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Join Our Weekend Team - Senior Physiotherapist Position

Join Noarlunga Hospital & Flinders Medical Centre as a Senior Physiotherapist providing essential weekend care within our respected Southern Adelaide Local Health Network. These part-time positions offer the perfect opportunity for an experienced physiotherapist to deliver high-quality patient care whilst maintaining excellent work-life balance. Work independently in a supportive hospital environment, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to achieve outstanding patient outcomes every weekend.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Director, this role is responsible for providing comprehensive physiotherapy assessment, treatment and rehabilitation services to inpatients on Myles Ward & OPAL/RCOT during weekends, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to optimise patient recovery and mobility outcomes.

Duties for the role will include:

• Providing leadership, consultancy and advice to management and other health professionals on service delivery development and practice within Physiotherapy services,
• Providing leadership, consultancy and advice to management and other health professionals on service delivery development and practice within Physiotherapy services in the OPAL/RCOT unit and transition care services,
• Developing, reviewing and evaluating clinical protocols, policies, procedures and resources within a best practise framework within the OPAL/RCOT unit,
• Assessing patients’ physical abilities, problems and needs using a variety of formal and informal assessments suited to this specific patient group,
• Implementing intervention programs that reflect best practise guidelines,
• Monitoring and evaluating the progress and outcomes of interventions,
• Documenting assessment findings and interventions, in accordance with documentation guidelines and standards,
• Where appropriate, initiating quality and service improvement activities in consultation with the Director of Physiotherapy and / or GEM Unit Allied Health Manager Leader

About you:

• A degree or equivalent which entitles registration as a Physiotherapist with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia,
• Demonstrated ability to assume responsibility for the organisation and supervision of clinical Physiotherapy services to a designated area as a member of an interdisciplinary team. This includes the ability to undertake assessment and intervention with clients with a variety of illnesses and disabilities, including management of complex cases,
• Demonstrated high level interpersonal skills including negotiation, consultation and conflict resolution skills, and the ability to establish and maintain effective networks with key stakeholders,
• Demonstrated high level communication skills including the ability to communicate with clients, professional staff of different disciplines, administrative staff and staff of other agencies, both verbally and in writing,
• Extensive experience in the provision of clinical Physiotherapy services to clients with a broad range of illnesses and disabilities relevant to an acute medical area, in particular clients with complex needs and the older person,
• Demonstrated experience in clinical management and leadership within a discrete unit, including program evaluation and service development,
• Demonstrated experience in the effective development, implementation and evaluation of quality improvement initiatives, and / or departmental policies and procedures relevant in a hospital setting

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 12 April 2026

Attachments:

• AHP3 Physiotherapist - Myles Ward - Role Description
• AHP3 Physiotherapist OPALRCOT 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: 933512