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Build Your Hospital Physiotherapy Experience with SA Health

Join The SAHLN Division of Rehabilitation, Aged and Palliative Care as a Part-time Physiotherapy Practitioner and deliver expert services to patients in our Geriatric Memory Support Unit. This contract position, running until October 2026, offers the opportunity to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary team while advancing your clinical skills in a world-class healthcare environment. Make a meaningful impact on patient recovery while enjoying the professional development opportunities and supportive culture that SA Health provides.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Senior Physiotherapist, this role is responsible for providing support to the Senior Physiotherapists in GEM to provide high quality patients services to GEM patients. 

Duties for the role will include:

• Provide appropriate, safe and effective physiotherapy management (assessment and treatment) of patients referred to the GEM unit,
• Ensure caseload is managed appropriately by treating patients according to priority,
• Ensure relevant physiotherapy information is provided by maintaining records (case notes and departmental) and statistical system in accordance with departmental guidelines,
• Participate in provision of co-ordinated health care by liaising with medical, nursing and other professional staff regarding patient care in meetings, ward rounds, clinics and providing written reports or other communications,
• Contribute to departmental decision making by attendance at meetings and acting as Chairperson, or Minute Secretary as required

About you:

• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia,
• Physiotherapy skills in assessment and management of a broad range of conditions,
• Ability to set priorities and manage one’s time effectively including the ability to supervise physiotherapy students and assistants,
• Skills commensurate with AHP2 peer assessment process requirements,
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of personnel and maintain effective work relationships, such as the ability to work in a multidisciplinary team situation,
• Empathy and ability to work with a range of patient ages and conditions with an ability to act responsibly in an emergency situation,
• Experience commensurate with AHP2 peer assessment process requirements

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Peter Diestel-Feddersen, Director Physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology, (08) 8404 2940, Peter.Diestel-Feddersen@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 3 May 2026

Attachments:

• Physiotherapy Practitioner - GEM (Timor 5) Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 933086