Senior Physiotherapist

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• Permanent Full-Time or Part-Time (0.7 EFT - 26.6 hours per week) 
• Grade 3 Physiotherapist – Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) 

Austin Health is a major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the Northeast of Melbourne and state-wide.  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 is committed to promoting the highest levels of care for our patients. In realising this goal, the department will lead and excel in research, teaching and the use of person-centred evidence-based practice. The department provides services on all three campuses of Austin Health, from the Emergency Department through to bed-based services and ongoing ambulatory care. 

About the role:  

Working in the Austin Health Physiotherapy department you will work collaboratively with the treating clinicians and wider physiotherapy department to provide safe, effective, patient centred care.  

A regular day will see you:  

• Manage an individual clinical caseload and act as a consultant/resource to other members of the Physiotherapy and wider multidisciplinary team.   
• Work with the multi-disciplinary team to support effective and efficient team shared decision making for care planning and discharge planning   
• Provide excellent, patient centered, evidence based clinical care to acute and subacute Aged Care inpatients including functional prognostication and complex discharge planning   
• In conjunction with the stream leader, to lead workforce planning, recruitment, staff rostering and leave management within the stream   
• You’ll join a friendly and supportive team who genuinely enjoys their work and the contribution they make.  

About you:  

We seek someone who is compassionate and dedicated to providing excellent patient centred care.  Someone who works hard to improve patient centred outcomes related to their physical activity or function in a hospital or community setting. We value highly developed communication skills and an ability to interact with people from vast cultural/ linguistically diverse backgrounds.  

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant clinical experience   
• Current registration with AHPRA and eligible for membership of relevant professional association   
• Extensive clinical experience in the specialist area of acute and/or sub-acute Gerontology   
• Demonstrated history of, and commitment to, ongoing professional development and specialization in gerontology/ sub-acute rehabilitation   
• Highly developed interpersonal skills that promote team-work and proven ability to relate to people at all levels within an organization  
• Experience leading and/or supporting quality improvement initiatives to evaluate the quality and outcomes of service redesign 

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 benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring and career development opportunities
• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

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. 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, Mark.HINDSON@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: Tuesday 1 April 2025