Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Repat Health Precinct - GEM at Home Salary $88,255.00 - $102,240.00 (Pro Rata) AHP2 | Full time – Short Term Contract to Sep 2025 Are you a Physiotherapist looking to make a difference in Southern Adelaide's local community?
As the Physiotherapist, you will participate as a member of the GEM at Home team based at the Repat Health Precinct, which provides care to older people with complex medical, functional and/or psychosocial needs in their own home in lieu of an extended or avoidable hospital admission.
About the role: In this role as a Physiotherapist with SALHN GEM at Home, you will be instrumental in delivering exceptional care to patients in their homes.
Utilising your expertise in physiotherapy, you will contribute to provision of geriatrician-led, multidisciplinary assessment, restorative interventions, and sustainable care planning in collaboration with the older person, their family, carer and existing community services involved in their care.
Duties for the role will include: Collaborate with the Geriatrician led multidisciplinary team to assess and develop restorative interventions and effective care plans tailored to the needs of older adults, their families, and caregivers.
Assessment, treatment plans and implementation focusing on assisting individual consumers to optimise management of their medical condition and functional impacts as well as establishing community-based support networks and/or suitable supported accommodation.
Provide service/peer leadership in line with the Division of RAP About you: A degree or other qualification which entitles registration as a Physiotherapist with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia Ability to assess and provide appropriate Physio-therapeutic management to the patients of the GEM at Home service with increasing levels of complexity Evaluate issues related to Physiotherapy care in a manner which can be applied to quality activities, service evaluation, professional education or research with a commitment to ongoing professional development Hold a current South Australian driver's license and willing to drive a government plated vehicle in the community.
Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.
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Contact: Jo Filipi, Manager, GEM@Home, 0481 055 638, ****** Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 17th of November 2024 Attachments: AHP2_Physiotherapist GEM@HOME Role Description Australian applicant guidelines International applicant guidelines Applicant Information: We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
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The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time.
Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
Job ref: 884107