Where excellence meets opportunity - discover your next chapter with cohealth

• Full time, fixed term role
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Work across Kensington, Collingwood, Footscray and Niddrie sites

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

The Practice Excellence Coach (Physio/EP) provides clinical leadership to Physiotherapists and Exercise Physiologists, driving skill development, practice improvement, and service efficiency. This role enhances client outcomes by strengthening discipline-specific capability and leading quality improvement and clinical governance initiatives. The PEC focuses on delivering exceptional client experiences while attracting and retaining top talent to ensure effective, efficient service delivery.

A portion (0.6EFT) of this role will be dedicated to coaching with the remainder (0.4) apportioned to clinical work. There are no direct line management responsibilities with this position. This position works across multiple locations in the inner north and west where Physiotherapists/Exercise Physiologists are based.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Facilitating communities of practice, clinical supervision, reflective practice and workplace coaching interventions, in accordance with cohealth's supervision Policy.
• Supporting evidence-based practice.
• Adopting adult learning strategies to support discipline wide development skills and service delivery.
• Engaging external expertise to build internal best practice capability, where discipline wide need arises
• Guide the Physio/EP team, ensuring team members meet their personal and team objectives effectively.

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• A significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click here
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Minimum 5 Years clinical experience in Physiotherapy
• Bachelor of Physiotherapy
• Current AHPRA Registration
• Working with Children's Check (WWCC)
• Suitable to work with older people
• Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC)

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working with Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

Application Process

Click on apply now to be directed to our careers page. You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter as well as address the key selection criteria. We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received. This campaign will close on the mentioned date at 10.00 PM. If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Robyn Wilmshurst Robyn.Wilmshurst@cohealth.org.au