Part-Time Physiotherapy Practitioner - Ongoing Weekend Position

Join Southern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Part-time Physiotherapy Practitioner, delivering exceptional patient care every weekend. This ongoing role offers the perfect opportunity to advance your career in a leading tertiary hospital while maintaining excellent work-life balance. Work alongside experienced multidisciplinary teams using state-of-the-art facilities to provide evidence-based physiotherapy treatments across diverse patient populations.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Senior Physiotherapist, this role is responsible for providing high quality patient 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,
• Capable of meeting job demands with an ability to competently undertake pool rescue protocol per RAP procedures,
• 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 15 March 2026

Attachments:

• Physiotherapy Practitioner - GEM Weekend Timor 6 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: 931558