Physiotherapist – Child and Family Service

• Perm Part time, 0.6 Grade 1 or 2 Physiotherapists, Eastern Suburbs
• Not for profit with salary packaging benefits & work life balance
• Collaborative and highly supportive team environment

About Access Health and Community

With a 150-year history and caring at our centre, our mission at Access Health and Community (AccessHC) is to build healthier lives together. We have a dedicated and experienced team of over 400 employees and 200 volunteers operating across 18 locations. Our people are the centre of everything we do and contribute to improving the wellbeing of the community every day.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly motivated paediatric clinician to join our rapidly growing Child & Family Services Team. The applicant will demonstrate a passion for working within a multi and transdisciplinary supportive team environment in the wonderful world of paediatrics. AccessHC has an excellent reputation for its highly experienced and dynamic teams of allied health professionals who deliver services to pre-school and school aged children and their families within the communities in the Eastern suburbs.

We offer our team members a friendly work environment, ongoing learning and development, and regular team meetings, and if you are a new graduate we encourage you to apply as we have opportunities available to help you develop your clinical skills within a supportive and caring team. Our experienced Physiotherapists mentor and provide one on one supervision plus frequent supervision using a buddy system and an abundance of other professional opportunities that support a rich learning environment.

What you will be doing

The successful applicant will predominantly work with children who are funded under a mix of NDIS, and public state and other federal health funding.

• Operate a paediatric physiotherapy service within multi and transdisciplinary teams to ensure the delivery of centre based and outreach services to all eligible clients
• Assess, plan and provide interventions for a caseload of pre-school and school aged children
• Initiate, plan, implement and evaluate group therapy programs for children as appropriate
• Participate in client care meetings and department meetings for the purposes of team care planning, case conferencing and client review
• In collaboration with other AccessHC Child & Family service staff and management, review the content of individual & group programs and make service changes based on the outcome of these reviews

What you will bring

Key Criteria:

• Demonstrate knowledge of typical and atypical childhood development in order to understand the child’s developmental delay or disability.
• Demonstrate skills in physiotherapy assessment and intervention, based on current evidenced-based practice to ensure positive outcomes for the child and family.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Experience in planning and delivering group therapy programs
• A passion to deliver an exceptional customer service engagement with all customer

Access Health and Community Culture and Benefits

At AccessHC, we offer more than just a fulfilling career; we invest in our people and provide an environment where you can thrive in a culture of collaboration and support. Our team members share commitment and passion to make a positive impact and this ethos creates a range of benefits for our people from opportunities for personal and professional growth to a sense of purpose and belonging.

Our culture promotes an environment of success and fulfilment. Join us and experience a career where you truly make a difference.

The position encompasses an extensive range of benefits:

• Supportive and values based culture and engaged workforce
• Culture of trust and empowerment for people to grow and thrive
• Commitment to a work-life balance with flexible working conditions
• Focus on staff wellbeing and health – Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and career growth
• Paid parental leave and opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Annual leave loading
• Generous salary packaging opportunities(up to $15,990 per annum + $2,650 meals/entertainment expenses)

Read more about our culture and benefits: https://accesshc.org.au/culture-and-benefits

Apply Now

If this position resonates with you and you are passionate about working alongside an experienced and supportive team, we would love to see your resume and a paragraph or two about where you are on your professional journey and why you think the position will work well for you.

Please reach out to Jo Thorpe [email protected]  using the subject line: Physiotherapist – Child and Family Service enquiry via EthicalJobs or Mobile: 0432 184977 for further information and/or the opportunity to discuss this role.

Please refer to the position description attached below for the key selection criteria information. 

We will be reviewing applications as they are submitted and may appoint the role before the end of date of the advertisement.

Access Health and Community (AccessHC) is a Child Safe Organisation that values inclusivity and diversity. We encourage applications from people with disabilities, those with lived experience of mental health and/or alcohol and other drugs (AOD) challenges, and those with diverse genders and sexualities.

At AccessHC, our vision for reconciliation is an Australia where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience equitable health and social outcomes. Our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) will contribute to achieving reconciliation. We will seek an understanding of and acknowledging histories and injustices, support the active expression of culture, build strong, trusting relationships, and apply culturally appropriate practices within our work.

We will work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to create a welcoming and safe place for everyone at our services. AccessHC acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people, who are the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work. We pay our respects to Wurundjeri Elders past, present, and future, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and we acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

As a vaccine positive organisation, we encourage COVID-19 vaccinations and require successful applicants to undergo a NDIS Check, Working With Children Check, Police Check and potentially an International Check.