$66.75 - $75.21 per hour + Super

Casual position available

Company car to be used for client visits, laptop & mobile phone supplied

Ozcare is hiring a casual Physiotherapist to join our Gladstone Community Care branch.

Your Role

As a physiotherapist, you'll be looking after the most important people in our organisation- our clients. You'll be working with a varied caseload supporting clients funded by multiple government programs. Your interventions will be targeted towards meeting your client's goals, assisting them to stay safe and live independently as possible.

Your tasks will include:

Visiting community clients to assess and treat their conditions. Conditions can range between musculoskeletal, neurological, cardio-respiratory in nature. Your interventions will be goals orientated and client centred

Generate client based home exercise programs which are safe to complete independently and to assist the client to work towards self-care development and independence of their rehabilitation

Complete mobility assessments and provide physiotherapy interventions to maintain, progress and rehabilitate your clients function within their home environment and in the community

Where appropriate report back to case managers regarding client conditions and provide recommendations for physiotherapy interventions. Also, where suitable, make additional referrals (nursing, OT, dietetics) to provide wholistic care to our clients for optimal health outcomes

Apply for mobility aids through MASS, GEAT2GO and NDIS funding programs

Your Attributes

We're looking for a person who has what it takes to make a difference in our clients' lives.

You have:

A warm and caring nature

A genuine interest in helping clients live their best life in their own home

A positive attitude to health and wellbeing

How You'll Benefit

You'll become part of the Ozcare family, and in addition to the training and support that you would expect, you will also receive:

A supportive state-wide Allied Health Team

5 weeks annual leave

Ability to accrue ADOs

Annual leave loading

Optional NFP novated leasing, salary packaging, meal entertainment cards totalling $18,550 per year

Private health insurance discounts

Uniform and laundry allowance

Employee Assistance Program

Role Requirements

Current Police Screening Certificate

Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

Current NDIS Worker Screening Check (Yellow Card) and Blue Card (Working with Children Check)

Current Queensland driver's licence

First Aid and CPR

Proof of immunity, or willingness to become vaccinated against, Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR), Varicella (Chicken Pox) & Pertussis (Whooping Cough).

Good computer & mobile device skills

We're hiring smiles. Our staff are our greatest asset and we acknowledge and thank them for their ongoing hard work, dedication and commitment to helping our clients live their best lives.

Welcoming All

We welcome everyone to become part of the Ozcare family regardless of belief, ethnic or social background, health and gender. Ozcare is the organisation it is today because of each person who is a part of it. This spirit of togetherness is reflected in our mission and values, and our commitment to reconciliation. First Nations applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.