a Healthy Ageing approach
• Demonstrated commitment to meeting the needs of both internal and external clients
• Demonstrated initiative and strong organisational and time management skills
• Ability to listen and adapt communication to audience
• Exceptional interpersonal skills including the ability to build and maintain strong internal and external stakeholder relationships
• Proficient computer skills including the ability to use the Google Suite and various in-house databases
• A basic knowledge of the requirements of the Aged Care Standards as are applicable to the role
• The capacity to apply for a provider number and an understanding of the aged care system

ABOUT US

Southern Cross Care is one of Australia’s leading charitable aged care, health and retirement living service providers. We value the diversity in our team, live and breathe our values of Service, Courage and Compassion and offer salary packaging benefits to maximise your take-home pay.
When you work for us, we value you as an individual, care for your wellbeing and develop your skills to help you build your career. We reward creativity and provide the stability and flexibility you need. When you work for us, you work better for life.
Apply online: www.southerncrosscare.com.au/careers

In this role you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team of management, allied health, nursing, care workers, fitness and other health professionals in delivering services that optimise the well-being, mobility, pain management and recovery of older adults living in residential aged care.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• High level of physiotherapy diagnostic and treatments skills, aligned to the needs and want of our residents
• Contributing positively to multi-disciplinary care planning for our residents
• Participating in face to face handover with nursing staff at the beginning and endof each day to improve communication about resident needs and therapy
• Case conferencing and problem-solving of complex care needs
• Supporting residents on proactive, evidence-based reablement pathways and identifying deviation from this pathway early.
• Helping support and mentor students on placements as well as pro-actively engaging in ongoing professional development and learning to improve your capacity to optimise resident wellbeing outcomes

For further details regarding the scope of the role, please refer to our website and the attached job description.