Senior Physiotherapist - Paediatrics (521956L2)

Senior Physiotherapist – Paediatrics – AHP Level 3

Full-time Permanent Position – $110,425 - $121,07 pa + 12% superannuation

Tasmanian Health Service – North (Launceston General Hospital)

 

To be Tasmanian is to value quality over quantity. We create, preserve, and protect the unusual. With quiet confidence, with passion and perseverance, we pursue the extraordinary. Could you be Tasmanian?

You’ve specialised in the field of Paediatric Physiotherapy. These skills are in high demand everywhere. What’s different about Tasmania is our culture and our lifestyle. Here you will be encouraged to be yourself, to learn, to grow and to develop meaning in your work. Our isolation helps drive a culture of creation and human connection, which feels both old fashioned and… like the only future worth pursuing.

Here you’ll be spoilt for choice when it comes to breath-taking coastlines, National Parks, and incredible fresh produce crafted by locals. After a hard day at work, you don’t sit in traffic for an hour. You’re decompressing with a wander through our beautiful city, on putting on your boots and telling it to a mountain, within minutes.

We offer an exciting and rewarding place to work, featuring contemporary, evidence-informed practise that sees our Physiotherapists closely linked to the broader multidisciplinary team. We are a team staffed with a mix of passionate locals and new Tasmanian adventurers who will welcome your energy and experiences into the group dynamic. Here, you can work and learn alongside an accomplished team of Physios, while making a difference to the lives of a diverse community.

The position:

• Combined inpatient and outpatient position, work within the paediatric outpatient space and the 34 bed paediatric inpatient unit
• Highly diverse caseload including the management of children across a wide range of clinical areas including rehabilitation, oncology, orthopaedics, cardiorespiratory, developmental, mental health and eating disorders.
• Work as part of the greater multidisciplinary team to manage a varied and dynamic caseload
• Opportunity to provide supervision, education and support for rotating Level 1/2 Physiotherapists and students

As an Allied Health group, we are dedicated to the development of our people and will work to help you to achieve your goals. Maria, one of the Paediatric physiotherapists, would be most happy to hear from you to answer questions, and how they find working in our health service and physio team: maria.morris@ths.tas.gov.au

For more information about becoming a Physiotherapist in Northern Tasmania, or to learn more about what we can do for you (relocation, salary benefits, development opportunities, etc.) please email or phone Anna Tyson, our Acting Physiotherapy Discipline Lead: Anna Tyson at anna.tyson@ths.tas.gov.au or 03 6777 6311.

Details of appointment:

Permanent full time, day worker (with on-call) position, working 76 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as we can onboard you.

Feature:  Some travel within the Northern region will be required.

*notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant.

Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time, part time, and casual vacancies.

Salary: $110,425 to $121,907 per annum. Our Employer 12% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.

• Salary range is in accordance with the Allied Health Professionals Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement 2022.

Salary Packaging:

You’ll have access to salary package a range of benefits including living expenses up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal entertainment each FBT year + other benefits if eligible.

Allowances: 

• Please note that access to salaries beyond $119,290 is subject to qualifications and/or application to the personal upgrade scheme 

In addition, the following allowances calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available:

• Professional Development Allowance of up to $1000 per annum for professional development course fees (daily wage, flights, accommodation, daily allowance paid in addition to this)

Benefits available to eligible candidates:

• Travel and relocation assistance support available up to $10,000 for appointees from interstate.
• Professional development and accelerated pathways.
• A range of leave e