Physiotherapist - Northern Adelaide Geriatric Service

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Job summary

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is seeking a Physiotherapist to join Modbury Hospital’s geriatric service. This is a full-time, temporary contract until 21 May 2027, delivering evidence-based physiotherapy to older adults in a dynamic, multidisciplinary setting.

You will assess, treat and discharge plan for geriatric inpatients, work with the team to plan care, support safe transitions and contribute to service development and education within the Northern Adelaide Geriatric

Qualifications

• Must be eligible for registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia.
• Experience in hospital/acute settings preferred, with aged care/geriatric rehab valued.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based physiotherapy assessment, treatment and discharge planning for geriatric inpatients at Modbury Hospital.
• Contribute to goal-directed care planning with medical, nursing and allied health colleagues.
• Support safe patient transitions through rehabilitation, falls prevention and functional restoration.
• Participate in student supervision and quality improvement activities.

Skills

Geriatric rehab

Multidisciplinary team

Clinical reasoning

Communication

Education

Physiotherapist degree

Job description

Physiotherapist - Northern Adelaide Geriatric Service

Job no: 951910
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Modbury Hospital – MODBURY SA 5092
• Salary: $94,997 - $110,052 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP2
• Temporary Full-Time – up to 21 May 2027

About the Role:

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit a Physiotherapist to work in our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our community.

The Northern Adelaide Geriatric Service based at Modbury Hospital is looking for a dedicated Physiotherapist to join a collaborative, multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality care to older adults across the northern Adelaide community. This is a full-time, short-term contract opportunity running until 21 May 2027 — offering meaningful clinical work within one of South Australia's largest public health networks.

What You'll Be Doing

• Providing evidence-based physiotherapy assessment, treatment, and discharge planning for geriatric inpatients at Modbury Hospital
• Contributing to goal-directed care planning alongside medical, nursing, and allied health colleagues within the multidisciplinary team
• Supporting safe and timely patient transitions through rehabilitation, falls prevention, and functional restoration programs
• Participating in student supervision, quality improvement activities, and ongoing service development within the Northern Adelaide Geriatric Service

What You'll Bring

• Clinical experience in a hospital or acute/subacute setting, with exposure to aged care or geriatric rehabilitation highly regarded
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team environment
• Strong assessment, clinical reasoning, and communication skills across diverse patient presentations
• Commitment to person-centred care aligned with SA Health's values of care, excellence, and integrity
• Ability to manage a varied caseload and adapt priorities in a busy inpatient environment

To be eligible for this position, you must have an appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia.

About You:

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.

NALHN serves over400,000 peoplein northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal,paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.

With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.

Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.

Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:

“My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care.”

“I feel like I’m part of a growing and developing service.”

“I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support.”

Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:

NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide’s north and north‑eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.

Lyell McEwin Hospital– the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.

Modbury Hospital– a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.

Mental Health Services– adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.

Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services– provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.

Primary Health Care Services– including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Incremental wage increases in-line with the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement 2025

Access to experienced clinicians across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

In addition to this, other benefits of working as a Physiotherapist in NALHN include:

• professional development opportunities. We have a well-established Allied Health Education unit which offers high-quality, targeted in-house training, and under the current enterprise agreement staff are also eligible for a Professional Development Allowance and entitled to claim reimbursement of eligible professional development expenses to allow you to continue to build upon your professional foundations
• opportunities to participate in research. NALHN have an Allied Health Research Chair, who is able to work with clinicians and teams to support clinical research
• regular clinical supervision, allowing you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your career goals

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all