Are you a wonderful paeds physio looking for a change? We provide innovative services and have exciting new projects underway, also with room to grow into your special area of interest. Get in touch for a chat if you'd like to see if we may be a great fit for your next stage in your career!

We would love to meet senior physios experienced in paediatrics (baby, musc, sports or neurodev); and will also be considering early career physios who will benefit from our extensive professional development program and supportive team; or experienced physios moving across from other specialty areas.

New graduate physiotherapists are welcomed and will be considered for this position alongside physios experienced in paediatrics or other clinical areas.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Splash Physiotherapists love:

- playing with babies, children and young adults towards clearly defined goals

- supporting families to enjoy participating in all areas of life including sport and active leisure

- advancing clinical skills with generous PD and learning opportunities on the job

- being part of an exciting paediatric physio service within a supportive team

- combining aquatic physio, individual and group sessions at our Brunswick clinic, and visits to home, community, education and sporting facilities

- being part of developing innovative and unique new services to meet families' needs

- varied case loads of all ages, including neurodevelopmental and musculoskeletal

- fostering partnerships with allied health teams to deliver coordinated care

We offer:

- positions for experienced senior physios and early career physios

- full time or part time, with flexible options

- variety:

- variety of settings: home, education, aquatic, community, playgrounds, sports & leisure, outdoor settings (eg. bush, river), and our Brunswick clinic

- we work with babies through to young adults with a huge variety of conditions. Start with your strengths then expand out as you upskill

- individualised goals in all areas of your life

- build your skills to support children's whole development

- potential to grow specific caseload and current services to match your skill area of interest eg. we are keen to expand our musculoskeletal and sports physiotherapy service and have a new multi-disciplinary baby development clinic

- goal directed physiotherapy

- work in blocks of physio to see real change in function & participation

- have the chance to see kids grow across their lifespan

- join in our intensives over school holidays (1 hour per day for 1 week to smash a goal. Think bike riding, ball sports, mobility, playground skills, kayaking,



bushwalking and plenty more!)

- our Splash Adventure Club is unique and has been very successful

- Splash events give families the chance to try new activities and develop skills they can continue with

- values driven service based on best practise in paediatrics

- see our values here: splashphysiotherapy.com/values

- a friendly, supportive, values based team, where:

- knowledge is shared, and we brainstorm through questions together

- team wellbeing and sustainable practise is a priority. Wonderful paediatric physios are precious, we can't let them burn out!

- travel, non - contact and documentation time is built into your diary. No trying to write notes during session time, or staying back late to finish them off

- love where you work and who you work with!

- ease!

- easy quick medicolegal notes, easy to compare progress across time

- app with one click for stats, google maps navigation, phone calls and more

- all info is on our intranet, no hard copies or version control worries

- full admin and HR support

- we are continually looking for ways to make our physios' lives easier, and frequently adjust in response to feedback and suggestions from physiotherapists

- generous professional development and support

- 6 stage career pathway. We have no limits on the number of senior physio positions, so you can be promoted when you are ready, not when a position becomes available.

- learn alongside skilled physiotherapists with your individualised learning plan

- case reviews as part of your mentoring

- team clinical reasoning sessions

- Splash learning events

- subsidised external PD, no limit on PD budget

- weekly shadowing / joint sessions / side by side sessions

- overflowing online learning portal

- become a qualified swim teacher and have support to integrate those skills into aquatic physio

- we can support to transition your skills across from other clinical areas

- support to progress through APA aquatic physiotherapy levels

- support to attend paediatric professional development courses

- participate in multi disciplinary clinics

- multi disciplinary team work with medical, allied health, education, community, sports & recreation teams including case conferencing and joint sessions

- iPad with cellular data





- generous above award remuneration

- leadership opportunities

- opportunity to develop and deliver innovative services

- opportunity to develop specific caseload to match your interests for Senior positions eg. musculoskeletal / sports paediatrics, baby physiotherapy, inclusion in sport and education

- please note that the pay range listed is for a senior position due to Seek ad settings

You are:

- passionate about participation in everyday life

- driven by our core values to provide evidence informed care

- friendly, supportive, empathetic

- enthusiastic, playful, creative

- cooperative within a team and able to work independently

- motivated, and take initiative with learning to further their skills, seeks support as needed

- an excellent communicator

- keen to work in the pool

- someone who enjoys working in different environments: playgrounds, outdoors, homes, swimming pools, schools, childcare, videophysio, our physio clinic in Brunswick, sports facilities

- able to swim!

- able to build and manage a case load with forward planning to work on big picture goals

- someone who has emotional intelligence and can bring out the best in people around them

- eligible to work in Australia with any valid work visa

- have a driver's licence and a car for travel between work sites (with mileage claims each pay)

- currently registered with AHPRA as a physiotherapist at the time of application

Does this sound almost like you? Or someone you know?

Do you share our enthusiasm, values, growth mindset and active learning skills?

Physiotherapists with transferable experience in other clinical areas will be considered, with additional mentoring provided alongside your active learning plans

We are keen for an experienced, senior physio to join our team now. However we will be happy to hear from early career physios (grade 1 equivalent) as we will be happy to nurture your career and skill development.

Find out more

- See a short video with the cool things Splash kids do in a typical day https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y3GP12NGVbs

- See our video about our position https://youtu.be/ftXL_0u-Rv8

- See more about Early Career vs Senior roles, including opportunities for leadership, service development and delivery splashphysiotherapy.com/paediatric-physiotherapy-job

- Get in contact for a no obligation chat about opportunities with us (03) 44222*** or email our Principal Physio ******@splash.physio. We will speak to physios as applications come in!

- Our Splash Physios are also happy to chat about how they find working with us

📌 Paediatric physiotherapist FT or PT, senior or early career (Melbourne)
🏢 Splash Physiotherapy
📍 Melbourne