At a Glance
- Tasks: Support clients transitioning from hospital to community rehabilitation with assessments and planning.
- Company: Join Eastern Health, one of Melbourne's largest public health services.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible hours, professional development, and a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Diversity and inclusion are at our core; we welcome all backgrounds.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in clients' lives while advancing your career in healthcare.
- Qualifications: AHPRA registration as a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist required.
The predicted salary is between 75600 - 92400 $ per year.
- Senior Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist
- Senior Clinician Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist – Community Rapid Triage Team
- Temporary full-timeuntil November 2026 | Part-time applicants will also be considered
- Work across Wantirna Health, Peter James Centre, Angliss Hospitaland Yarra Ranges Health
- Work in a dynamic team providing early assessment |Opportunityfor continuous learning and improvement
About the role
As a Senior Clinician within the Community Rapid Triage Team, you will play a pivotal role in supporting clients transitioning from hospital to community-based rehabilitation services.
Working autonomously within a highly collaborative and supportive multidisciplinary team, you will conduct timely triage, comprehensive assessments, goal setting, and discharge planning for clients referred to the Community Rehabilitation Program following discharge from Eastern Health hospitals.
In this role, you will identify and respond to clinical deterioration, escalating concerns to medical staff as required to support client safety and help prevent avoidable hospital readmissions.
You will also contribute to holistic discharge planning by building strong partnerships with community nursing services, Post-Acute Care, HARP Coordinators, and allied health professionals to ensure seamless continuity of care.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced clinician to further develop their career within a progressive and supportive environment that values ongoing learning, professional growth, and regular professional development opportunities.
About you
To be successful in this role you will possess
- Current registration with AHPRA as a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist.
- Demonstratedexpertisein managing complex and vulnerable, frail populations, initiatingappropriate therapiesand supportive treatments.
- A high levelof clinical reasoning and advanced casework skills, using a patient-centred approach within multi-dimensional assessments, formulating appropriately targeted treatment plans with realistic achievable goals.
- Demonstrated high-level organisational and time management skills, with the ability to effectively prioritise and manage a complex workload, balance competing demands, and consistently demonstrate professional accountability in a dynamic clinical environment.
Healthcare workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in the Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice).
Seasonal vaccination against influenza is a mandatory requirement of this role, and an offer is conditional on this being up to date prior to employment.
About Eastern Health
Eastern Health is one of Melbourne's largest public health services.
We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!
What we offer
- Mentor and Shadowing program
- Access to discovery days across our 50 sites
- Study and professional development leave
- Friendly and supportive teams
- Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
- Fitness passport for work-life balance
- Employee assistance program accessible to you and your loved ones
- Flexible working hours and excellent entitlements
- Salary packaging options and an employee benefits scheme
- Access to private health insurance offers
- Digital upskilling, such as excel and Power-Bi training
- Cafes at all our hospitals
- Good to know
- We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
- We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
- As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
- Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
- Advertising may end before the closing date.
- We do not accept recruitment agency applications.
Our Values in Action
Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day
Senior Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist employer: Eastern Health
Eastern Health is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and inclusive work culture that prioritises employee wellbeing and professional growth. With modern offices in Richmond and excellent public transport links, employees enjoy a healthy work-life balance, enhanced by generous benefits such as five weeks of annual leave, flexible working hours, and access to extensive professional development opportunities. Joining Eastern Health means being part of a dedicated team committed to making a meaningful impact on the health and wellbeing of diverse communities across Victoria.
