Hand Therapy Clinician - Melbourne, Australia - Monash Health

Monash Health

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Melbourne, Australia

1 week ago

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Description

Location:
Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type:
Part time

Organisation:
Monash Health

Salary:
Salary not specified

Occupation:
Health and Allied Health

Reference: 57892

**Hand Therapy Clinician Grade 1 (physio
- or occupational therapist)**
0.8 EFT; On-going

About Monash Health:

Monash Health provides a world of healthcare across south-eastern Melbourne, uniquely integrating primary, secondary and tertiary health services, as well as world-renowned research and teaching facilities in one organisation.

More than 18,000 staff work at more than 40 care locations.

About this role:

Monash Health runs the largest acute Hand Therapy service in Victoria, servicing a range of patients across the entire life span.

There is a focus on those with traumatic injuries who have received plastic and orthopaedic surgery and there will be a variety of other clinical presentations.

The Hand Therapy Team has a close relationship with the Plastics and Orthopaedics surgical teams and prides itself on delivering best care to maximise a patient's return to function.

Our commitment to service improvement also provides opportunities for involvement in research and implementation of evidence-based practice.
The team comprises occupational therapists, physiotherapists and an allied health assistant.

This Grade 1 role has been developed essentially as a training position and sits within our large Hand Therapy department of Grade 2 and 3 Hand Therapy clinicians.

It provides an excellent environment in which to start your career in hand therapy with close supervision and an abundance of learning opportunities.

What we're looking for in you:
You will be an AHPRA registered Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist with motivation to be a Hand Therapy clinician. You will possibly have either employment or student experience in acute Hand Therapy.

In this role, you will:

Be a clear and respectful communicator and patient advocate
Be clinically experienced in the delivery of acute Hand Therapy
Engage patients so they actively participate in their treatment and recovery
Acknowledge responsibility for your own learning
Collaborate with others in the development of department resources and research pursuits

Benefits, Rewards and remuneration

Be part of a dynamic and innovative team (seven clinicians) who share a vision of excellence
Opportunities for professional development
Robust clinical, professional and operational supervision on a regular basis
Ability to contribute to teamfocused research pursuits
Salary packaging

Location:

The Hand Therapy service is primarily based at Dandenong Hospital with adjunct satellite clinics at Clayton and Casey.

How to Apply

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace.

At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed

These include:
- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children's Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.

The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.