Job Description

Hospital in Your Home (HiYH) provides hospital-level care in the community, supporting hospital avoidance, early supported discharge, and community-based rehabilitation. We are seeking an experienced Community Physiotherapist to deliver physiotherapy services under our GEMITH (Geriatric Evaluation and Management in the Home) and Frailty models of care.

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This role is ideal for a physiotherapist with strong experience in community physiotherapy, home-based rehabilitation, and working with older adults and complex patients.

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About the Role

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You will provide physiotherapy assessment and treatment in patients' homes and community settings, supporting functional recovery, mobility, balance, strength, and falls prevention. You will work autonomously while being embedded in a multidisciplinary community health team, including nurses, nurse practitioners, allied health assistants, occupational therapists, geriatricians, and other allied health disciplines.

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Key Responsibilities

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- Deliver community physiotherapy assessments and treatment in home-based settings
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- Provide community-based rehabilitation and reablement programs
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- Support hospital avoidance and early supported discharge pathways
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- Manage patients with frailty, deconditioning, chronic disease, and post-acute needs
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- Participate in multidisciplinary care planning and case conferences
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- Identify and escalate clinical deterioration in line with clinical governance frameworks
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- Provide falls prevention, mobility training, and home exercise programs
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- Complete timely clinical documentation using digital health systems
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Essential Criteria

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- Bachelor or Master of Physiotherapy
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- Current AHPRA registration
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- Demonstrated experience in community physiotherapy and community-based rehabilitation (essential)
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- 3+ years' experience as a practitioner
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- Experience working with older adults, frailty, sub-acute, or rehabilitation patients
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- Ability to work independently in community and home-based environments
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- Strong communication, time management, and clinical reasoning skills
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- Current driver's licence and access to a vehicle
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Desirable

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- Experience in GEMITH, Hospital in the Home, transitional care, or sub-acute rehabilitation
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- Experience in multidisciplinary community health services
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- Interest in innovative models of care and delivering care closer to home
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What We Offer

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- Work in a leading Hospital in the Home / community rehabilitation service
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- Versatile working arrangements
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- Supportive multidisciplinary team and clinical governance
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- Opportunity to contribute to innovative, patient-centred models of care
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📌 Physiotherapist - Community Programs (Queensland)
🏢 Hospital in Your Home
📍 Queensland