Thrive in a supportive team where flexibility meets meaningful care
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Physiotherapist Level 1-2
Remuneration: $76,364 - $108,943 + superannuation + salary packaging
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: Tamworth Hospital
Requisition ID: REQ663388
Applications Close: Sunday 21st June 2026
Where you'll be working:
This position offers the chance to build your skills across a wide range of clinical areas including orthopaedics, ICU, rehabilitation, and musculoskeletal. You can also gain exposure to unique specialties like maternity, burns, paediatrics, and hydrotherapy. You'll work both independently and as part of a progressive, patient-centred physiotherapy team. Within this role you would have lots of regular supervision from experienced senior clinicians. As a valued member of the multidisciplinary team, you'll advocate for patients and contribute to high-quality care, all while participating in structured education, supervision, and competency development.
In this role, you’ll be supported by senior physiotherapists and the Physiotherapy manager while becoming a connected and valued member of the Hunter New England-wide professional network. Education is a key focus, with opportunities to engage in ongoing training, participate in regular professional practice supervision, and complete development activities tailored in collaboration with your supervisor or senior clinician. This environment fosters continuous learning, collaboration, and professional growth within a supportive team.
The Physiotherapy Department in Tamworth is a fun, welcoming and highly skilled team, ready to support you. Committed to delivering high-quality, evidence-based care, the team loves to work collaboratively and help each other out. There is also a great Physiotherapy network across the New England Northwest, with a wide range of skilled physiotherapists to connect with. Located in a modern, progressive city surrounded by scenic mountains, Tamworth offers the perfect blend of rural charm and vibrant city life. With a wide range of educational, career, cultural, sporting, and recreational opportunities, it’s an ideal place to grow both personally and professionally. To learn more, visit Destination Tamworth—or better yet, come and experience it for yourself!
Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital is a major referral hospital located in the northern region of the HNELHD. It has approximately 270 beds, the Critical Care Services is located in the new state of the art hospital complex and boasts an 8 bed ICU, 6 bed HDU, 8 bed CCU, Rehabilitation Unit, Orthopaedics, Hydrotherapy Pool, Musculoskeletal Outpatients and Fracture Clinic.
What you'll be doing:
Advance your physiotherapy career with a rewarding Physiotherapist role in Tamworth! You would gain diverse and exciting experience within varied caseloads, working across the inpatient wards. As a part of the Physio team, you would be supported and have the opportunity to upskill across multiple clinical areas within Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital, including Orthopaedics, Fracture Clinic, Surgical and Medical wards, Critical Care, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal. There is also opportunity for exposure to unique clinical areas/skills such as maternity, women’s health, burns, paediatrics, hands, amputee care and hydrotherapy.
You would further your skills to work autonomously but with the support of senior physiotherapists to treat diverse clinical presentations. As a valued member of the multidisciplinary team, you’ll contribute to high-quality care while engaging in structured education, supervision, and professional development activities.
In this role, you’ll be supported by senior physiotherapists and the Physiotherapy manager while becoming a connected and valued member of the Hunter New England-wide professional network. Education is a key focus, with opportunities to engage in ongoing training, participate in regular professional practice supervision, and complete development activities tailored in collaboration with your supervisor or senior clinician. This environment fosters continuous learning, collaboration, and professional growth within a supportive team.
About you:
Have effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills with patients, carers and the wider multidiscipline team
- Be interested in management with patients with complexity of care across a variety of conditions
- Showcase your time management skills and prioritise your clinical demands
- Be a team player, who enjoys working with a supportive team.
Requirements:
What we can offer you:
At Hunter New England Health, enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. You'll contribute to the team enriching health in millions of ways every day. On top of this we also offer:
- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Proximity to shopping and other services
- Monthly Allocated Days Off (for full-time employees)
- 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
- Paid parental leave (for eligible employees) - giving you the opportunity for true Worklife balance
- Salary packaging options - up to $11,600 plus novated leasing
- Fitness Passport for health and well-being - discounted gym options for you and your family
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
Additional information:
- An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full vacancies.
- To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport. Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable local candidate is identified for the position; in this instance, you may only be offered employment in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.
We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position
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How to apply:
Click apply online, submit your information and resume, and address the criteria listed below providing examples that demonstrate your ability.
- Demonstrated effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to professional development, evidence-based practice and continuous improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team
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For role related queries or questions contact Julia Greaves on [email protected]
Information for Applicants:
Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description (link below). For assistance addressing selection criteria visit: https://bit.ly/3vL5fq2
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This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.
Salary Packaging: is beneficial to most Hunter New England Health employees and may increase your take-home pay! Salary package a range of personal expenses including novated motor vehicle leases, relocation expenses, and HECS/HELP debt. Find out more by contacting SalaryPackagingPLUS! via [email protected] or 1300 40 25 23.
Hunter New England Health employees may be eligible for a range of benefits such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.
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