Senior Physiotherapist (Clinical) - Schools and Student Support Education (Organisation site)
Schools and Student Support, Early Childhood and State Schools Division
Are you interested in supporting other Department of Education physiotherapists to use complex, evidence-based physiotherapy to achieve student learning outcomes? The State Schools Division/ Disability, Inclusion and Student Services is looking for a Senior Physiotherapist (Clinical) who has high clinical physiotherapy expertise to provide leadership, support and mentoring to school-based physiotherapists across the state. You will provide training and build capacity, as well as promote and ensure best practice in physiotherapy service delivery, based on statewide, regional and local needs. Expert clinical expertise in one or more areas will be an advantage. The role will have a proportional caseload, that is part support/mentoring statewide and part direct clinical work in the region where you are located.
The Department of Education employs over 120 physiotherapists to support students with disabilities to be successful in all aspects of learning. They use their knowledge and skills to enable students to be healthy and successful across the full school experience. Our physiotherapists play a critical role in supporting students to access, participate and engage with education. They contribute to creating a more inclusive society that responds to diversity.
About the Role:
As Senior Physiotherapist (Clinical) - Statewide, you will:
Support other physiotherapists across the state to use complex clinical evidence-based physiotherapy to achieve student learning outcomes. Provide professional leadership and high levels of expertise in specific or specialised clinical aspects of school-based physiotherapy services to others across the department. Responsibilities include:
Support students to achieve their potential using evidence-based contemporary physiotherapy knowledge and frameworks to assist schools to identify and make reasonable adjustments and implement inclusive teaching strategies. Provide services of a complex and varied nature where principles, procedures, techniques or methods frequently require adaptation or modification, with clinical decisions based on valid and reliable evidence. Collaborate with schools, the designated supervising physiotherapist and other services to assess barriers to student learning, and develop and implement physiotherapy services and interventions across schools, including complex and specialist interventions where required. Provide training and support to other state school physiotherapists to build capacity and promote and ensure best practice in physiotherapy service delivery. Provide expert clinical advice to others across the department on specific or specialised clinical areas of physiotherapy. Lead and conduct specialised projects and innovative research activities relating to the delivery and continuous improvement of physiotherapy services within schools. The successful applicant will have:
Great time management ability. Ability to use various ICT platforms. Previous experience relevant to the role. Some overnight travel may be required. This can be planned and negotiated.
This is a permanent role. Location would be negotiated with the successful applicant.
Part-time options may be considered and your base location is negotiable. You will report to the Senior Advisor Physiotherapy in the region and the Principal of your base school.
To Apply:
Attach a brief resume including contact details for two referees, one of whom is your current supervisor. (Referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history). Attach a two-page (maximum) response detailing your strengths relating to the role and responsibilities, including relevant examples from current physiotherapy practice which demonstrate: high-level skills in providing evidence-based support to students with disabilities in all aspects of school life; ability to adjust service provision, ensuring culturally safe practice, and to recognise and value diversity; ability to lead and deliver projects which include staff capability and resource development, and to manage time and resources effectively; mentoring and/or coaching skills across a statewide physiotherapy workforce, aligning with strategic direction; high-level communication and collaboration skills across internal and external stakeholders, both locally and across the state. We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
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