Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist

Your career in healthcare made personal

At Medibank we’ve recently unified our health services under one brand – Amplar Health. 

With over 1000 employees, our nurses, GPs and other amazing allied health professionals our focus is on improving healthcare experiences and championing greater access, choice, and control for people in Australia when it comes to managing their health. 

The Opportunity 

We are looking for an experienced Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to join our TAS Allied Health team, working in Devonport region. This is a permanent part-time or full-time position with the opportunity to increase in the future.

As a mobile Allied Health clinician, you will be providing care to Australian’s wherever they call home, this could be working across a mix of community care and residential aged care. This is a great opportunity for you to have variety in your caseload which will allow you to utilise your skills and grow as a health professional with the continue clinical support and mentoring from our senior clinicians. 

In the Community you will support:

• Home Care Package clients: supporting clients to remain independent at home, through exercise programs, home assessment, equipment prescription and home modifications.
• Rehab in the home program: focusing on post orthopaedic surgery
• Hospital in the Home program: supporting clients after hospitalisation, including general surgeries

For Residential Aged Care clients you will: 

• Complete assessments, including initials, reviews, post hospitalisation and falls.
• Develop, implement, and manage programs
  • Design and facilitate group programs
  • Complete individual sessions with residents
• Facilitate manual handling
• Prescribe equipment

This role suits a qualified, fully AHPRA registered or Limited Registered (remote level) clinician. Ideally (but not essential) you will have a minimum 1 years’ experience in a community or Aged Care setting.  As a mobile Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist you will need to be comfortable travelling to our clients located in Devonport and north-west Tasmania and as such provide your own vehicle (kilometre reimbursement provided for this travel).

 Perks

• Regional Allowance of $5,500 (pro-rata for part time)
• Relocation assistance available of up to $2,000
• Up to $1000 CPD Allowance 
• Flexible options! Full Time, Part time – flexi-hours

• Private Health Insurance subsidy of up to 35% and discounts on Travel, Life, and Pet Insurances 
• 14-weeks paid parental leave for all eligible employees, regardless of whether you are the primary or secondary carer - in fact, we're the proud winners of the number one workplace for dads. 
• Wellness and health programs: Feel good grants, wellbeing hub, EAP, Online fitness classes and more. 

• Rewards and discounts in attractions, cinema, hotels and more! 
• Expertise is recognised and your professional development is our priority – we also offer opportunities to work across the wider Medibank organisation. 

Learn more about Amplar Health at https://amplarhealth.com.au

We celebrate diversity of thought because we want to make better decisions for our customers and our people. As we work towards our goal of making health personal, we value the knowledge and contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. 

We’re also committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage applications from candidates with a disability, if you require any adjustments or alternate formats of key information at any stage of the recruitment process, we welcome hearing from you via careers@medibank.com.au or (03) 8622 5666.

Employees in face-to-face healthcare roles will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of employment.