Your new role:
As a Senior Prosthetist/Orthotist, you will provide high-quality, evidence-based clinical services to patients across Metro South Health while working within a collaborative multidisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your advanced clinical expertise, contribute to service innovation, and play a key role in mentoring emerging clinicians and students. You'll help shape the future of Prosthetic and Orthotic services through leadership, quality improvement initiatives, and a commitment to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.
In this role, you will:
Deliver advanced Prosthetic and Orthotic assessment, intervention and evaluation services
Manage a varied and complex clinical caseload with a high degree of professional autonomy
Provide specialist clinical advice and support to multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders
Contribute to the development of evidence-based clinical practices, protocols and service initiatives
Lead and participate in quality improvement, research and service evaluation activities
About you:
You are an experienced and patient-focused Prosthetist/Orthotist who is passionate about improving mobility, independence and quality of life for patients. You thrive in a collaborative healthcare environment and bring strong clinical judgement, leadership capability and a commitment to evidence-based practice. You enjoy supporting the development of others and are motivated to contribute to service innovation and excellence.
You will bring:
Tertiary qualifications in Prosthetics and Orthotics recognised by AOPA
Demonstrated experience delivering high-level Prosthetic and Orthotic clinical services
Strong clinical reasoning and decision-making skills in complex healthcare environments
Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder engagement abilities
Experience working effectively within multidisciplinary teams
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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:
The Prosthetic/Orthotic and Podiatry Services Department is a multi-disciplinary clinically based Allied Health Department, providing high level clinical and consultancy prosthetic, orthotic and podiatry services to the specialist Acute and Rehabilitation Departments of the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Hospital and Health Service. The department is also responsible for the clinical coordination of the Princess Alexandra Hospital Amputee Clinic and the Chronic Foot Care Clinic.
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.
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