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    Participating hospital information 2025. Please contact the hospital directly if further information is required.

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    Website

    http://www.slhd.nsw.gov.au/Concord/default.html

    Address

    Hospital Road, CONCORD, NSW 2139

    Manager/Contact

    David Roberts

    HOD Physiotherapy

    Ph 97676702

    Email: [email protected]

    No of FYGs

    5

    No of Physios (PT) and Assistants (A)

    36.5

    No of Hospital Beds

    450

    Selection Criteria

    Recruitment will follow standard NSW health recruitment processes.  upon allocation a direct link will be sent to candidates to access the NSW recruitment portal. Standardised selection criteria will be accesed through this portal. No additional selection criteria are required for an application to Concord.

     

    FYG Clinical Rotations

    Orthopaedics

    Acute care wards with ICU experience

    Musculoskeletal Outpatients

    Acute Aged Care

    Rehabilitation unit

    Working Hours

    8.00 am - 4.30 pm Monday - Friday

    Weekend Shifts

    The weekend service is covered by permanent weekend physiotherapists in acute wards / ICU and orthopeadics.  Graduates will participate in the general weekend oncall roster (along with all level 1 / 2 staff). This is predeominatley to provide occasional cover of permanent weekend staff leave.

    Evening shifts

    No set evening shift.

    FYG's will participate in the 24 hour on call service on a rostered basis. This involves being on call from 16.30 pm to 8.00 am for urgent deterioriating patients.

    Accommodation

    Nil

    Travel

    Concord has onsite paid parking, with all day street parking approximatley a 10 -15  minute walk from the hospital. 

    Rhodes station is a 10 minute walk fro the hosptial and there are regular buses stopping at the hospital, running between Ryde and Strathfield / Burwod.

    Orientation Process

    All staff members participate in the Hospitals orientation process including online orientation and face to face sessions.

    A comprehensive Physiotherapy specific orientation programme occurs across the first month of duty, including area specific tutorials, practical sessions and an ICU SIM session.

    All new graduates  undergo a thorough and individualised orientation into ICU as part of their acute care rotation

    Education Programs

    Weekly rotation based inservices

    Weekly teaching with seniors

    weekly 5 x 5 clinical reasoning sessions led by level 1 / 2 staff

    Fortnightly departmental education sessions

    SLHD wide first year graduate programme conducted by the district centre for education and development.

    Social Activities

    Staff Gym available onsite

    Area Leisure and Fitness Club

    Active social committee with run and swim clubs

    Support Mechanisms

    All graduates have structured supervision with seniors throughout rotations.

    All graduates will have a non clinical mentor with monthly supervision conducted by a staff member that does not directly supervise them.

    All staff in SLHD have access to the confidential EAP prgramme.

    SLHD runs a staff wellbeing programme with regular medication sessions and staff wellbeing activities on a regular basis.

    Annual Leave Policy

    Short periods of annual leave can be negotitated on an individual basis as per the SLHD leave matters policy