Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time or part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 4001
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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.
We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Physiotherapist to join the General Medicine service at the Austin campus. This role offers a dynamic and rewarding opportunity to work primarily across Ward 7W, 7N and 7E and Ward 10, with flexibility to support other areas as needed.
In this position, you will manage a diverse and complex caseload, with a particular focus on geriatrics, frailty, progressive neurology, falls and chronic disease management. Gen Med focuses on a home first approach supporting the patient navigate risks and autonomy in decision making. You’ll be part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in a fast-paced acute setting.
A day in the role will see you
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. Ideally, you will exhibit:
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:
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 Grade 4 at [email protected]
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: 12 October 2025