Physiotherapist

About the Team

The Healthy Kids Club service provides care to children and young people who are living with overweight, obesity, and/or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. The community-based clinic services the multicultural Logan population to improve the health outcomes of these families.

The multidisciplinary team of the Healthy Kids Club provides culturally responsive, family centred care via consultations, home visits, school visits, telehealth, and group sessions. The team aims to empower patients improve their health and achieve their goals through education, skill development, and holistic behaviour change. The population is complex requiring careful consideration when planning interventions, as well as maintaining continuum of care across other services.

About the Role

In this role you will deliver quality outcomes for children, young people and families (Leader of Self) in accordance with the Children's Health Queensland Leadership Excellence Framework and the Queensland Public Service and the CHQ values. Your contribution will include:

Deliver quality clinical services within an overweight, obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus caseload in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards.

In a community health setting, support children, young people, and families to implement healthy lifestyle changes.

Provide family-centred, individualised therapy as well as facilitate group interventions within the Healthy Kids Club service.

As experience builds, apply increasingly independent clinical judgement to more complex clinical decision making, under the clinical practice supervision or professional guidance of a more senior clinician.

Work cooperatively and effectively within the multidisciplinary team and with patients.

About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HHS

If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

Opportunities for professional growth and development

Competitive renumeration

Annual pay increases

12.75% employer superannuation contribution

17.5% annual leave loading

Salary packaging

Employee wellness and assistance program

Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

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