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- Permanent, part time position
- 24hours per week
- High-Risk Foot case mixwithinbusyinter-disciplinaryoutpatient and inpatientteams

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Podiatry and High-Risk Foot Service

The Podiatry and High-Risk Foot Service operates across all sites and campuses of Austin Health including the Austin Hospital, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Center. We provide services within specialist outpatient clinics and admitted inpatient streams, both at home and in hospital.

Weimplementand deliverhigh-qualityevidence-based assessment and intervention for acute foot conditions. We partner with our clients to deliver best practice care in the community or hospital setting, aiming to reduce or prevent clinical deterioration,complicationsandtime in hospital. We collaborate broadly with teams across our health network, GPs, community nursingservicesand Podiatrists to ensure integrated, patient centered care is well coordinated.

The large multi-disciplinary team works in a supportive and collaborative model including Endocrinology, Infectious diseases, Vascular Surgery, Orthotics, Psychology and Diabetes Education. We work closely with specialty units such as Complex Care, ChronicWoundand Amputee Rehab.

About the role





The Grade 3 Podiatrist will work within the Inpatient and Outpatient Podiatry & High-Risk Foot Service streams delivering secure and effective evidence based clinical care for patients.

This position provides assessment, management and education to patients with acute and chronic foot ulceration, charcots neuroarthropathy and other related foot conditions that places patients at risk of hospital admission, clinical deterioration and amputation. The Grade 3 Podiatrist will be required to work collaboratively and provide leadership within the multidisciplinary team for positive patient outcomes.

A regular day will see you:

- Supporting a teamto deliver best practice assessment and intervention for complexhigh riskfoot clients across busy inpatient and outpatient streams
- Collaborate positively with teams within our health network and the community to ensure effective, coordinated care is delivered
- Participating insupervision,innovation, research, professionaldevelopmentand risk management

About you

To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:

- Relevant experienceinthe health care settings
- Highly developed competency to assess, plan and implementPodiatric interventionsfor thehigh-riskfoot patientclientgroup
- An active, positive approach to delivering interdisciplinary team-based care
- Flexibility to work across different programs to support the delivery ofcare across the health service




- A willingness todeliverandparticipatein supervision,ongoing professionaldevelopmentand quality improvement.

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working with Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards.If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager:Sam Hanna, Podiatry Manager at

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

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📌 Podiatrist Grade 3 (Melbourne)
🏢 austinheal
📍 Melbourne