Senior Physiotherapist

Your new role:

As a Senior Physiotherapist, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality physiotherapy services within the General Medicine team at Logan Hospital.  You will:

• Deliver evidence-based inpatient physiotherapy to older patients in Acute Care of the Elderly.
• Provide supervision, training and support to junior clinicians, students, and Allied Health Assistants.
• Lead and contribute to service development, quality improvement, and clinical education.
• Apply advanced clinical decision-making and collaborate within an interprofessional team.

About you:

You are an experienced physiotherapist with a passion for geriatric care and a commitment to patient-centred service delivery. You will:

• Demonstrated expertise in physiotherapy for general medicine and geriatric patients, including complex discharge planning.
• Strong communication skills to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams and with patients and carers.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to mentor and guide less experienced staff and students.
• Commitment to driving service improvement, research and evidence-based practice.

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

Logan Hospital:

Logan Hospital is the major health centre for one of the fastest growing areas in Queensland. We offer a range of services, including medical, rehabilitation, maternity, surgical and paediatric care.

We offer our staff and students extensive support and training in most medical specialties. As a teaching hospital, we help train future health care professionals and participate in research through strong partnerships with Queensland's leading medical schools, universities, and TAFE Queensland.

Our services will continue to grow as we build bigger and better facilities to support the community. By 2027, we'll have more beds and 5 more birthing suites as part of the Logan Hospital expansion.

Logan Hospital, a place of opportunity to make a difference and grow your career

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.