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 – Musculoskeletal Inpatients/Outpatients

• Fixed-term, full-time rotational Physiotherapy position based at The Royal Melbourne Hospital City Campus, Parkville, until June 2027.
• Deliver physiotherapy services while providing clinical supervision and education to students and junior physiotherapists.
• Join a supportive team committed to professional development, career growth, and access to specialist clinical leaders.

About the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH):  

The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) is one of Victoria’s largest healthcare providers, delivering a comprehensive range of acute, sub-acute, specialist medical, surgical, and community-based services. As part of the renowned Melbourne Biomedical Precinct, RMH collaborates with leading research and education partners to advance innovation and improve patient care.

The RMH Physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology Department employs more than 200 staff across the City Campus in Parkville and the Royal Park Campus. We are seeking a passionate and experienced Grade 2 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist to join our supportive and dynamic team.

This role offers the opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary environment, providing physiotherapy services to a diverse musculoskeletal patient population. You will contribute to our seven-day service model, support the supervision and education of students and junior physiotherapists, and participate in service development initiatives and weekend service provision. This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your clinical skills and career within a leading tertiary health service. 

About the role:

• Bring your excellent clinical skills to provide high quality patient assessment to competently and independently assess, treat and manage a broad range of musculoskeletal physiotherapy consumers including trauma & orthopaedic inpatients, short-stay unit, and musculoskeletal outpatient services. 
• Foster positive team and workplace culture as a key leader across our trauma & orthopaedic inpatient, emergency department, and musculoskeletal outpatient services.
• Demonstrate an interdisciplinary health care approach that achieves desired patient outcomes. 
• Be involved in the supervision and education of student and junior Physiotherapists. 
• Develop your leadership skills in organisational committees and portfolios. 
• Contribute to our innovative research and quality improvement program.

About you: 

• You are an experienced physiotherapist in orthopaedic inpatient and musculoskeletal outpatient management. 
• You demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills. 
• You have experience and skills working autonomously in a health care setting, with high-level organisational and team leadership skills. 
• You have experience in providing clinical education to students and leading quality improvement projects. 
• You have a strong ability to develop relationships with relevant team members from allied health, nursing and medical teams. 

Benefit of working with the 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. We pride ourselves on our dedication to supervision, career growth and access to specialist leaders.  
• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive, inclusive and collaborative team 
• Salary packaging options, monthly ADOs for full time staff (that is an additional day off every month!), onsite car parking, close to public transport. 
• Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs, Staff Medical Service, Employee Assistance Program, Peer Support Program - run by our dedicated employees.  

The RMH is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community.  Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications. 

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

If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us. 

For a confidential discussion please reach out to Ken Koh ken.koh@mh.org.au

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.