Title:  Senior Clinician - Rapid Triage

Senior Clinician - Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist or Registered Nurse - Community Rapid Triage Team

• Fixed Term Full Time | Up to May/June 2026 | Part-time considered
• Wantirna | Angliss Hospital | Yarra Ranges | Peter James Centre  
• Work in a dynamic team providing early assessment | Opportunity to learn and improve  

Eastern Health

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan – which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.

About the role 

As a Senior Clinician within the Community Rapid Triage Team you will work autonomously, but be well supported by your colleagues, assessing clients following their discharge from an Eastern Health hospital who have been referred to the Community Rehabilitation Program. You will assist with rapid triage, assessment, goal setting and discharge planning for clients. You will recognise the deteriorating patient and escalate to medical staff for management to prevent avoidable readmissions to hospital. Partake in holistic discharge planning following inpatient stay, including liaising with community nursing, Post-Acute Care, HARP coordinators and allied health.  

This is an excellent opportunity to progress your career in a supportive environment with regular professional development. 

About you  

To be successful in this role you will possess: 

• Demonstrated expertise in managing complex and vulnerable, frail populations, initiating appropriate therapies and supportive treatments.  
• Demonstrate a high level of clinical reasoning and advanced casework skills, using a patient-centred approach within multi-dimensional assessments, formulating appropriately targeted treatment plans with realistic achievable goals.  
• Develop and implement treatment plans in collaboration with patients and significant carers.  
• Collaboration with other stakeholders and especially referrers, CRP and Post-Acute Care teams.  
• Demonstrated ability to participate in innovative practice and quality improvement.  
• Deliver a high quality, accessible and coordinated service to our clients both in the client’s home and in the centre.  
• Be an active member of the interdisciplinary team.  
• Demonstrate high-level organisational skills through efficient time management and professional responsibility including modelling the ability to appropriately prioritise workload and manage multiple competing demands.  

Healthcare workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in the Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice). Seasonal vaccination against influenza is a mandatory requirement of this role and an offer is conditional on this being up to date prior to employment.

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!

• Diverse and engaging career opportunities
• Friendly & supportive team
• Flexible working hours
• Salary packaging options
• Career progression in our teaching hospitals

Next Steps

Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.

We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.

If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check (which we will pay for). We will notify unsuccessful candidates.

Good to know:

• We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
• We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
• As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
• Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
• Advertising may end before the closing date.
• We do not accept recruitment agency application