Physiotherapist - Support at Home & Community Health

healthAbility; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 98,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NFP salary packaging

Meal entertainment expenses

Job summary

healthAbility invites applications for a Physiotherapist to deliver services across Support at Home, CHSP, NDIS and community health programs. You’ll assess, treat, educate and support clients, families and carers, and lead exercise groups to enhance independence and wellbeing.

Based at Eltham with opportunities across Eltham/Box Hill sites, you’ll work within multidisciplinary teams, manage your own caseload and contribute to service improvements while supporting student learning and ongoing

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified Physiotherapist with AHPRA registration.
• Experience delivering physiotherapy in Support at Home / community settings.
• Strong understanding of aged care and chronic disease management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver physiotherapy services across SAH, CHSP, NDIS and community health programs.
• Provide assessments, treatment, education and support to clients, families and carers.
• Facilitate exercise groups and wellbeing programs to promote independence and quality of life.
• Support older adults and people with disability to remain safe and independent at home.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team and manage your own caseload.
• Contribute to service improvement and evidence-based practice.
• Support student learning and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Time management

Evidence-based practice

Communication skills

Education

Degree-qualified Physiotherapist

AHPRA registration

Tools

First Aid & CPR certification

Job description

Physiotherapist - Support at Home & Community Health

• Predominantly based at our Eltham location, with opportunities to work across both our Eltham and Box Hill sites
• Competitive salary in addition to NFP salary packaging
• Full time, ongoing position
• Grade 2 salary - $97,911 to $112,593 depending on experience
• Access up to $15,900 per year in NFP salary packaging benefits plus $2650 in meal entertainment expenses per year.

Who are we?
healthAbility, as the name suggests, plays a unique and valuable role in the health system. We work to address the root causes of vulnerability, prevent disease and promote lifelong health outcomes, empowering people in our community to live their best life.

Our role is also supporting people to self-manage long-term health conditions, such as diabetes and mental health challenges, with multidisciplinary teams delivering community-based programs in a comfortable setting. We also support people, including older people and people with disability, to stay living at home longer and to live well in their community.

Our broad range of primary health services, care management and in home and community support services can be tailored to an individual’s needs and with major hubs in Box Hill and Eltham, these services can be delivered locally, in the Eastern and North Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Why work with us?
Although our clients are at the heart of what we do and we strive to positively impact our communities and those who need it most, the wellbeing of our employees is just as important.

When joining healthAbility’s supportive, kind, caring and ethical culture, you are welcomed by multi-disciplinary teams passionate about the health and wellbeing of clients and communities, from prevention through to specialist care, and passionate about continually learning and building on their areas of expertise. We embrace this passion and are values driven, offering careers with meaning and environments that are flexible, evolving, creative and connected.

healthability is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions of all people. This means we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disabilities, LGBTIQ+ and from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this job, with age being no barrier.

The Opportunity:

• Deliver physiotherapy services across a diverse client group, with a focus on Support at Home (SAH), CHSP, NDIS and Community Health programs.
• Provide assessments, treatment, education and support to clients, families and carers.
• Facilitate exercise groups and wellbeing programs that promote independence and quality of life.
• Support older adults, people with disability and those with complex needs to remain safe and independent in their homes and communities.
• Work across a variety of settings, including clients' homes, community locations and healthAbility sites.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team while managing your own caseload.
• Contribute to service improvement, clinical excellence and evidence-based practice.
• Support student learning, peer development and interdisciplinary collaboration.

About You:

• Degree-qualified Physiotherapist with experience in Support at Home service delivery.
• Strong understanding of aged care, with relevant recent experience delivering Physiotherapy services under Support at Home funding, chronic disease management, and complex client needs.
• Confident working both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Experienced in delivering and facilitating exercise programs for diverse client groups.
• Committed to evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and positive client outcomes.
• Strong organisational, time management, and relationship-building skills.
• Adaptable, proactive, and comfortable working with new technologies and evolving service models.
• Current First Aid and CPR certification.
• AHPRA registration.
• Victorian Driver's License.
• Registered or eligibility and willingness to be registered for Medicare Benefits Schedule/Private health Insurance registration as a service provider.