Allied Health Coordinator

Allied Health Coordinator – Physiotherapy | Blue Care | Allied Health Team

• Employment Term: Permanent Full Time
• Location: Statewide Services QLD
• Remuneration: $62.93 p/hr + 12% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances
• 5 weeks annual leave

Your part in our BlueCare team

To provide responsive clinical services and staff supervision across our community aged care Physiotherapy services. Working within the Physiotherapy discipline scope of practice you will assist Allied Health Leads in coordinating and implementing successful service outcomes.

A challenging but diverse and rewarding role, you will:

• Provide a high standard of flexible and responsive clinical supervision to physiotherapy and allied health assistant staff across a broad geographical area of Queensland.
• Maintain a clinical caseload delivering in home and in centre services to community dwelling older adults.
• Triage and allocate inbound Physiotherapy referrals, delegating caseloads to appropriate staff.
• Facilitate team meetings and coordinating staff training and promotional presentations as required.
• Coordinate orientation and onboarding of new staff and student programs.
• Assist to plan and implement Quality Activity and Service Improvement opportunities as identified.

What makes a difference for us?

• Tertiary Qualifications in Physiotherapy are essential, with post-graduate studies highly regarded
• Current AHPRA registration with minimum 5 years experience working as a Registered Physiotherapist
• Leadership or management experience within allied health or multidisciplinary teams is highly desirable
• Demonstrated high level of understanding of contemporary theory and practice in multiple areas of expertise, particularly within the community health / aged care / rehabilitation settings.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to build and maintain great relationships across multiple stakeholder groups
• Effective time-management and complex clinical problem-solving skills
• Intermediate technology skills and the ability to implement and train staff in the basic use of web based and mobile application (including MS 365) software suites.
• Current Australian Drivers Licence and a road worthy vehicle with comprehensive insurance as required
• Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies

Employee Benefits:

• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we'd love you to be too

Joining the state's largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you'll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen's Hospital, and St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children
• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.