Physiotherapy

Latrobe Regional Hospital’s Physiotherapy Department consists of 16 full time and part time physiotherapists plus allied health assistants, with a mixture of junior and senior staff.

Physiotherapists enable patients with a variety of conditions to improve and promote their physical function and quality of life.

Latrobe Regional Hospital’s physiotherapists have a recognized physiotherapy degree or qualification, to be eligible for registration in Victoria and for membership to the Australian Physiotherapy Association.

The Hospital offers a number of physiotherapy services in different areas of the Hospital to both inpatients and outpatients.

Inpatients:

·         Critical Care Unit                              

·         Medical Unit                                             

·         Surgical Unit      

·         Short Stay Unit                                      

·         Palliative care                                           

·         Orthopaedic Unit

·         Paediatrics

·         Obstetrics and Gynaecology

·         Psychiatry

·         Hydrotherapy

·         Rehabilitation – orthopaedic, neurological & amputees

·         Geriatric Evaluation and Management

Outpatient:

·         Community Rehabilitation – Home-Based and Centre-Based Rehab                       

·         Cardiac Rehabilitation

·         Chronic Heart Failure Rehabilitation

·         Pulmonary Rehabilitation

·         Post-acute Outpatients

·         Amputee clinic

·         Hydrotherapy

·         Falls and Mobility Clinic

·         Cancer Care Centre

·         Emergency Department

Opportunities for Latrobe Regional Hospital physiotherapy staff