Senior Physiotherapist - Brain Injury Rehabilitation

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time

Position Classification: Physiotherapist – Level 3

Remuneration: $121,568.00 - $125,507.00 per annum, pro rata (+ super +17.5% leave loading where applicable)

Hours Per Week: up to 32

Requisition ID: REQ675442

Location: Lavington South West Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service

About The Role

SWBIRS is a specialist service supporting children and adults with acquired brain injury across the Murrumbidgee Local Health District. Our multidisciplinary allied health team works in close partnership with Rehabilitation Physicians to deliver high-quality, person-centred rehabilitation.

As a Physiotherapist with SWBIRS, you will play a key role in delivering intensive rehabilitation, community outreach, and rehabilitation coordination for clients transitioning through recovery.

You will provide expert physiotherapy assessment and intervention across a diverse mix of service settings, including:

Transitional Living Unit (TLU) – delivering intensive, functional rehabilitationCommunity outreach – visiting rural communities across the DistrictTelehealth – supporting clients remotely where appropriateOnsite clinics – working alongside a multidisciplinary allied health team

The Transitional Living Unit operates one week per fortnight, offering clients a structured, home like environment for intensive rehabilitation. During these TLU weeks, the Physiotherapist is expected to be onsite 2–3 days, delivering functional therapy and supporting clients through goal driven programs.

Outside of these onsite days, you will continue providing care through telehealth sessions or outreach visits to district clients, ensuring continuity of rehabilitation across settings.

Our Allied Health Assistants play a key role in supporting the physiotherapy program, helping maintain treatment plans and client engagement when you are off site. This collaborative model allows you to work flexibly while still delivering high quality, coordinated rehabilitation.

You will also act as Rehabilitation Coordinator for a designated caseload, collaborating closely with Rehabilitation Physicians, allied health colleagues, and Allied Health Assistants to ensure seamless, goal driven rehabilitation.

We’re seeking a physiotherapist with rehabilitation experience who is:

Confident working independently

Energised by multidisciplinary teamwork

Passionate about functional recovery and client centred care

Looking to grow skills in specialist brain injury rehabilitation

This permanent position is ideal for clinicians wanting to expand their expertise in a specialised, supportive environment.

What MLHD Offer

At Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD), we offer more than a job — we offer the chance to make a real difference.

Relocation Assistance and Accommodation Support considerations - Assistance for interstate applicants to help you transition smoothly into our communityMeaningful Impact – Play a vital role in delivering essential health services to our diverse and vibrant regional communities. Flexible Working Arrangements - Designed to support work-life balance, aligned with NSW Health policy.

Generous Salary Packaging – Access up to $20,600 per annum tax-free for living expenses, plus the option for novated car leasing. Professional Development – Take advantage of ongoing learning and career development opportunities. Health & Wellbeing Support – Benefit from our comprehensive wellness programs for you and your family, including Employee Assistance Programs Fitness Passport and initiatives to support both physical and mental health.

Click here to discover why MLHD is the right place to contribute to healthier communities.

More Information

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For role related queries or questions contact Jane Murtagh – Clinical Team Leader on ************@health.nsw.gov.au or 02 5943 4*** for a confidential chat.

Applications close: 19 August 2026

MLHD welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.

If you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, you can access recruitment application support through the Stepping Up initiative.

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.