Physiotherapists - Complex Invisible Illness & Hypermobility

Physiotherapists - Complex Invisible Illness & Hypermobility

biio. Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Physiotherapists - Complex Invisible Illness & Hypermobility

biio. Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Are you ready to practice physiotherapy with genuine complexity and collaboration?

At Biio, we've built Australia's first medical center specifically for complex invisible illnesses. We're seeking passionate Physiotherapists to join our multidisciplinary team, working across our five interconnected clinical pathways for patients who've been dismissed by traditional healthcare.

Your Caseload

You'll work with patients across our five pathways, understanding how conditions intersect and influence each other.

Connective Tissue & Hypermobility forms the foundation of many presentations. You'll treat patients with hEDS, HSD, and Marfan syndrome, focusing on joint protection and proprioceptive rehabilitation while recognizing that 40-50% will also develop POTS. This isn't just about bendy joints—it's about understanding how structural variations cascade through every body system.

Dysautonomia presents as the regulatory disruption where automatic systems fail. Your patients with POTS, orthostatic intolerance, and MCAS need exercise prescription that works with autonomic dysfunction, not against it. You'll learn why traditional "deconditioning" explanations miss the mark and how to design programs that actually help.

Post-Viral & Immune conditions like Long COVID, ME/CFS, and post-infectious syndromes require a complete rethink of exercise physiology. You'll master pacing strategies, understand post-exertional malaise as metabolic dysfunction, and learn to distinguish exercise intolerance from exercise avoidance.

Neurodivergent Health encompasses how ADHD, autism, and sensory processing differences create cascading physical effects. You'll work with interoception challenges, motor differences, and develop communication adaptations for patients who experience their bodies differently.

Hormonal influences weave through everything else. You'll see how menstrual cycles affect joint laxity, how perimenopause impacts hypermobility symptoms, and how thyroid dysfunction affects muscle function and recovery.

Your Team: Experts Collaborating Beyond Boundaries

You'll collaborate with rheumatologists who recognize autonomic patterns in hypermobility, clinical neuropsychologists specializing in neurodivergent health and chronic illness, and exercise physiologists conducting autonomic testing and dysautonomia management. Our integrative psychiatrists address medical trauma and complex presentations while clinical dietitians manage MCAS, gastroparesis, and metabolic dysfunction.

Through our Biiography platform, your observations become immediately visible to the entire team. When you note joint instability patterns, the neuropsychologist sees it while assessing neurodivergence. When you identify compensatory movements, the exercise physiologist incorporates it into autonomic reconditioning protocols. This isn't just information sharing—it's active pattern recognition across disciplines.

Learning & Development

As a member of our collaborative team, you'll have the opportunity to undertake mentorship and supervision with senior clinicians highly experienced in invisible illness. Our Biio practitioner digital community connects you with colleagues for collaborating on cases, sharing resources and insights, asking questions and receiving answers from experienced practitioners across all pathways.

Regular team case-sharing meetings and professional development opportunities keep you connected with the latest evidence and approaches in complex care. This isn't formal training—it's real-world learning from practitioners who understand these conditions intimately.

Your Role: Making Connections Visible

You'll conduct comprehensive assessments for complex, multi-system presentations and develop treatment plans addressing joint protection, proprioception, strength, and pain management. A crucial part of your role involves recognizing when POTS symptoms emerge during physical therapy sessions and collaborating with exercise physiologists on autonomic dysfunction management.

You'll provide education on self-management for complex chronic conditions and implement graded activity programs while carefully avoiding post-exertional symptom exacerbation.

What makes this different: You get 45-90 minute appointments with no rushing, manageable caseloads that allow thinking rather than just reacting, and team members who speak the same clinical language. Your platform documentation serves patient care, not just compliance, and we recognize that your expertise extends far beyond musculoskeletal concerns.

The Ideal Candidate

You hold a Bachelor's or Master's in Physiotherapy with current AHPRA registration. You understand that hypermobility affects more than joints, recognize that chronic fatigue isn't simply deconditioning, and feel comfortable with neurodivergent communication styles. Most importantly, you're interested in learning about autonomic dysfunction and how body systems interconnect.

We highly value experience with EDS, HSD, or hypermobility disorders, knowledge of POTS and orthostatic intolerance, understanding of post-exertional malaise, familiarity with sensory processing differences, and a background in pain science and pain management.

Your clinical approach combines intellectual humility with clinical confidence. You're willing to say "I see something that needs another lens" and have a commitment to continuous learning with a collaborative spirit and no clinical ego.

What We Offer

Flexible arrangements range from 1 day to full-time options. Start small and grow your caseload at your own pace with flexible scheduling to accommodate your life. Our supportive, collaborative team culture includes protected admin time for thorough documentation, regular supervision and mentoring, and access to our cutting-edge digital health platform.

Growth opportunities include shaping the future of complex care delivery, contributing to Australia's pioneering invisible illness model, professional development, conference and training opportunities. We offer competitive contractor arrangements or employment with negotiable compensation and no overhead concerns, allowing you to focus purely on patient care.

Location & Working Style

Based in our Subiaco clinic in Perth, you'll work within our hybrid care delivery model combining in-person and telehealth appointments. Flexible, patient-centered appointment times and real-time platform collaboration define our working style.

Ready to Practice Without Boundaries?

If you're a physiotherapist who recognizes the need for a new model in invisible illness, who values collaboration and integration across disciplines, and who believes that complex conditions require more than isolated treatment approaches—we want to hear from you.

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