Bayside Health
Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland. We have more than 15 main sites, including hospitals, centres and clinics that provide comprehensive care from welcoming newborns to supporting older people and a full range of services in between. More than 22,000 dedicated staff are focused on providing exceptional, equitable, and locally connected care through shared expertise, compassion, and a commitment to continuous growth. Education and training are central to staff development as we encourage all employees to strive and thrive. Bayside Health was formed following the merger of Alfred Health, Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service and Peninsula Health on 1 January 2026.
Unique opportunity for a Grade 3 Senior Clinician Physiotherapist in our Respiratory team.
THE DEPARTMENT
Alfred Care Group’s Physiotherapy Department provides acute physiotherapy services to the patients of The Alfred and Sandringham Hospital and subacute physiotherapy services to Caulfield Hospital.
The acute physiotherapy service is organised into five functional streams, namely: Intensive Care, Musculoskeletal, Respiratory, PAN (Progressive Illness, Aged Care and Neurosciences), and Sandringham. The first four streams are located at The Alfred site, with the fifth and latter stream based at the Sandringham site. The physiotherapy service provides acute clinical services and expertise in the following areas: intensive care, cardiothoracic surgery, general surgery, orthopaedics, trauma, burns, lung transplantation, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary rehabilitation, neurology and neurosurgery, infectious diseases, haematology / oncology, general medicine, haemophilia and emergency.
Caulfield Hospital Physiotherapy Department provides an extensive range of inpatient and ambulatory services in the areas of rehabilitation, health of the older person and residential care services. The physiotherapy department has more than 50 staff with another 15 physiotherapists working in other ambulatory and community services on site. The department provides subacute clinical services and expertise in the following areas: ABI, neurology, non-traumatic spinal cord injury, orthopaedics, amputees, burns, pain, Health of Older Person, aged care (GEM), transitional care and aged psychiatry. The subacute physiotherapy service is organised into four functional streams: Neurological Rehabilitation, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Health of Older Persons (HOP) and ABI.
The Alfred Care Group Physiotherapy Department has more than 100 EFT and employs over 170 staff. The physiotherapy service has a proud history of clinical and academic excellence. It remains strongly committed to further pursuing excellence in physiotherapy, through clinical research. The Alfred Care Group Physiotherapy Department is a major partner in the Alfred Care Group Physiotherapy Clinical Schools for both La Trobe and Monash Universities and in this role provides core and elective clinical placements for more than 50 undergraduate physiotherapy students.
THE ROLE
The Senior Clinician Physiotherapist (post-COVID) is the lead position for a dedicated Allied Health-led multidisciplinary post-COVID service, managing patients with multiple complex symptoms post COVID-19 infection.
The team includes an occupational therapist, neuropsychologist, allied health assistant and medical team, who provide a time limited service to this population of patients. The Senior Clinician Physiotherapist (post-COVID) ensures patients who are referred to the service are triaged, screened, assessed and managed appropriately, with determination of appropriate onward referrals a key component of the service.
The Senior Clinician Physiotherapist (post-COVID Service) is responsible for collaborating with, and enhancing referrals through partnerships with internal referrers, General Practitioners and other primary care providers. As the senior Physiotherapist, they are responsible for managing and developing the provision of high-quality Physiotherapy service to the post-COVID patient cohort.
Other responsibilities for this lead role include:
As a senior physiotherapist in the Physiotherapy Respiratory Stream, this position may also assist in the delivery of the Physiotherapy service to other respiratory programs, in consultation with the Physiotherapy Respiratory Stream Leader and the Physiotherapy Managers, as appropriate dependent on skillset. They may play a role in the education of physiotherapy students; and/or the supervision and professional development of Grade 2, Grade 1 and AHA staff within the Physiotherapy Respiratory stream. As a senior leader in the Physiotherapy department, and post-COVID service, this position contributes directly to the development of individuals, the clinical team and the physiotherapy service through good leadership, teamwork and communication.
SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS
STAFF BENEFITS
Please note - We may review applications and interview candidates prior to the closing date
For all enquiries, please contact: Janet Bondarenko, Senior Clinician Physiotherapist Respiratory Stream at (03) 9076 3450, j.bondarenko@alfred.org.au
Applications close 11pm AEST, Sunday 31st May 2026.
We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
