ROLE STATEMENT. Northern Health has a strong commitment to improving the health of our local community through innovative and proactive models of care. The Grade 4 Physiotherapist (Women’s Health Clinic) is a peer-recognised clinical expert responsible for the leadership of high-quality evidence-based physiotherapy practice within the Pelvic Health Physiotherapy service at Northern Health. The Grade 4 physiotherapist will work alongside key stakeholders to lead the implementation and evaluation of the new Women’s Health Clinics located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Epping, based on the Department of Health’s endorsed model of care. They will contribute to clinical research and teaching, with a focus on clinical excellence and value-based healthcare. This clinical grade 4 position requires the successful applicant to have an in-depth understanding of pelvic health physiotherapy, best-practice pelvic health care, advanced practice physiotherapy models, pelvic pain, specialist clinic performance metrics, and robust evaluation procedures. The role EFT will comprise of 0.21 EFT Advanced Practice Physiotherapy Pelvic Health Clinic and 0.63 EFT in Pelvic Pain. As the new Women’s Health Clinics will consider the diversity of women’s health over the life cycle from contraception to menopause, this Grade 4 Physiotherapist may have a varied clinical caseload at times and, as such, a high level of clinical expertise is an essential requirement. The NH Gynaecology service continues to receive a high volume of referrals from GPs and our colleagues in Specialist Clinics and therefore this senior physiotherapist must be comfortable managing a busy clinical caseload. In the Advanced Practice Pelvic Health Clinic component of the role, the successful candidate will be responsible for the clinical triage, assessment, and management of patients with incontinence and prolapse who are referred for Gynaecological opinion, ensuring access to the right care at the right time and acting as a liaison between the Gynaecology time and the wider Pelvic Health Physiotherapy team at Northern Health. This role will also involve enrolling patients onto and monitoring and managing the newly implemented digital care pathway. In the Pelvic Pain component of the role, the successful candidate will be responsible for the assessment and management of patients with persistent pelvic pain, both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary clinic, as well as providing input into the ongoing development of the model of care. The successful candidate will be a flexible, team player, with a strong track record of collaborative clinical work and building relationships with stakeholders. They will work together with the Gynaecology and Specialist Clinics, Allied Health, Physiotherapy leadership groups and other key stakeholders to monitor, evaluate and develop the Women’s Health Clinics physiotherapy service, and ensure organisational targets and key performance indicators are met. This clinician will have experience in the implementation of quality and workforce innovation projects and their robust evaluation. Responsibilities also include acting as a clinical resource and mentor for staff and /or students across Northern Health campuses. As physiotherapy services and programs at Northern Health continue to develop and evolve to meet the increasing demand of servicing the Northern growth corridor the role will require staff to be flexible with their working hours to meet changing operational demands. This position may involve working morning and afternoon/evening shifts. Staff may be required to work weekends, public holidays and to travel and work across the various Northern Health campuses, programs and partner organisations. • Maintain an understanding of individual responsibility for patient safety, quality & risk and contribute to organisational quality and safety initiatives. • Follow organisational safety, quality & risk policies and procedures • Maintain a safe working environment for yourself, your colleagues and members of the public. • Maintain an understanding of individual responsibility for patient safety, quality & risk as outlined in Northern Health Clinical Governance & Patient Experience - Trusted Care. • Contribute to organisational quality and safety initiatives. • Escalate concerns regarding safety, quality & risk to appropriate staff members, if unable to rectify yourself. • Promote and participate in the evaluation and continuous improvement processes. • Comply with principles of Patient Centred Care. • Comply with Northern Health mandatory continuing professional development requirements. • Comply with requirement of National Safety & Quality Health Service Standards and other relevant regulatory requirements. • All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service’s Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza and Covid-19.
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ROLE STATEMENT. Northern Health has a strong commitment The Grade 2 Occupational Therapist will be accountable for providing evidence based Occupational Therapy services to improving palliative care patients through the health application of our local community through innovative competent clinical skills in assessment, intervention, and proactive models of caredischarge planning. The Grade 4 Physiotherapist 2 Occupational Therapist (Women’s Health ClinicOT) within the renal outpatient services is a peer-recognised required to provide quality patient centred care, through application of competent clinical expert skills in assessment, implementation of treatment and management. This position involves the provision of outpatient and community services for dialysis and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients, living in the northern region. The OT will be responsible for completing pre-dialysis assessments for both peritoneal dialysis and home haemodialysis as well as the leadership provision of high-OT interventions to support patients to maintain their preferred dialysis modality. The OT will also be responsible for delivering high quality evidence-and evidence based physiotherapy practice within occupational therapy assessment and intervention for Northern Health nephrology patients attending the Pelvic outpatient clinics or Northern Health Physiotherapy dialysis units. This role will work closely with the renal allied health team, dialysis unit NUMs and nursing staff, nephrologists, chronic kidney disease education and other relevant operational staff. The Grade 2 Occupational Therapist will play a key role in assisting with preparation for Northern Health accreditation and participating in evaluation and development of the acute Occupational Therapy service at Northern Health. The Supervision of Grade 4 physiotherapist will work alongside key stakeholders to lead the implementation 1 Occupational Therapists, Allied Health Assistants and evaluation undergraduate students may be a requirement of the new Women’s Health Clinics located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Epping, based on the Department of Health’s endorsed model of care. They will contribute to clinical research and teaching, with a focus on clinical excellence and value-based healthcare. This clinical grade 4 position requires the successful applicant to have an in-depth understanding of pelvic health physiotherapy, best-practice pelvic health care, advanced practice physiotherapy models, pelvic pain, specialist clinic performance metrics, and robust evaluation proceduresthis position. The role EFT will comprise of 0.21 EFT Advanced Practice Physiotherapy Pelvic Health Clinic and 0.63 EFT in Pelvic Pain. As the new Women’s Health Clinics will consider the diversity of women’s health over the life cycle from contraception to menopause, this Grade 4 Physiotherapist may have a varied clinical caseload at times and, as such, a high level of clinical expertise is an essential requirement. The NH Gynaecology service continues to receive a high volume of referrals from GPs and our colleagues in Specialist Clinics and therefore this senior physiotherapist must be comfortable managing a busy clinical caseload. In the Advanced Practice Pelvic Health Clinic component of the role, the successful candidate will be responsible for the clinical triage, assessment, and management of patients with incontinence and prolapse who are referred for Gynaecological opinion, ensuring access to the right care at the right time and acting as a liaison between the Gynaecology time and the wider Pelvic Health Physiotherapy team at Northern Health. This role will also involve enrolling patients onto and monitoring and managing the newly implemented digital care pathway. In the Pelvic Pain component of the role, the successful candidate will be responsible for the assessment and management of patients with persistent pelvic pain, both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary clinic, as well as providing input into the ongoing development of the model of care. The successful candidate will be a flexible, team player, with a strong track record of collaborative clinical work and building relationships with stakeholders. They will work together with the Gynaecology and Specialist Clinics, Allied Health, Physiotherapy leadership groups and other key stakeholders to monitor, evaluate and develop the Women’s Health Clinics physiotherapy service, and ensure organisational targets and key performance indicators are met. This clinician will have experience in the implementation of quality and workforce innovation projects and their robust evaluation. Responsibilities also include acting as a clinical resource and mentor for staff and /or students across Northern Health campuses. As physiotherapy services and programs at Northern Health continue to develop and evolve to meet the increasing demand of servicing the Northern growth corridor the role will require staff to be flexible with their working hours to meet the changing operational demandsoperations demands and can include working after hours, on weekends and public holidays. This position may involve working morning and afternoon/evening shifts. Staff The Gr 2 Occupational Therapist may be required to work weekends, public holidays and to travel and work across the various Northern Health campuses, programs programs, and partner organisations. Compliance with mandatory training as per NH Policy is a requirement of this role. Failure to complete this training within required timeframes may result in a suspension of duties until training is completed. This position is responsible for: • Grade 1 Occupational Therapist/s • Allied Health Assistant/s • Maintain an understanding of individual responsibility for patient safety, quality & risk and contribute to organisational quality and safety initiatives. • Follow organisational safety, quality & risk policies and procedures • Maintain a safe working environment for yourself, your colleagues and members of the public. • Maintain an understanding of individual responsibility for patient safety, quality & risk as outlined in Northern Health Clinical Governance & Patient Experience - Trusted Care. • Contribute to organisational quality and safety initiatives. • Escalate concerns regarding safety, quality & risk to appropriate staff members, if unable to rectify yourself. • Promote and participate in the evaluation and continuous improvement processes. • Comply with principles of Patient Centred Care. • Comply with Northern Health mandatory continuing professional development requirements. • Comply with requirement of National Safety & Quality Health Service Standards and other relevant regulatory requirements. • All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service’s Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza and Covid-19.
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