This is a great opportunity for clinicians with Paediatric experience to advance their carer. 

Where you'll be working
The incumbent is required to work at Royal North Shore Hospital as well as at Ryde and Graythwaite Hospital. 

Northern Sydney’s vision is to be "leaders in healthcare, partners in community wellbeing". Our purpose is “embracing discovery and learning, building partnerships and engaging our community to deliver excellent health and wellbeing.”

We build teams and health services that embrace our values; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment (CORE). Our CORE values and the behaviours that underpin them, shape the way we work together, with our patients and consumers, to deliver excellent health and wellbeing. If you’d like to be part of our journey we want to hear from you.

NSLHD is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, Workforce Health and Safety, Ethical Practices and the principles of Cultural Diversity. Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply and, where found suitable, will be given higher priority.

• Provide Paediatric Orthotics Service for patients in NSLHD
• Provide Orthotics service to Graythwaite and Ryde Hospitals
• Assist with Royal North Shore Hospital inpatients and outpatients Orthotics workload
• Deliver a high quality clinical service based on evidence based practice and established protocol
• Run Orthotics Clinics with Rehabilitation Specialists and Allied Health Teams
• Provide professional feedback and participate in developing educational materials to patients/carers/guardians
• Participate in multi-discipline patient management meetings

Employees must abide by the NSW Health Code of Conduct. Criminal record checks will be undertaken on successful applicants and applicants for positions designated as Category A will be required to obtain required vaccinations prior to commencing employment. 

• Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them
• Must hold as a minimum a bachelor degree in prosthetics and/or orthotics which provides eligibility for membership of the Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association, or other qualification deemed equivalent by the employer.
• Extensive postgraduate experience working with children/adults with developed advanced skill in the neurological lower limb assessment and management using evidence based practice.
• Demonstrated ability to work well in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Demonstrated experience in providing clinical supervision to junior Orthotists and ability to provide support to student Orthotists.
• Demonstrated experience in the involvement of planning, implementation and evaluation of local service delivery incorporating the quality improvement process.
• Demonstrated advanced clinical reasoning skill and ability to work independently, and function as an expert in paediatric/adult orthotics management.
• Current driving licence (Class C unrestricted) valid within Australia and willingness to use same for the work purpose.

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For role related queries or questions contact James Hui on 02 9463 2303 or James.Hui@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: 1 June 2018