Physiotherapist Grade 3 - ICU

Grade 3 Senior Clinician Physiotherapist - ICU and Acute Services
$52.70 – $60.21 depending on experience
Part Time Fixed term December 2025 – December 2026 (Parental Leave replacement) 
16 hours per week (additional hours may be considered for the right candidate)

About the role
Grampians Health Ballarat is seeking a passionate and experienced Physiotherapist to join our dynamic and innovative team. This fixed-term position offers an exciting opportunity to work within our dedicated ICU team, where physiotherapy plays a vital role in early mobilisation, tracheostomy management, ventilator weaning, and acute rehabilitation.

In addition to delivering high-quality clinical care, this role includes providing leadership, supervision, and coordination of professional development initiatives to ensure contemporary clinical excellence across our acute 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, including significant experience within the ICU field, including but not limited to early mobilisation, tracheostomy & ventilation management, rehabilitation and preferably a post-graduate qualification in the relevant clinical area of practice
• Advanced knowledge of assessment treatment and management options for a broad range of clients requiring outpatient rehabilitation and a demonstrated ability to apply this knowledge
• 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 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

Additional hours may be available on application - please call to discuss further

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+.