Permanent Full Time Position

Be the difference. Enjoy great rewards and benefits.

Working with Southern Cross Care means you are valued, supported, and rewarded. Our Bee Well program gives you great discounts on groceries, travel, and health insurance, plus resources to boost your wellbeing. You will also enjoy salary packaging to help you take home more pay while building a career that makes a real difference.

About the role

This role works in a supportive, multi-disciplinary environment that embraces evidence based, best practice to support clients back to their best health.

In this role you will help to maximise clients’ health and well-being, using physiotherapy practice, regardless of the clients' age, disease or disability. 

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to;

• Undertaking holistic assessments to identify each clients' needs, goals and preferences
  
  
• Providing high quality, efficient and timely clinical services to contribute to better outcomes for clients

• Contributing positively to multi-disciplinary care planning for our clients.

• Engaging in case conferencing and problem-solving of complex care needs.

• Proactively delivering evidence-based reablement pathways to ensure client physical, social and mental health benefits

• Mentoring students as well as supporting new therapy staff members in service and organisation orientations

For further details regarding the scope of the role, please refer to the position description.

About you

We are looking for people who will be the difference in the lives of our residents and clients.

The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience;

• A Bachelor or Master Degree in Physiotherapy and current unrestricted registration with AHPRA as a Physiotherapist.

• Demonstrated broad relevant experience with an understanding of clinical practices in an aged care setting. 

• Experience in person-centred practice, service continuous improvement, evidence based treatment and service delivery

• Interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills that foster the co-operation and support of clients, staff, external service providers and other stakeholders

• Sound knowledge of the requirements of the Aged Care Standards as are applicable to the role.

• All applicants will also need to hold a current unrestricted Australian Driver's Licence

About us

Southern Cross Care is one of Australia’s leading charitable aged care, health and retirement living service providers. We value the diversity in our team, live and breathe our values of Service, Courage and Compassion and offer salary packaging benefits to maximise your take-home pay.

When you work for us, we value you as an individual, care for your wellbeing and develop your skills to help you build your career. We reward creativity and provide the stability and flexibility you need. When you work for us, you work better for life.

Apply online: careers.southerncrosscare.com.au/jobs/search

Applications close: 31st July 2026