Physiotherapist Grade 1

• Senior physiotherapy and occupational therapy staff members 
• Head of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy 
• Junior and support members of department 
• Other health workers including allied health, nursing and medical colleagues across all Peter Mac and VCCC campuses 
• Research or quality project collaborators 

External

• Community Health Services 
• Clinical schools (tertiary and TAFE) 
• Cancer agencies and other health service providers 
• Equipment suppliers 
• Relevant professional bodies  
• VCCC partners 
• Consumers 

Essential Requirments

• Tertiary qualification in Physiotherapy (Bachelor, Masters or equivalent) 
• Current AHPRA physiotherapy registration  
• Demonstrated interest in acute cancer care 
• Excellent written communication skills including computer literacy 
• Advanced level of interpersonal and conflict management skills  
• Demonstrated organisational, time management, planning and priority setting skills  
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team 
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development, continued education and evidence based practice  
• Reliable, flexible and conscientious approach to patient management and workplace issues 

• Ability to consult and adapt treatments to the special needs of oncology patients 
• Experience in an acute cancer care setting 
• Experience in: prescribing, managing and delivering individual and group patient exercise programs; managing and prescribing equipment; gait assessments and functional rehabilitation 
• Lymphoedema management qualifications or experience 
• Relevant peak body membership (APA, COSA, ALA, etc.)  
• Valid Victorian driver’s license

• Maintains a varied clinical load of approximately 90% 
• Triage, prioritise and manage referrals 
• Willing to rotate into all areas of clinical care 
• Screening and risk stratification to ensure the safety and appropriateness of interventions  
• Accepts and feeds back on referrals in accordance with departmental policy 
• Conducts appropriate assessment, treatment, discharge planning and treatment review  
• Develops rehabilitation and discharge goals with the patient, their supports and the multi-disciplinary team 
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings and patient care planning 
• Conforms to the established multi-disciplinary team aims for each patient in assigned streams 
• Reports treatment plan, patient progress and outcomes to the treating team 
• Facilitates referral as indicated within the multi-disciplinary team and to outside agencies for ongoing care  
• Effective discharge planning 
• Family and community liaison for care planning 
• Takes action to facilitate community linkages required for safe patient discharge and rehabilitation and ensures all referrals and relevant follow-up are completed 
• Evaluates and records outcomes of treatment 
• Accepts direction & supervision from senior staff 
• Requests assistance or guidance when required in order to maintain treatment standards 

• Ensures the safe operation and maintenance of equipment used in programs or provided to patients for home or ward use 
• Achieves a satisfactory standard in all necessary staff competencies 
• Records interventions, outcomes, incidents, clinical handover, data and statistics accurately and in a timely manner 
• Successful completion of physiotherapy induction and competencies 
• Meets key performance indicators (KPIs) set for caseload targets and project deliverables 
• Participates in monthly supervision and regular appraisal with allocated supervisor 
• Participates in ‘rotational review’ each rotation 
• Participates in and presents according to in-service roster 
• Develops, maintains and shares clinical expertise 
• Participation in education programs, quality assurance and research activities such as outcome measurement and data collection 
• Conducts and completes at least one quality activity per rotation 
• Responsible and accountable for consumable and equipment usage (including tracking, reporting stock levels and invoicing) 
• Maintenance of patient privacy and confidentiality at all times 
• Maintains professional development log and alerts seniors of resource and development needs 
• Supports students, assistants and volunteers  
• Maintains and updates registration qualification annually 

• Conforms to Peter Mac policy in all areas & seeks orientation to all relevant policies 
• Participates in annual performance appraisal and regular review of development plan