Lachlan Health Service (Parkes and Forbes)

 approximately 30min drive apart.

 Parkes is a rural sub-acute hospital. With this position comes a secondment to St. Vincent Hospital's  Intensive Care Unit.

The physiotherapists work across  our inpatient service, ambulatory care and in the community. They work/liaise with Forbes physiotherapists for Hydrotherapy; and general inservice/departmental meetings

Patients you will see include:

Inpatients – sub acute cardiopulmonary, rehab and ortho cases, patients who are frail/geriatric, palliative care and maternity.

Ambulatory Care Setting – musculoskeletal, orthopaedics, fracture clinic, neurological rehab, women’s health, paediatrics, lymphodaema,chronic pain, cardiac and pulmonary rehab, hydrotherapy

Community Setting – Home visits on D/C from hospital, falls prevention, mobility and functional assessments, post-natal education.