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Location: Multiple Western Health sites
About the role
We are looking for an enthusiastic Grade 3 Physiotherapist to join our research team in a part-time (0.2FTE), fixed-term capacity until February 2029 as a Site Coordinator for the My Personal Rehab study.
The Site Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating activities at Western Health to ensure smooth operations for the My Personal Rehab (MPR) study across hospital sites within Western Health.
This role involves driving participant recruitment, supporting HCP (health care professional) recruitment and training, completing required site documentation, maintaining communication between the site and the central Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) research team, and ensuring adherence to study protocols and ethics requirements.
The project is led at Western Health by Professor Cathy Said & Dina Pogrebnoy (Physiotherapy).
Key responsibilities:
Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams if needed (physiotherapists, nurses, physicians, and allied health) to support study activities.
Responsibilities associated with being an employee of the Physiotherapy Department at Western Health include:
Demonstrate independent clinical reasoning and clinical competencies, including expertise in use of relevant assessment tools, treatment methods, and case management skills
Demonstrate open and effective communication (verbal, non-verbal, written and electronic) with consumers, other staff and service providers
In addition to the key responsibilities specific to your role, you are required to deliver on the WH AH Capability Framework and the Key Organisational Accountabilities which are aligned with the Western Health strategic aims.
About you:
Essential
Desirable
Desirable Personal Attributes
Click here for the Position Description.
About Western Health
Western Health is one of the largest healthcare providers in Victoria, caring for a vibrant, diverse and rapidly growing community of one million people in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
With more than 13,000 staff, Western Health delivers 800,000+ occasions of care every year, providing high-quality, person-centred care across every life stage.
We provide a combination of hospital, community-based, at-home and in-reach services to aged, adult and paediatric patients and newborn babies. Specialties include oncology, renal, mental health, women’s health and maternity, chronic diseases, geriatrics and cardiology.
We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions. Our experience at the coalface of healthcare delivery for some of Australia’s most culturally and socioeconomically diverse and vulnerable populations provides us with unique insights into the most pressing health challenges.
Western Health operates four acute public hospitals: Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s), Footscray Hospital, Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Community Hospital, Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Melton Health and Community Services, Bacchus Marsh Community Health Centre, Caroline Springs Community Health Centre and Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care in Bacchus Marsh. Western Health also provides the primary healthcare service at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s prison located in Ravenhall.
Why join us?
Compensation and benefits
Learning and development opportunities
Community impact and inclusion
Organisational culture and environment
Ready to make an impact?
If you’re passionate about research within the Physiotherapy discipline, we’d love to hear from you. Simply click on the “apply” button and follow the prompts.
If you are currently employed at Western Health, please ensure you sign in through the 'Employee Login' via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the intranet before applying.
Closing date: 11:59pm on 3 July 2026.
Enquiries: For further information about this role, contact Professor Cathy Said at
[email protected], Dina Pogrebnoy at
[email protected] or Physiotherapy Manager, Will O'Sullivan on 0402 184 842.
Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation Status Clearance and a Working with Children Check (if applicable).
Western Health is committed to the psychosocial safety of all applicants and employees.
Western Health does not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from recruitment agencies.
