Senior Physiotherapist - Spine Clinics

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• Fixed-term part-time opportunity (0.4 EFT) to July 2027, with Friday APP Clinic required
• Complete local Advanced Physiotherapy Practice (APP) credentialling on the job, working alongside Senior (G4) Spine Clinic APPs
• Work with Neurosurgery and Orthopaedics teams to support the assessment and management of spinal presentations

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. 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 Spine Clinics
Austin Neurosurgery and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery each have a dedicated Spinal Surgery team, managing a wide variety of spinal presentations including trauma, radiculopathy and complex spinal cases. Six Advanced Physiotherapy Practice (APP) clinicians currently work across the Spine Clinics (Neurosurgery/Orthopaedics).

The Physiotherapy Outpatients service provides care at the Health and Rehabilitation Centre (HRC), including individual assessment and treatment and a variety of evidence-based group sessions in both the gym and aquatic treatment areas. The service has strong partnerships across Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery and the Emergency Department, including several embedded APP positions.

The Physiotherapy Department provides clinical services seven days per week to acute and aged care inpatient areas, as well as outpatient and community services, across the Austin Hospital, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre.

About the role
As Senior Physiotherapist - Spine Clinics, you will assess spinal presentations referred to the Spine Clinics and triaged for the APP pathway, collaborating with the Neurosurgery and Orthopaedics teams to arrange investigations and assist clinical decision making.

You will also provide specialist clinical care to musculoskeletal outpatients, act as a clinical resource for colleagues, and support and mentor more junior physiotherapists. The role is based at the Austin Hospital and Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital.

A regular day will see you:

• Complete local APP credentialling alongside Senior (G4) Spine Clinic APPs, undertaken on the job after you commence
• Assess spinal presentations referred to the Spine Clinics (Neurosurgery/Orthopaedics) and triaged for the APP pathway
• Collaborate with the Spine Clinics team to arrange investigations and assist clinical decision making
• Communicate assessment findings and recommend management plans to referring doctors and colleagues, and direct patients not requiring surgery to suitable, evidence-based spinal pain interventions
• Provide specialist clinical care to musculoskeletal outpatients, and support and mentor more junior physiotherapists

About you
To be successful in this role, you’ll bring with you:

• Current physiotherapy registration in Australia with AHPRA
• Post Graduate Masters in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy (nearly completed or completed)
• Demonstrated specialist knowledge of assessment and clinical reasoning skills, including differential diagnosis for peripheral and spinal musculoskeletal conditions, and significant clinical experience in the provision of outpatient musculoskeletal physiotherapy
• Excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving skills, and a sound understanding of information technology, including clinical systems and applications
• Capacity to contribute positively to enhancing the physiotherapy outpatients team culture and learning environment, and a commitment to physiotherapy professional development – musculoskeletal / spinal pain

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:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
• Mentoring and career development opportunities.

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. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Tessa O'Dea, Physiotherapist G5 at Tessa.O’Dea@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: Tuesday 24 November 2026