Brightside Recruitment
9 months ago
Senior/TL Physiotherapist
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Company information
- Company
- Brightside Recruitment
- Location
- Australia, Victoria, Melbourne Region, Melbourne Australia
- Posted
- 9 months ago
Job description
Senior Physiotherapist/Team Leader
Location: South-East Melbourne (Full-time Clinic-Based)
Are you an experienced Physiotherapist ready to step into a leadership role where you can influence clinical quality, mentor a growing team, and still keep your hands in the work you love?
This role is perfect for a senior clinician who thrives on coaching others, lifting team standards, and shaping best practice physiotherapy services. You’ll lead a team of 3–6 Physiotherapists across a busy multidisciplinary environment, while managing your own varied caseload.
As the Senior Physiotherapist / Team Leader, you will:
Responsibilities:
Mollie-May Bennett
[email protected]
0422 477 733
Location: South-East Melbourne (Full-time Clinic-Based)
Are you an experienced Physiotherapist ready to step into a leadership role where you can influence clinical quality, mentor a growing team, and still keep your hands in the work you love?
This role is perfect for a senior clinician who thrives on coaching others, lifting team standards, and shaping best practice physiotherapy services. You’ll lead a team of 3–6 Physiotherapists across a busy multidisciplinary environment, while managing your own varied caseload.
As the Senior Physiotherapist / Team Leader, you will:
Responsibilities:
- Assist with planning and evaluating clinical programs
- Lead quality improvement initiatives and best-practice updates
- Supervise, mentor, and provide regular check-ins for Physiotherapists
- Support team members with caseload management and KPI expectations
- Lead team meetings and act as the escalation point for complex cases
- Maintain a clinical caseload (~80% utilisation)
- Complete assessments, treatment plans, and high-quality documentation
- Liaise with GPs, surgeons, TAC and other stakeholders on client progress
- Support clients with goal-setting and ongoing progress
- Participate in multidisciplinary meetings and case reviews
- Guide clinicians with best-practice, goal-directed care planning
- Contribute to accreditation, service development, and process improvement
- Attend staff meetings, PD, and networking events
- Collaborate with the wider multidisciplinary team
- Maintain ongoing professional development
- Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy
- AHPRA registration + APA membership
- First Aid, CPR, WWCC, and Professional Indemnity Insurance
- Driver’s licence
- Minimum 4 years physiotherapy experience
- Experience leading, supervising, or mentoring clinicians
- Strong understanding of clinical operations, healthcare workflows, and resource allocation
- Excellent communication with clients, clinicians, and external partners
- A passion for client-centred care and high-quality clinical outcomes
- Confidence using clinic software, databases, and Microsoft Office
- A collaborative, solutions-focused approach
- Step into a well-supported leadership role
- Continue building your clinical career while developing others
- Work within a multidisciplinary environment with huge professional variety
- Lead meaningful service development and quality improvement work
- Ideal for a senior physio wanting to grow into management or advance their leadership skills
Mollie-May Bennett
[email protected]
0422 477 733
Required skills
- microsoft office
- leadership
- mentoring
- team management
- databases
- wwcc
- first aid
- ahpra registration
- driver's licence
- cpr
- caseload management
- professional indemnity insurance
- physiotherapy
- multidisciplinary environment
- client-centred care
- clinical quality
- kpi expectations
- high-quality clinical outcomes
- clinic software
- bachelor's degree in physiotherapy
- apa membership
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