Senior Physiotherapist - Geriatric Medicine

🧠 Lead with expert skills in aged care physiotherapy

🎓 Mentor students & shape the next physio generation

💪 Change lives daily at Westmead Hospital

Lead aged care physio, mentor students, drive clinical quality. Impact lives daily. Apply Now!  

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (up to 01/09/2026)
Position Classification: Physiotherapist Level 4
Remuneration: $61.35 - $62.84 per hour
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: Westmead Hospital 

Where you'll be working
Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) delivers high-quality health care services to diverse communities in Western Sydney, focusing on collaboration, respect, and empowerment.

• Covers Auburn, Blacktown, The Hills Shire, Holroyd, and Parramatta LGAs.
• Provides primary, secondary, and tertiary care.
• Supports over 1 million residents, including the Greater Western Region.
• Driven by a vision of 'better health services for western Sydney and beyond'.
• Embraces core values of collaboration, openness, respect, and empowerment.

About the Role 
Step into a senior leadership role as a Senior Physiotherapist within the Geriatric Medicine Department at Westmead Hospital. This is a rewarding opportunity to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care while shaping clinical education and service excellence. Work in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment where your advanced skills and passion for mentoring will have real impact.

Key responsibilities include:

• Deliver acute physiotherapy care for geriatric patients across wards, ED and outliers
• Manage complex cases and discharge planning, supporting and guiding team members
• Facilitate and supervise student placements and coordinate clinical education
• Lead the First Year Graduate Program and mentor junior physiotherapists
• Drive quality improvement initiatives and contribute to service innovation and planning

About you
This senior physiotherapy role requires dynamic and experienced clinician with a passion for acute aged care, leadership, and service improvement. You will bring a strong clinical foundation, a collaborative spirit, and a proven ability to drive quality outcomes across a busy multidisciplinary environment.

You will have:

• Extensive acute physiotherapy experience, including geriatrics, neurology, MSK and orthopaedics, guided by evidence-based practice
• Strong leadership skills to manage and mentor a team of Level 1–2 physiotherapists and coordinate clinical supervision
• Advanced problem-solving and project leadership skills with a history of successful quality improvement initiatives
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and influencing skills with the ability to build strong relationships across multidisciplinary teams
• Proven ability in risk assessment, complex discharge planning, and service review to improve patient outcomes and drive service efficiency

You will thrive in a supportive and progressive environment, with a clear vision for building team cohesion, delivering results, and continually enhancing physiotherapy services within Geriatric Medicine.

What we offer:

• A vibrant, supportive team culture in a great workplace environment
• Membership to the Social Club and opportunities to participate in larger hospital projects
• Uniform provided, salary packaging, and close proximity to public transport
• Fitness Passport to support your wellbeing and a dynamic team always ready to help
• Opportunities to cover leadership roles and grow your professional skills in a varied case mix setting

Ready to Apply
If you are ready to lead with clinical expertise and enthusiasm in a role that truly makes a difference, join us at Westmead Hospital and be part of an agile, high-performing team focused on improving patient outcomes. Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below, providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date. 

Essential Criteria:

• Qualifications: Relevant tertiary qualifications in Physiotherapy current National
• Registration: Current National Physiotherapy Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Selection Criteria:

1. Relevant tertiary qualifications in Physiotherapy, and current National Physiotherapy Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
2. Extensive post graduate experience in Aged Care and ability to complete comprehensive Physiotherapy Assessment including Intervention of Older Patients in both the acute and community setting.
3. Demonstrated skill in the analysis of complex issues, problem solving, formulating new approaches and implementing comprehensive change programs and improvement strategies, including the ability to develop and monitor outcomes.
4. Highly developed interpersonal, communication and organisational skills with the ability to work independently and as part of the multidisciplinary team.
5. Extensive experience in student and staff supervision and ability to apply knowledge of competency assessment processes including student feedback and reporting.
6. Demonstrated commitment to professional development, evidence based practice and quality improvement.
7. Demonstrated ability to provide advice to service managers on clinical service delivery, clinical practice and redesign to improve the service.
8. Current Drivers Licence valid within Australia.

Requisition ID:  REQ589587
Applications Close:  21st July 2025

 
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• Discover more about the application process. 
• Review the detailed Position Description insights into role requirements and criteria.   
• Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications. 
• For inquiries about the role, contact Shalini Balram on Shalini.Balram@health.nsw.gov.au.