Physiotherapist G2
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- Fixed term, part time Grade 2 Physiotherapist position
- 0.6 EFT ending 31 July 2026
- Working across 3 Austin Health campuses
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.
About the role
As the Grade 2 Physiotherapist, you will provide senior clinical leadership and senior clinical care for patients within the Transition and Maintenance Physiotherapy stream.
The role of the Transition and Maintenance stream is to assess and manage patient risk to support safe discharges and promote patient flow through the hospital. The Transition and Maintenance stream plays a pivotal role in helping patients have the functional abilities to leave hospital and stay out of hospital.
A regular day will see you:
- Provide wholistic patient care across a broad range of services in the acute including General Medicine, General and Neurosurgery, Oncology, Orthopedics and Respiratory.
- Have a sound understanding of discharge and referral pathways for patients
- Have a sound understanding of a home to assess and home first approach in older and clinically frail adults
- Act as a clinical resource and support for staff regarding clinical matters
About you
You will be someone with excellent communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills, and have a commitment to quality, best practice, and environmental safety.
To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:
- Significant experience in the Physiotherapy management of a diverse range of acute medical conditions in a tertiary level hospital.
- Proven capacity to successfully work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Proven capacity to successfully work to enhance the physiotherapy team culture and environment.
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. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Mark Hindson, Physiotherapist G4 at Mark.Hindson@austin.org.au
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Thursday 12 February 2026
Are you a current Austin Health employee?
If yes, please log in to the Austin Health careers website via ‘Employee Login’ using your network login details to search, view and apply for all career opportunities available.
- Fixed term, part time Grade 2 Physiotherapist position
- 0.6 EFT ending 31 July 2026
- Working across 3 Austin Health campuses
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.
About the role
As the Grade 2 Physiotherapist, you will provide senior clinical leadership and senior clinical care for patients within the Transition and Maintenance Physiotherapy stream.
The role of the Transition and Maintenance stream is to assess and manage patient risk to support safe discharges and promote patient flow through the hospital. The Transition and Maintenance stream plays a pivotal role in helping patients have the functional abilities to leave hospital and stay out of hospital.
A regular day will see you:
- Provide wholistic patient care across a broad range of services in the acute including General Medicine, General and Neurosurgery, Oncology, Orthopedics and Respiratory.
- Have a sound understanding of discharge and referral pathways for patients
- Have a sound understanding of a home to assess and home first approach in older and clinically frail adults
- Act as a clinical resource and support for staff regarding clinical matters
About you
You will be someone with excellent communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills, and have a commitment to quality, best practice, and environmental safety.
To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:
- Significant experience in the Physiotherapy management of a diverse range of acute medical conditions in a tertiary level hospital.
- Proven capacity to successfully work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Proven capacity to successfully work to enhance the physiotherapy team culture and environment.
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. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Mark Hindson, Physiotherapist G4 at Mark.Hindson@austin.org.au
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Thursday 12 February 2026
