25525-02MEO

Closes: 14 April 2025

Classification: Health Professional Level 3
Salary: $108,459 - $116,711 (up to $122,546 on achieving a personal upgrade) plus superannuation
Position No: 25525-02MEO
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 01 April 2025
Contact Officer: Ella Cameron on Ella.E.Cameron@act.gov.au or (02) 5124 2154

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What can we offer you: 

• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 11.5% Superannuation.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to discounted gym membership.
• Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
• Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
• Up to $12K reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates. (subject to review and approval)

About the Role:

The Division of Allied Health provides a range of allied health services across clinical Divisions based at Canberra Hospital. A strong emphasis is placed across all sections on accessible and timely care, delivered to a high standard of safety and quality. This is underpinned by the Division’s commitment to research and training. The Division works in partnership with professional colleagues, consumers, and a range of government and non-government service providers to ensure the best possible outcomes for patients.

Acute Allied Health Services (AAHS) Physiotherapy provides services to a range of clients in acute inpatient and specialised outpatient settings, including but not limited to paediatric inpatient wards, neonatal intensive care and special care nursery, physiotherapy-led outpatient services and multidisciplinary paediatric clinics including Cystic Fibrosis, Hip Dysplasia, and Growth and Development Clinics. Our physiotherapists work closely with patients, carers, referrers, other health care professionals and multidisciplinary teams locally and interstate, to achieve safe, high quality patient care. Physiotherapists play a key role in the multidisciplinary management of paediatric patients across the care continuum.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

Note: This is a temporary position available immediately until the end of January 2026 with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.

For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory’s history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.

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Note

This is a temporary position available immediately until the end of January 2026 with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.

Career interest categories:

Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services
Leaders and Senior Management