Physiotherapist Grade 3 - Geriatric Evaluation Management and Palliative Care Service

Grade 3 Senior Clinician Physiotherapist - Geriatric Evaluation Management and Palliative Care Service
Part Time Fixed term December 2025 – December 2026 
20 hours per week

About the role
Grampians Health Ballarat is seeking a passionate and experienced Physiotherapist to join our dynamic and innovative team. This full-time, fixed-term position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the subacute rehabilitation of our Geriatric and Palliative care clients.

As a valued member of our team, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality physiotherapy services while providing clinical leadership, supervision, and professional development support. Your expertise will help drive contemporary clinical excellence across our subacute inpatient service.

Skills & Experience

Qualifications

• Registered as a Physiotherapist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills

• A minimum of seven years’ experience, with demonstrated expertise in Aged Care or Geriatric rehabilitation, and preferably a post-graduate qualification in the relevant clinical area of practice
• Demonstrate advanced physiotherapy assessments and interventions tailored to the needs of older adults in GEM and Gandarra. Support clients in achieving optimal physical function, pain management, and falls prevention
• Demonstrated ability to identify, implement and review quality improvement activities, and positively influence change as required

To see a full copy of the Position Description for GEM please click here

Why Grampians Health?

• Supportive environment: Benefit from a friendly and collaborative team of Physiotherapists across multi campus teams, including senior Physios experienced in quality improvement and research, supervision and clinical education.
• Career Growth: Enjoy tailored career development pathways and regular supervision customised to meet your individual needs and supporting you to grow your clinical, clinical support and leadership and management skills.
• Professional Development: Enjoy strong support for regular internal and external professional development with paid leave
• Positive Culture: Be part of a compassionate, forward-thinking team with a strong emphasis on a positive workplace culture. Engage in social and extracurricular activities including PT and allied health events
• Lifestyle: Enjoy more affordable living; unique relaxing lifestyle Discover the Grampians region - Grampians Health; and a life balance with flexible work arrangements, salary packaging, and a focus on staff wellbeing with 24/7 support through the Grampians Health Employee Assistance Scheme

Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Nick Halliburton - Manager- Physiotherapy Ballarat on 0482 995 313 for a confidential discussion. 

Job applications close: 9 February 2026

Ballarat Region

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state’s fastest growing inland city.  Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping.  Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.