About the Department of Education:
The Department of Education employs over 120 physiotherapists to support students to be successful in all aspects of their learning. We use our knowledge and skills to enable students to be healthy and successful across the full school experience. From positioning in the classroom, to school swimming or going on camp our physiotherapists are a key member of a student's educational team.
As part of the North Queensland Region the Townsville team provides visits to schools from Ingham to Burdekin and West to Hughenden. We use multimodal service options including outreach travel and telehealth to deliver equity and excellence.
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Your Role:

• Build your knowledge of the physiotherapist role in supporting paediatric disability.
• Establish education relevant goals with the student and their team.
• Develop and deliver innovative evidence-based models of service delivery.
• Provide professional development to teachers and teacher aides.
• Contribute to regional and statewide physiotherapy teams.

https://qed.qld.gov.au/working-with-us/specialist-support-staff/physiotherapists

Responsibilities include:

• Forming strategic partnerships with schools, allied health professionals and families.
• Identify, assess and implement physiotherapy services relevant to the education setting.
• Providing a consultative service to student's teachers, parents and wider team members.
• Participate in specialised projects and share practices and resources with other physiotherapists within the department.
• Travel is a requirement of the role including day trips and overnight travel may be requested as part of the North Queensland region service.

About You:

• Passionate about inclusion.
• Build influential professional relationships.
• Solutions focussed.
• Pursue continuous growth.

Benefits:

• Structured professional supervision arrangements (minimum of an hour a week for first two years of employment).
• Professional development leave and allowances.
• Flexible work arrangements across the school year.
• 12.75% superannuation contributions.
• Health professional award pay with public service conditions e.g. no evening or weekend work.
• Emphasis on participation focussed goals not KPIs.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

Interested? To Apply:

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history).
• Attach a 1-page written statement about how your achievements and capabilities meet the requirements of the role.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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