Job Description
Full time or part-time | Minimum 3 days per week
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The Hills District, Sydney | Flexible working arrangements
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About the role
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We're looking for an experienced paediatric physiotherapist to join Just for Kids as our Clinical Lead.
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This is a genuine clinical leadership role combining your own paediatric caseload with protected time for mentoring, complex case support, clinical education, service development and leadership.
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The role is approximately *****% clinical / *****% clinical leadership and service development, although this will flex depending on the needs of the team.
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You'll work closely with our Director, Senior Paediatric Physiotherapist and Practice Manager to support an established paediatric team and help shape where Just for Kids goes next.
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What you'll do
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Your role will include:
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Managing your own paediatric caseload within your areas of experience and interest
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Supervising and mentoring physiotherapists and physiotherapy aides
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Supporting clinicians with complex cases and clinical decision-making
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Providing joint consultations and co-treatment where appropriate
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Reviewing clinical reasoning and treatment plans
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Running case discussions, in-services and internal training
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Developing clinician learning and professional development plans
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Supporting onboarding and development of new clinicians
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Reviewing clinical pathways, service quality and consistency of care
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Working with the leadership team on staffing, service priorities and future growth
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Building relationships with paediatricians, GPs, allied health professionals and other referrers
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Potential upcoming Clinical Lead projects




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A key part of this role is having protected time to work on projects that improve the service beyond the patients you personally treat.
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Potential upcoming projects may include:
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Further developing our Physiotherapy Aide service, including delegation, handover systems and aide training
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Exploring the viability of a satellite paediatric physiotherapy service alongside a trusted local paediatric medical team
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Reviewing and implementing an additional standardised gross motor assessment tool
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Investigating emerging clinical areas such as neuromuscular electrical stimulation
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Reviewing and updating clinical pathways and SOPs
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Developing targeted team upskilling and professional development programs
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Improving clinician onboarding and supervision systems
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Identifying recent service opportunities and helping determine what we should develop next
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These are examples rather than a fixed project list. We want the Clinical Lead to have genuine input into where their time and expertise can have the greatest impact.
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About you
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You'll be an excellent clinician first and foremost.
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Ideally, you'll have:
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5+ years' experience as a physiotherapist
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At least 2 years' private practice paediatric physiotherapy experience
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Strong independent clinical reasoning and caseload management
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Current AHPRA registration
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Current Working With Children Check
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Professional indemnity insurance
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Unrestricted rights to work in Australia
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Experience mentoring or developing other clinicians
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Confidence giving and receiving feedback
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Experience navigating challenging conversations
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📌 Paediatric Physiotherapist - Clinical Lead (New South Wales)
🏢 The Hills Physio
📍 New South Wales