Senior Physiotherapist - Aged Care & Gen Med

Health, Medical & Pharmaceutical

Source: Workforce Hub

Skills Required: Communication Skills Leadership Interpersonal Skills Problem Solving Team Working Self Motivation Physical Therapy Strategic Management Clinical Works Conflict Resolution Manual Handling Physical Strength Rehabilitations Primary Care Prioritization of Requirements Service Delivery Nursing Home Care Patient Assessment Patient Discharge Planning Team Management Computer Literacy Text Processing

JOB DESCRIPTION

This role is responsible for supervision, assessment and workload allocation for AHP1/2 Physiotherapists and AHA2 Assistant staff rostered across all general medical units and aged care, through coordinating patient focussed work processes that facilitate flow for patients admitted under General Medical Units.

Duties for the role will include:

- Undertake complex patient assessments, intervention and review as a specialist practitioner in the work area and assisting junior staff with complex patient/clinical issues.
- Having responsibility for workload allocation across the units to AHP2, AHP1 and AHA staff and students rostered to the General Medical team
- Developing and managing effective and productive processes for service provision that are responsive to changing organisational priorities in short time frames
- Supporting staff to manage complex clinical caseload responsibilities. These include assessment and management of complex patients, acute rehabilitation and discharge planning. Where appropriate liaison with community services, provision of education, information and liaison with family/carers/significant others will be undertaken to achieve patient goals.




- Actively involving participation of patients and their families/ carers in their assessment and treatment, to enable them to achieve the optimal level of independence
- Supervising and providing education to AHP2, AHP1, AHA staff and students on placement with respect to assessment and treatment procedures to ensure high quality and timely service delivery
- Actively participating and contributing to strategic planning meetings in the Physiotherapy department, and other divisions to ensure effective communication and the development of appropriate services.

About the Candidate

- A degree or other qualification which entitles registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Demonstrated problem solving skills and conflict resolution.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and supervise staff, prioritise workloads for self and others.
- Physical strength, flexibility and endurance sufficient for the manual handling requirements of the Physiotherapy Work Unit and out of hours work.
- Proven experience in basic computing skills, including email and word processing.
- Experience as a senior clinician in aged care and general medicine.
- Experience with implementation of falls prevention strategies.
- Experience with developing programs to reduce risk of functional decline during hospitalisation.

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📌 Senior Physiotherapist - Aged Care & Gen Med (Adelaide)
🏢 Ageing Australia
📍 Adelaide