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.
This role is ideal for a physiotherapist with solid experience in community physiotherapy, home-based rehabilitation, and working with older adults and complex patients.
About the Role
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.
Key Responsibilities
Deliver community physiotherapy assessments and treatment in home-based settings
Provide community-based rehabilitation and reablement programs
Support hospital avoidance and early supported discharge pathways
Manage patients with frailty, deconditioning, chronic disease, and post-acute needs




Participate in multidisciplinary care planning and case conferences
Identify and escalate clinical deterioration in line with clinical governance frameworks
Provide falls prevention, mobility training, and home exercise programs
Complete timely clinical documentation using digital health systems
Essential Criteria
Bachelor or Master of Physiotherapy
Current AHPRA registration
Demonstrated experience in community physiotherapy and community-based rehabilitation (essential)
3+ years' experience as a practitioner
Experience working with older adults, frailty, sub-acute, or rehabilitation patients
Ability to work independently in community and home-based environments
Strong communication, time management, and clinical reasoning skills
Current driver's licence and access to a vehicle
Desirable
Experience in GEMITH, Hospital in the Home, transitional care, or sub-acute rehabilitation
Experience in multidisciplinary community health services
Interest in innovative models of care and delivering care closer to home
What We Offer
Work in a leading Hospital in the Home / community rehabilitation service
Flexible working arrangements
Supportive multidisciplinary team and clinical governance
Opportunity to contribute to innovative, patient-centred models of care

📌 Physiotherapist - Community Programs (Queensland)
🏢 Hospital in Your Home
📍 Queensland