At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver physiotherapy assessments and treatments in patients' homes, focusing on recovery and mobility.
- Company: Join a leading Hospital in Your Home service dedicated to community rehabilitation.
- Benefits: Flexible working arrangements and a supportive multidisciplinary team environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to innovate and contribute to patient-centered care models.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patients' lives while working autonomously in the community.
- Qualifications: Bachelor or Master of Physiotherapy with experience in community physiotherapy.
The predicted salary is between 31.5 - 38.5 $ per hour.
Hospital in Your Home (HiYH) provides hospital-level care in the community, supporting hospital avoidance, early supported discharge, and community-based rehabilitation. We are seeking an experienced Community Physiotherapist to deliver physiotherapy services under our community-based restorative frailty models of care. This role is ideal for a physiotherapist with strong experience in community physiotherapy, home-based rehabilitation, and working with older adults and complex patients.
About the Role
- You will provide physiotherapy assessment and treatment in patients' homes and community settings, supporting functional recovery, mobility, balance, strength, and falls prevention.
- You will work autonomously while being embedded in a multidisciplinary community health team, including nurses, nurse practitioners, allied health assistants, occupational therapists, geriatricians, and other allied health disciplines.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver community physiotherapy assessments and treatment in home-based settings
- Provide community-based rehabilitation and reablement programs
- Support hospital avoidance and early supported discharge pathways
- Manage patients with frailty, deconditioning, chronic disease, and post-acute needs
- Participate in multidisciplinary care planning and case conferences
- Identify and elevate clinical deterioration in line with clinical governance frameworks
- Provide falls prevention, mobility training, and home exercise programs
- Complete timely clinical documentation using digital health systems
Essential Criteria
- Bachelor or Master of Physiotherapy
- Current AHPRA registration
- Demonstrated experience in community physiotherapy and community-based rehabilitation (essential)
- 3+ years' experience as a practitioner
- Experience working with older adults, frailty, sub-acute, or rehabilitation patients
- Ability to work independently in community and home-based environments
- Strong communication, time management, and clinical reasoning skills
- Current driver's license and access to a vehicle
Desirable
- Experience in GEMITH, Hospital in the Home, transitional care, or sub-acute rehabilitation
- Experience in multidisciplinary community health services
- Interest in innovative models of care and delivering care closer to home
What We Offer
- Work in a leading Hospital in the Home / community rehabilitation service
- Flexible working arrangements
- Supportive multidisciplinary team and clinical governance
- Opportunity to contribute to innovative, patient-centered models of care
Physiotherapist – Home Based Care in North Lakes employer: Hospital in Your Home
As a leading provider of community-based rehabilitation, our organisation offers an exceptional work environment for physiotherapists passionate about delivering care in home settings. With flexible working arrangements and a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to grow professionally while making a meaningful impact on the lives of older adults and complex patients. Join us to be part of innovative, patient-centred models of care that prioritise functional recovery and community health.
