The Hospital The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”. RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation. RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries. The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. For further information on RCH is available here.

About The Role There are currently two full-time, ongoing positions available at 80 hours/1.0 FTE per fortnight within the Physiotherapy Department. You will be working as part of our Paediatric Rotation Program (PRP), which offers you the opportunity to rotate on a four-monthly basis between various specialty areas, developing your skills and experience across a wide range of clinical specialties and working towards a career in paediatric physiotherapy. As part of the PRP you will provide physiotherapy services to children and adolescents as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will ensure that physiotherapy services are creative,



evidence-based and provided in a child and family centred context, by working in close collaboration with medical, nursing and allied health staff. Classification for these positions will range from VA3 (Grade 1, Year 1) to VA7 (Grade 1, Year 5), base salary from $70,590 to $85,872.80 FTE per annum, plus superannuation.

What You'll Achieve

Provide evidence-based physiotherapy services to patients referred by designated units in collaboration with supervising clinicians

Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to ensure delivery of a holistic, streamlined approach to care that best meets the needs of the patient and their family

Work in a flexible manner and participate in other duties as allocated consistent with skill level to ensure adequate cover and clinical care across the whole Physiotherapy Department service

Achieving and maintaining competency in relevant skills in line with departmental requirements relevant to the role

Your Skills And Experience

Hold a Physiotherapy degree qualification from an accredited course/university and registration to practice as a Physiotherapist with AHPRA

Have experience working in large hospitals with high acuity caseloads





About The Department The Physiotherapy Department is a vibrant community of individuals who share a commitment to ongoing learning and partnering with families in the provision of evidence-based care. The Department also embodies the RCH Compact pledge that 'we do better work caring for children and families when we also care for each other'. The PRP is currently made up of rotations in the following areas:

Critical Care

Respiratory Medicine

Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine

Neurosciences and Rehabilitation

Oncology and Neurodevelopment

Orthopaedics

Haematology, Rheumatology and Burns

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What We Offer

Salary Packaging - increase your take home pay

Ability to join Fitness Passport - your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities

Discounted Private Health insurance

Leadership that mentors team members to achieve their career goals

Other Requirements

Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain

Valid Working with Children Check, or willing to obtain

Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willing to obtain

Compliance with RCHs "Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases" procedure

Application Process For more information about this position please contact Fiona Fenton, Manager of Physiotherapy, Ph: 9345 9300, Email:

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city. We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program. The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications f

📌 Physiotherapist - Rotational (Grade 1) (Port Phillip City)
🏢 The Royal Children'S Hospital
📍 Port Phillip City