Employment Type: Permanent Full Time or Part Time, up to 38 hrs per week
Location: Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
Position Classification: Physiotherapist Level 6
Remuneration: $70.75 - $72.50 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ605341
Application Close Date: 06/10/2025
Interview Date Range: 08/10/2025 – 15/10/2025
Contact Details: Sharmane Motuliki – 0459 869 856 | sharmane.motuliki@health.nsw.gov.au

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is seeking a passionate and experienced Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist to complement and enhance Neurorehabilitation and Aged Care team. This is an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified Physiotherapist to lead clinical research, service evaluation and provide expert clinical consultation and education across SWSLHD in the specialty areas of acute neurosciences, rehabilitation, or aged care. The Clinical Specialist works closely with the Physiotherapy Head of Department and takes a lead role in supervision, education and training of Physiotherapists, Allied Health Assistants and Physiotherapy Students.
The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership qualities, clinical excellence, and a personable, efficient approach to working with a diverse range of patients, families, and colleagues. You will play a key role in mentoring junior staff, contributing to service development, and driving innovation in physiotherapy practice. If you are a proactive team player who enjoys working in a fast-paced, supportive setting and making a meaningful impact in people’s lives, we would love to hear from you.

TRANSFORMING YOUR EXPERIENCE

Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PERMANENT APPOINTMENT TO A POSITION IN NSW HEALTH, YOU MUST HAVE AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP OR PERMANENT AUSTRALIAN RESIDENCY.

At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ️ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ️ background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
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This Level 6 Clinical Specialist position is responsible for specialist physiotherapy clinical service provision. The Level 6 Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist takes a lead in planning and supporting clinical research, evidence based practice and quality improvement for the department and across SWSLHD. This includes taking a lead role in service development and evaluation, advanced reasoning and clinical practice skills in the management of clients of a novel or complex nature, as well as providing expert consultation and education across SWSLHD in the area of specialisation. This position is also responsible for the supervision, teaching and training of Physiotherapists, AHAs and students.