Physiotherapist – Exercise Oncology

Want to be part of an exciting new landscape in exercise oncology delivery?

Movement and rehabilitation are among the most powerful and under-used treatments in cancer care. Chronic Care Australia is building a new value-based oncology model in Perth that puts them at the centre, and we’re looking for a Physiotherapist who wants to be part of the collaborative allied health delivery.

In this role you’ll triage new clients and manage their care through our value-based model. You’ll work closely with our exercise physiologists and with each client’s oncologist to make sure every person gets the right care at the right time.

The role at a glance:

- Full time, permanent
- Classification: Health Professional Level 1, AQF Level 7 (Physiotherapy), Health Professionals and Support Services Award – new classification structure effective 1 October 2026
- Salary: $95,000 – $100,000 + superannuation, based on experience and exercise oncology exposure
- Experience: 4+ years as a registered Physiotherapist, with a real interest in oncology
- Location: Cottesloe clinic, 525 Stirling Hwy, Cottesloe WA, and our online virtual care clinic

About Chronic Care Australia

Chronic Care Australia (CCA) is leading reform in primary allied healthcare. We are a globally awarded clinic that designs and delivers value-based exercise medicine models of care, where success is measured by the outcomes patients actually experience. From our clinic in Cottesloe and our online virtual care clinic, we help people live well with chronic and complex conditions.

Now we’re taking our next big step. CCA is the first provider in Western Australia to work with FITMED, and we are launching a dedicated exercise oncology service built on our value-based model. The service brings together exercise physiologists, physiotherapists and specialist dietitians, FITMED’s new clinical platform and the wider cancer care team around each patient. Our goal is simple: make expert exercise care a standard part of the cancer journey for everyone who can benefit.

For the right clinician, this is a rare chance to be there from day one, helping shape a service that could change how cancer care is delivered in Western Australia.

Why this role is different

Be at the front door of care. You’ll triage clients as they enter the service and manage their care through the value-based model. Working with exercise physiologists and oncologists, you’ll shape each person’s pathway from first contact to discharge.

Build something, don’t just join something. You’ll be one of the first clinicians in a new value-based care model, with genuine input into how the service, programs and referral pathways take shape.

Your outcomes count. Value-based care is about results that matter to patients. You’ll measure, track and show the difference rehabilitation makes, and see that evidence shape the service.

Help write best practice.



You’ll be part of real-world evidence and research that will help develop a best-practice clinical pathway for exercise medicine in value-based healthcare. Working alongside exercise physiologists and specialist dietitians, this is a rare opportunity to make a significant impact on your career.

Be first in WA. CCA is the first provider in Western Australia to work with FITMED. You’ll be trained in its new clinical platform, one part of this model, to deliver and track care across our Cottesloe clinic and virtual care clinic.

Work across disciplines. You’ll work side by side with exercise physiologists and specialist dietitians, combining hands-on physiotherapy expertise with exercise medicine and nutrition for better patient outcomes.

Become an oncology rehabilitation expert. This is a real pathway to build specialist-level knowledge in one of the fastest-growing areas of physiotherapy.

What you’ll do

- Triage new referrals, assessing each client’s needs, risks and goals to decide the right pathway and level of care within the value-based model.
- Manage each client’s care across the pathway, coordinating with exercise physiologists on exercise programs and with oncologists on treatment plans, progress and any changes in medical status.
- Assess and treat people at every stage of cancer care, from prehabilitation through active treatment, recovery and survivorship.
- Design individualised rehabilitation and exercise programs targeting strength, mobility, function, fatigue and return to everyday life.
- Manage common treatment effects such as post-surgical shoulder and chest wall restriction, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, balance issues, lymphoedema risk, reduced bone health and pelvic floor or continence changes (within your scope and training).
- Own your caseload, from first assessment and goal setting through progress reviews, outcome measurement and discharge.
- Run individual and group sessions in clinic and via telehealth.
- Use sharp clinical reasoning and safety screening to know when to push, modify, pause or escalate within the care team and outside of it.
- Use FITMED’s new clinical platform for documentation, program delivery and outcome tracking.
- Contribute to real-world evidence and research by collecting high-quality outcome data and helping develop a best-practice clinical pathway.
- Work in a multidisciplinary team with exercise physiologists and specialist dietitians, alongside oncologists, surgeons, GPs and nurses.
- Keep accurate, timely clinical records in line with AHPRA, Medicare, DVA,



NDIS and private health insurer requirements as applicable.
- Bring your ideas to service development, including program design, referral pathways and how the platform is used.

About you

You’ve built solid experience as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist and you’re ready for work that stretches you. You’re curious, you back your clinical judgement, and you want your career to stand for something.

Essential

- Current general registration as a Physiotherapist with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia (AHPRA)
- 4+ years of clinical experience as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist
- A genuine interest in oncology rehabilitation and exercise oncology, and the drive to develop in it
- Experience independently managing a caseload with chronic and complex conditions, including triage and care coordination.
- Confidence communicating with medical specialists, including oncologists
- Strong clinical reasoning, risk assessment and communication skills
- Confidence learning and using digital clinical systems
- Current Working with Children Check / police clearance (or willingness to obtain), and current First Aid and CPR
- Full Australian working rights

Desirable

- Exposure to oncology rehabilitation (e.g. oncology caseloads, hospital or cancer centre settings, breast or prostate cancer rehabilitation).
- Lymphoedema training, or eligibility for the Australasian Lymphology Association’s National Lymphoedema Practitioners Register.
- Pelvic health or continence experience.
- Oncology-specific professional development (e.g. cancer rehabilitation courses or Australian Physiotherapy Association cancer, palliative care and lymphoedema group activities).
- Experience running group-based programs.
- Current driver’s licence.

What we offer

- Competitive salary: $95,000 – $105,000 + superannuation, reflecting your experience and understanding of exercise oncology
- Training from day one: structured onboarding and training in FITMED’s new clinical platform
- A transparent growth path: build recognised expertise in oncology rehabilitation, exercise prescription and caseload management
- Support to do your best work: clinical supervision, peer support and professional development
- Work that matters: helping people through one of the hardest times of their lives, and seeing the difference you make
- A voice in what comes next: real input into a new service as it grows

Ready to apply?

Send us your resume and a one-page cover letter. Skip the template and tell us:

- Your experience as a physiotherapist and the clients you’ve worked with
- Why oncology, and what you’d want to build in a role like this

Apply via email Tatiana Kerber at [email protected]

Chronic Care Australia is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability and people of all genders and ages.

📌 Senior Physiotherapist (Western Australia)
🏢 Chronic Care Australia
📍 Western Australia