The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers.

Join the team. Build a career. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Grade 2 Physiotherapist – Aged Care Research Role

• 0.6 EFT, 12 months from July 2026, as a research assistant on a dual-task exergame project in GEM wards (Royal Park Campus).
• Lead day-to-day research operations and act as primary intervention therapist under senior physiotherapist guidance.
• Collaborate within a supportive team with strong supervision, career development, and access to specialist leaders.

 About the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH):

Gain experience in a well-supported multidisciplinary team, working with a diverse range of acute and sub-acute clients across the Home First, Ambulatory & Complex Care service—including inpatient general medicine, Acute Care of the Elderly, RMH@Home subacute, GEM wards, and the offsite Bed-Based Transition Care Program.

This role includes supervising and educating students and junior physiotherapists, while offering leadership and professional development opportunities across Physiotherapy and Allied Health. You will be supported by experienced Grade 3 and 4 physiotherapists.

Your new role: 

• Bring your excellent clinical skills to provide high quality patient assessment and management in the dual-task exergame research study
• Provide overall project management of the study with support from Gr 3 & 4 physiotherapists
• Contribute to project planning, compliance with ethics and governance, operation of the study, conducting intervention, and coordinating patient assessment data collection.
• Develop your leadership, project management and research skills
• Providing clinical cover outside the research study, including supervision and education of student and junior Physiotherapists, may be required 

About you: 

• Excellent Physiotherapy assessment and treatment skills and the ability to manage a variety of complex patients across the spectrum of aged-care patient management. 

• You demonstrate well-developed communication, time management and organisational skills. 

• Experience working in a hospital healthcare setting and providing clinical education to students and leading quality improvement projects. 

• You have a current driver’s licence and are comfortable completing off site and/or home visit clinical work 

Benefits of working at RMH: 

• A rewarding career in a values based organisation offering great prospects for career diversity and professional advancement including mentorship and leadership programs. 

• Great opportunities for career diversity and professional development, including training and research opportunities, as well as access to mentorship and leadership programs. 

• Enjoy excellent work life balance working in a supportive, inclusive and collaborative team 

• Salary packaging options, onsite car parking, close to public transport.

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Interested? Don’t delay, apply now!  - recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable candidates are received. 

For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below. 

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and satisfactory Working With Children Check.

The RMH is committed to creating a culturally safe environment as a collective responsibility. We draw on our principles of self-determination, equity, accountability, and shared learning to create a culturally responsive health system that challenges how we strive for continuous quality improvement to meet the expectations of the communities and patients we serve.

RMH is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with the Child Safe Standards.

As a leader in healthcare, we recognise the need to foster a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging. We encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply, and will provide adjustments to support equitable participation.