Booragoon, Perth WA
Part-time | Approximately 10–15 hours per week initially

This Isn’t a Typical Physiotherapy Clinic Role

We are looking for a Physiotherapist with a genuine strength-training background who wants more from their role than spending the entire day inside a treatment room.

This position offers the best of both worlds. You will apply your clinical physiotherapy skills through assessment, treatment and injury management, while also stepping onto the gym floor to deliver active rehabilitation, coach strength-based exercise and help clients rebuild their movement, capacity and confidence.

You should enjoy strength training, feel comfortable working in a gym environment and want to continue developing your exercise coaching skills.

At Adaptive Strength, we bridge the gap from rehabilitation to performance.

That means helping clients progress through the complete journey:

Assessment → Treatment → Rehabilitation → Strength → Confidence → Long-term progress

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Physiotherapist with a minimum of two years’ clinical experience to join our team in a flexible part-time position.

This is primarily a physiotherapy role, but it offers much more variety than a traditional clinic-only position.

Your week may include one-on-one physiotherapy, initial consultations and movement assessments, gym-based rehabilitation, individualised strength programming, supervised personal training, return-to-work and return-to-sport rehabilitation, and strength development for junior athletes.

The role will initially involve approximately 10–15 hours per week, with genuine potential to increase your hours as your caseload grows.

Some early-morning, daytime and evening availability will be required. This may include occasional 6:00 am starts as part of the gym-floor coaching component.

The exact structure can be discussed based on your experience, availability and the needs of the business.

A Role Built Around Variety—Not a Full Day of Back-to-Back Appointments

This is a hands-on and engaging role where you will move between the treatment room and the gym floor throughout your week.

You will still assess and treat clients one-on-one, manage musculoskeletal injuries and use your clinical reasoning as a Physiotherapist. However, you will not spend your entire day working through back-to-back appointments in a small treatment room.

A significant part of the role involves stepping onto the gym floor and actively guiding clients through their rehabilitation.

You may begin with an assessment and treatment in the clinic before moving into the gym to:

- Coach the exercises forming part of the client’s rehabilitation

- Teach and refine fundamental strength movements

- Review technique and movement quality

- Progress loading as the client’s capacity improves

- Deliver one-on-one gym-based rehabilitation

- Support clients within supervised small-group training sessions

- Develop rehabilitation and strength programs that evolve with the client

- Work with active adults, injured workers,



recreational athletes and junior athletes

You will remain involved in the client’s progress rather than simply providing treatment, prescribing exercises and hoping they complete them at home.

You can see how they move, coach them in real time, adjust their program and continue progressing them from injury management into meaningful strength and long-term physical confidence.

One session may involve assessing and treating a musculoskeletal injury. The next may involve coaching a client through a strength-based rehabilitation program, assisting someone returning to work or sport, or helping a junior athlete develop their movement and physical capacity.

For a Physiotherapist who enjoys being active, building relationships and seeing the rehabilitation process through, this creates a more varied and rewarding working environment than a traditional clinic-only role.

This is not a clinic-only position.

It is not a gym-only position.

It is a genuine combination of musculoskeletal physiotherapy, active rehabilitation, strength training and long-term client care—with physiotherapy remaining the primary focus.

About You

To be considered for this role, you will:

- Be a qualified Physiotherapist with current AHPRA registration

- Have at least two years of clinical physiotherapy experience

- Have unrestricted working rights and be available to work in Australia

- Enjoy treating musculoskeletal injuries and recurring pain

- Believe in active rehabilitation and exercise-based treatment

- Have a personal or qualified background in strength training

- Feel comfortable working in a gym environment

- Enjoy teaching and coaching people through exercise

- Communicate clearly and build strong relationships with clients

- Be motivated, empathetic and committed to achieving meaningful outcomes

- Work well as part of a multidisciplinary team

- Be willing to learn, receive feedback and continue developing your clinical and coaching skills

- Hold, or be willing to obtain, current First Aid and CPR certification

Highly Desirable

The strongest applicants may also have experience or an interest in:

- Private practice physiotherapy

- Gym-based rehabilitation

- Strength and conditioning

- Exercise programming and coaching

- Return-to-sport rehabilitation

- Working with active adults or recreational athletes

- Junior strength and athletic development

- Workers’ compensation and return-to-work rehabilitation

- Kettlebell training

- Tennis, racket sports or other court-based sports

A background in tennis, racket sports or junior athletic development would be highly regarded but is not essential.





Formal strength and conditioning qualifications are welcome but are not required.

Why Join Adaptive Strength?

You will be joining an established multidisciplinary team with access to:

- More than 400 square metres of fully equipped strength and rehabilitation space, including dedicated areas for physiotherapy, one-on-one rehabilitation and supervised personal training

- A genuine training environment—not a small clinic exercise room with a few pieces of basic equipment

- The space and equipment to progress clients from early rehabilitation through to strength, performance and long-term training

- Collaboration with Physiotherapists, an Exercise Physiologist, strength coaches and remedial massage therapists

- An established junior athlete development program

- Opportunities to develop your skills in active rehabilitation, exercise programming and strength coaching

- Flexible part-time hours with genuine potential to build your caseload

Most importantly, you will work in an environment where exercise rehabilitation is not treated as an afterthought.

It is a central part of how we help our clients recover, become stronger and return to the activities they enjoy.

About Adaptive Strength

Adaptive Strength is a combined physiotherapy, rehabilitation and strength-training facility located in Booragoon.

We operate across two connected businesses:

Adaptive Strength – Training and Performance
https://adaptivestrength.com.au/

Adaptive Physiotherapy & Massage – Clinical Rehabilitation
https://adaptive.clinic/

Our team combines physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, strength and conditioning, supervised personal training and remedial massage to help clients improve their movement, strength, confidence and physical capacity.

We work with a broad range of clients, including people recovering from injury, active adults, recreational athletes, injured workers and junior athletes developing the physical foundations for sport.

Our approach is built around one central idea:

Getting someone out of pain is often only the beginning.

We help clients rebuild the strength and capacity they need to return to work, training, sport and everyday life.

How to Apply

Please apply through Seek and include:

- Your current CV

- A brief cover letter explaining why this role interests you

- Details of your experience in musculoskeletal physiotherapy

- Any relevant experience in active rehabilitation, gym-based rehabilitation, strength training or exercise coaching

- Any experience working with athletes or junior athletes

- Your general availability, including early mornings and evenings

Applications will remain open until the right person is found.

For confidential enquiries about the position, please contact Kurt at ****@adaptivestrength.com.au.

If you are looking for a standard treatment-room-only physiotherapy role, this position may not be the right fit.

However, if you enjoy musculoskeletal physiotherapy, active rehabilitation and helping people become stronger and more confident, we would like to hear from you.

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