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- Employment Type: Full-Time Parental Leave backfill - 12 months
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Physiotherapy Department:
The Physiotherapy Department comprises approximately 112 EFT staff at the Austin Hospital, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre. Clinical A physiotherapy clinical service is provided seven days per week, 12 hours per day to acute and aged care inpatient areas as well as outpatient and community services. There is a seven-day primary care service for musculoskeletal injuries in the Emergency Department.
The Physiotherapy Outpatient Service operates within the Health and Rehabilitation Centre (HRC), delivering comprehensive care through individual assessments, tailored treatments, and a range of evidence-based group programs in both our gym and aquatic settings. The service maintains strong collaborative partnerships across specialist clinics within Austin Health, with a particular focus on Orthopaedics, and includes several embedded Advanced Physiotherapy Practice roles.
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery have two dedicated foot and ankle sub-specialist surgeons, as well as, an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist, that manages a wide variety of foot and ankle presentations.
About the role:
The Grade 2 Physiotherapist employed into this position will work in a rotational capacity, consisting of 6-month rotations across the acute, sub-acute and community streams across Austin Health. This is a unique opportunity to continue to develop clinical skills and expertise in caring for older adults with geriatric syndromes across the continuum of care from admission through to the community setting. This role provides rotations across acute general medicine, better at home, acute gerontology and sub- acute care with the potential to expand to the emergency department as part of frailty at the front door initiative. The role will work closely with the multidisciplinary teams to provide evidence-based intervention and gain skills in complex discharge planning, whilst developing a broad physiotherapy skillset which will support future career speciality.
A day in the role will see you
Patient Care
- Assessing, treating and managing risks for patients within your rotational area to optimise patient outcomes and support discharge planning.
- Be an active member of the multidisciplinary team to advocate for the role of physiotherapy in the patient's treatment and progressing patient treatment plans.
- Providing clear transparent communication to clients, carers, and the multi-disciplinary team to ensure a coordinated shared decision-making approach is delivered.
- Support the caseload across the team and provide clinical support and supervision to junior staff members as required.
About you:
Essential skills:
- Physiotherapist currently registered for practice with AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency)
- A commitment to Austin Health values: Our actions show we care, together we achieve, we bring our best and we shape the future.
- Significant experience in the Physiotherapy management of a diverse range of acute medical condition in the older patient cohort, including functional prognostication and complex discharge planning.
- Experience in delirium prevention/ management and falls risk minimisation strategies.
- Proven capacity to successfully work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Proven capacity to successfully work to enhance the physiotherapy team culture and environment.
- Commitment to ongoing education/postgraduate education.
- Demonstrated initiative, problem solving skills and flexibility.
Desirable but not essential:
- A sound understanding of discharge and referral pathways for frail, older populations.
- Experience with using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) to guide clinical decision making.
- Experience in the supervision of Grade 1 physiotherapists and Allied Health assistants.
- Experience in the supervision of physiotherapy students.
- Experience with applying the principles of Quality Improvement Science
- A sound understanding of information technology including clinical systems and applications relevant to the Management of rostering and risk management reporting or as required for the role and/or department.
- Experience and proficiency in keyboarding and computer skills.
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Tessa O'Dea, Physiotherapist Grade 5 at Tessa.O'[email protected].
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Sunday 7 June 2026
