Senior / Physiotherapist, EGH Planning Office - #1126188

The upcoming Eastern General Hospital (EGH) seeks to provide excellent healthcare and promote healing that is centred around each person. When operational, EGH will provide a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient clinical specialties and healthcare services covering emergency, acute and secondary care. EGH's vision is to be a great hospital for the community and a great workplace for staff, and it seeks to do so by harnessing innovative technologies in patient care, journeying closely with patients and the community to lead healthier and more fulfilling lives, and being an employer of choice that empowers staff in their careers.

Job Description

·       Provide physiotherapy services to patients for optimal recovery in areas including Musculoskeletal/ Orthopaedics, Cardiopulmonary, Neurology and Geriatric.

·       Assess patients in a logical and sequential manner, generating and testing a hypothesis

·       Analyse patients' problems directly related to the conditions referred, demonstrating sound clinical reasoning

·       Plan and deliver individualised treatment, reflecting current available scientific evidence, ensuring patient safety and effectiveness of intervention

·       Monitor patients' progress throughout treatment, ensure accurate documentation and compliance to confidentiality requirements.

·       Participate actively as a member of the care team via attending relevant ward/unit rounds, clinics, meetings, and in research and work improvement activities.

·       Contribute to learning and growth through active participation in departmental clinical education and clinical training activities.

·       Supervise and facilitate learning of support staff/students/junior staff/peers, as required.

·       Oversee Therapy Assistants on performance duties to ensure safe and effective treatment.

Job Requirements

·       Preferably Diploma/Bachelor/Masters/Doctoral Degree in Physiotherapy

·       Attain and meet all requirements to maintain registration with Allied Health Professions Council

·       Good communication, interpersonal and patient handling skills preferred

·       Ability to speak more than 1 language or dialect preferred (to liaise with dialect speaking associates/patients)