Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time or part-time
Salary: $135,000 - $145,000
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Occupation not specified
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: 5811
Physiotherapist
About the role
An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced and motivated Grade 4 Physiotherapist to join the Western Health at Home team. The Western Health at Home programs provide patient-centred services focused on hospital-level care in the community. This senior role offers the chance to combine advanced clinical practice with leadership, education, and service development across the bread of programs offered by the division.
Key responsibilities:
You will provide expert physiotherapy input as part of a multidisciplinary team, ensuring evidence-based, safe, and effective care that supports patients to recover at home and avoid unnecessary hospital admission. In addition to maintaining a clinical caseload, this role will lead, mentor, and develop physiotherapy staff, contribute to student education, and drive quality improvement, innovation, and research within the Western Health at Home services.
About you:
In this role, you will:
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 [highlight specific values/qualities relevant to the role, e.g., compassionate care, innovation, community wellbeing], 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 4 November 2025.
Enquiries: For further information about this role, contact Catherine Grant via [email protected].
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 does not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from recruitment agencies.