Keeping you moving
PHYSIOTHERAPISTS - ACUTE CARE/ORTHOPAEDICS (PRIVATE HOSPITAL) Position Available
WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND HOURS AVAILABLE (PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME)
The physiotherapy clinic of Wakefield Sports + Exercise Medicine Clinic (WS+EMC) are currently looking for orthopaedic physiotherapists to join our inpatient physiotherapy team.
About Us
In addition to our outpatient clinics, WS+EMC physiotherapy provides inpatient care at three major Adelaide private hospitals. We provide services on orthopaedic and orthogeriatric wards as well as to orthopaedic patients in ICU, high dependency or cardiac wards.
We have been providing elective and trauma post-surgical services for more than 30 years working with over 20 orthopaedic surgeons.
About the roles
These positions require the inpatient practitioner to work autonomously, as well as part of a multidisciplinary team. Members of the team include physiotherapy colleagues, nursing staff, physicians, orthopaedic surgeons and other allied health staff. These positions rely on good communication to extend patient care to other practitioners where required, to immediately escalate care when medically appropriate and to assist in the discharge planning for all patients.
Requirements:
The successful applicants will need to demonstrate:
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team across multiple hospitals
• Ability to problem solve / clinically reason for self and extrapolate decision making with colleagues for complex patients
• High level of professional communication skills
• Good prioritising skills
• Good nature with patients and staff and work calmly under pressure
• Approved Australia ID requirements to enable obtaining a provider number for HICAPS
• Minimum of 2 years inpatient acute care experience
• Minimum of 2 years of orthopaedic-specific experience is preferred
• Minimum of 6 months ICU experience is preferred
• Working with Day 0 mobilisation of orthopaedic patients is preferred
Competitive remuneration offered.
Please forward applications including a Cover Letter and Resume to ajenkinson@wakefieldsports.com.au
All applications will be reviewed as received.