Job no: 77103

Category: Allied Health and Medical Science, Physiotherapy

Permanent Opportunity
Caulfield Hospital Location
Maximise your take home salary with salary packaging and novated leasing!

Bayside Health

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland. We have more than 15 main sites, including hospitals, centres and clinics that provide comprehensive care from welcoming newborns to supporting older people and a full range of services in between. More than 22,000 dedicated staff are focused on providing exceptional, equitable, and locally connected care through shared expertise, compassion, and a commitment to continuous growth. Education and training are central to staff development as we encourage all employees to strive and thrive. Bayside Health was formed following the merger of Alfred Health, Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service and Peninsula Health on 1 January 2026.

Unique opportunity for a Grade 3 Senior Clinician Physiotherapist to work in our Concussion Clinic.

Permanent, part time position (30 hours per fortnight)
5 weeks annual leave (pro-rata)
Grade 3 Classification (VB7-VC1)
Caulfield Hospital site
Great staff benefits

THE DEPARTMENT

Alfred Health’s Physiotherapy Department provides acute physiotherapy services to the patients of The Alfred and Sandringham Hospital and subacute physiotherapy services to Caulfield Hospital.

The acute physiotherapy service is organised into five functional streams, namely: Intensive Care, Musculoskeletal, Respiratory, PAN (Progressive Illness, Aged Care and Neurosciences), and Sandringham. The first four streams are located at The Alfred site, with the latter being based at the Sandringham site. The physiotherapy service provides acute clinical services and expertise in the following areas: intensive care, cardiothoracic surgery, general surgery, orthopaedics, trauma, burns, lung transplantation, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary rehabilitation, neurology and neurosurgery, infectious diseases, haematology/oncology, general medicine, haemophilia and emergency.

The physiotherapy service at Caulfield Hospital provides an extensive range of inpatient and ambulatory services in the areas of rehabilitation, aged care and residential care services. The physiotherapy service provides subacute clinical services and expertise in the following areas: neurology, non-traumatic spinal cord injury, orthopaedics, amputees, burns, complex regional pain, cardiac rehabilitation, aged care, transitional care and aged psychiatry. The physiotherapy department is organised into functional streams: Neurological Rehabilitation, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Health of Older Persons (HOP) and ABI. The subacute physiotherapy service is organised into four functional streams: Neurological Rehabilitation, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Health of Older Persons (HOP) and ABI.

The Alfred Health Physiotherapy Department has more than 100 EFT and employs over 170 staff. The physiotherapy service has a proud history of clinical and academic excellence. It remains strongly committed to further pursuing excellence in physiotherapy through clinical research. The Alfred Health Physiotherapy Department is a major partner in the Alfred Health Physiotherapy Clinical Schools for both La Trobe and Monash Universities and in this role provides core and elective clinical placements for more than 50 undergraduate physiotherapy students

THE CONCUSSION CLINIC

The Alfred Health Concussion Clinic is based at Caulfield Hospital and provides an assessment and management service for people presenting with concussion. The interdisciplinary clinic consists of a Neurologist, Occupational therapist, Physiotherapist, Speech pathologist and Psychologist.

The aim of the service is to:

Manage, coordinate and provide comprehensive, individualised and evidenced-based care for the treatment and management of concussion symptoms.
Include a variety of service such as screenings, assessments, diagnostics, treatment planning, therapeutic interventions, education, and follow-up care. The team provide resources to assist patients, families and providers better understand the process of concussion assessment and management.
Reduce re-presentations to the Emergency Department and Primary Care Clinics.

The service is underpinned by a culture of patient safety, excellence in service delivery and continuous quality improvement using current, and emerging, evidence in clinical practice. An active research program will underpin the service model, ensuring ongoing service evaluation and the development of new evidence, and translation into practice.

THE ROLE

The Senior Clinician Physiotherapist (Concussion Clinic) is responsible for the ongoing development and provision of physiotherapy services to patients with concussion. The role provides leadership into the development of a collaborative interdisciplinary clinic approach; to achieve optimal patient care and outcomes with minimised clinical risk.

The Senior Clinician Physiotherapist (Concussion Clinic) is responsible for leading and providing expert input into quality improvement and/or research activities in the relevant area. They lead a culture of ongoing learning and development in the team, and provide supervision and mentoring to junior physiotherapists, students and allied health assistants where relevant. They work autonomously and are a clinical leader in their field for internal and external stakeholders.

As a member of the Neurological Rehabilitation Physiotherapy stream, the position may also be required to provide Physiotherapy services into other relevant clinical areas, in collaboration with the stream leader and Physiotherapy Manager.

The Senior Clinician Physiotherapist (Concussion Clinic) has an important role contributing to the development of individuals, the clinical team and the physiotherapy service through good leadership, teamwork and communication.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

Registered to practice in the state of Victoria (AHPRA)
Demonstrated advanced knowledge and skills in the provision of physiotherapy services to patients within the concussion clinic
Demonstrated ability to lead quality and/or research initiatives
Demonstrated ability to supervise staff and students
Demonstrated advanced communication skills
Demonstrated advanced time management skills
Victorian Drivers licence

STAFF BENEFITS

Salary packaging and novated leasing
Discounted health insurance
Staff car parking (subject to availability)

Please note - We may review applications and interview candidates prior to the closing date

For all enquiries, please contact: Liz Batchelor, Physiotherapy Manager at 04280648110

Applications close at 11 pm Sunday, 22nd February 2026

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.

Senior Clinician Physiotherapist (Concussion Clinic)

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