- Flexible and supportive academic environment
- Shape the future of physiotherapy education and improve rural and regional health outcomes.
- Empower students through innovative and hands-on experiences, helping them to become highly sought-after graduates.

The role

- Fixed term, full time (2 years)
- Academic Level B - $113,841 to $134,965 pa (plus 17% superannuation)
- Port Macquarie

We are seeking an experienced physiotherapy professional to join the School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences to actively deliver high quality teaching, contribute to curriculum development and foster student engagement using blended subject delivery modes. The successful candidate must have the capacity to teach across a range of areas of physiotherapy practice, a commitment to regional, rural and remote health and practice, and capacity and willingness to contribute to supporting workplace integrated learning for physiotherapy students in collaboration with the workplace integrated learning team.

You will play a key role in blended learning delivery, course design, and industry engagement, while maintaining an active professional profile aligned with contemporary physiotherapy practice.

The successful candidate must have substantial experience in Neurological physiotherapy, including rehabilitation and management of complex presentations.

About you

- A qualification relevant to physiotherapy, or equivalent accreditation and standing




- Current practising registration as a Physiotherapist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra)
- Sound knowledge of the discipline, including digital health and culturally secure health care, and experience in physiotherapy practice and research in rural and regional contexts
- Substantial experience in neurological physiotherapy, including rehabilitation and management of complex presentations in an Australian context.
- Commitment to delivering high-quality student-centred learning and teaching

About us

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To apply

Click the Apply button and complete your application online, and address the selection criteria in the position description and upload your CV.

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This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.

Further information

Additional information is available in the position description or by contacting:

Dr Cherie Zischke | Course Director and Lecturer in Physiotherapy | [email protected] | Ph: 02 6582 9465

Closing Date: 11pm, 15 October 2026

📌 Lecturer in Physiotherapy (Neurology) (Port Macquarie)
🏢 Charles Sturt University
📍 Port Macquarie