Where excellence meets opportunity - discover your next chapter with cohealth.

• Part time (0.6 FTE), ongoing role
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

The Physiotherapist is responsible for providing quality community-based outpatient Physiotherapy services to individuals and groups within our community. This includes but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, CALD, refugee, migrant and marginalised populations, LGBTQI+ communities. This position is well supported by an administration team and interpreting services.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Provide high quality Physiotherapy services to clients in an individual and group setting in accordance with agreed targets
• Provide a high quality and flexible Physiotherapy service to clients from marginalised backgrounds
• Develop, review and evaluate Physiotherapy direct care and health promotion programs
• Incorporate health education into direct care contacts

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here.
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Tertiary qualification in Physiotherapy
• At least two years clinical Physiotherapy experience
• Proof of qualification to be sighted
• Current registration with Australian Health Professionals Regulation Agency as a Physiotherapist

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Check, a Working with Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-employment declaration form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses). Additionally, some roles will also require current AHPRA registration and/or NDIS Worker Screening Clearance.

Roles that are determined to be Risk Category A or B [staff that have direct and/or indirect contact with body substances and are at higher risk of occupational exposure to infections] will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza prior to commencement [A] or within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

Application Process

Click on apply now to be directed to our careers page. You need to submit your CV/ resume and Cover Letter which addresses the key selection criteria outlined in the position description. Only complete applications will be reviewed. We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received. This campaign will close on the mentioned date at 10.00 PM.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Robyn Wilmshurst [email protected] using the subject line: Physiotherapist enquiry via EthicalJobs.

To apply for this job click 'Apply Now' & enter ref code: 6686153 by the closing date.