• Permanent, Part Time, 0.6EFT (24 hours per week)
  
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
  
• Friendly and dynamic team
  
• Pro-active & supportive leadership

About the Role

The primary purpose of the role is to provide best practice clinical care to HITH patients with indications for physiotherapy assessment and treatment. The scope of practice includes cardiorespiratory, orthopaedic surgery, functional decline, complex comorbidities and age-related needs. Prioritisation and management of individual caseload is expected, along with the provision of clinical advice to the interdisciplinary HITH team. The role may include direct supervision of any physiotherapy students working within the HITH team.

Classifications for this position will range from VB1 - VB4 ($90,235.60 - $103,724.40 per annum, pro -rata).

Your Contribution

• Degree in Physiotherapy
  
• AHPRA Physiotherapy Registration
  
• A current Victorian driver's license
  
• Current Nationally coordinated criminal history check, or willing to obtain

What we Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay!
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
• Culture of continuous improvement

About Hospital in the Home (HITH)

Hospital in the Home (HITH) is a progressive medically-led, multi-disciplinary team delivering acute, out-of-hospital care via a bed-substitution and Emergency Department-diversion model.

HITH specialises in providing comprehensive and personalised care to patients with acute clinical needs.

This may include care of:

• patients with drain tubes, who require pre- and post-operative anticoagulation and post-anaesthetic recovery
  
  
• patients requiring intravenous therapies such as electrolyte replacement, iron, antimicrobials, steroids, fluids and total parenteral nutrition
  
  
• patients with complex wound care, including negative pressure wound therapy

HITH spans a geographically diverse map and within a variety of settings and accommodation:

• The Cottage, a five-bed short stay facility for people experiencing homelessness and social vulnerability (located at main campus - Fitzroy)
  
  
• HITH Clinic
  
  
• Private homes
  
  
• Workplaces
  
  
• Supported accommodation
  
  
• Residential aged care

Specialties managed in HITH include: COVID infusions; COVID care (for medium-risk patients); high-risk foot wound management; palliative care; intraday post-surgical care; anticoagulation; iron infusions; non-cytotoxic chemotherapy; general medicine; preoperative surgical preparation.

HITH Physiotherapists may be based at any of the St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne sites and allocated to care for patients at home, at work, in the HITH Clinic, or virtually via our subcontracted care arrangements and telehealth as the need arises. HITH also offers a pet programme where staff can bring suitable pets into the office as part of a staff wellbeing initiative.

The position may be based at any St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne sites and requires staff to undertake home visiting duties for HITH clients.

Working at St Vincent's
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Please click here for a copy of the position description.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.
Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).
Successful applicants must meet our vaccination requirements.

Please contact us if you would like to know more.

Corinne Howell [email protected]