Physiotherapy Student Clinical Educator

**Alfred Health**

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services. On 1 January 2026, Alfred Health will come together with Kooweerup Regional Health Service, Peninsula Health, Bass Coast Health and Gippsland Southern Health Service to create Bayside Health, a newly merged health service with more than 22,000 employees caring for a community of over 1.2 million Victorians. The new health service will provide people with the best possible care with services that support them throughout their lives. The merger will also strengthen our workforce, providing new training, education and career opportunities. Subject to final approval on 1 January 2026, all employees from the five health services will transfer to Bayside Health.

**Unique opportunity for a Grade 3 Physiotherapy Student Clinical Educator.**
- ** Fixed-term position until October 2026**:

- ** Part time (32 hours/fortnight) - days can be negotiated (Monday and one other preferred)**:

- ** 5 weeks annual leave (pro-rata)**:

- ** Grade 3 Classification (VB7-VC1)**:

- ** Based across Alfred, Caulfield and Sandringham sites**:

- ** Great staff benefits**

**THE DEPARTMENT**

Alfred Health’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 latter being 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.

The physiotherapy service at Caulfield Hospital provides an extensive range of inpatient and ambulatory services in the areas of rehabilitation, aged care and residential care services. The physiotherapy service provides subacute clinical services and expertise in the following areas: neurology, non-traumatic spinal cord injury, orthopaedics, amputees, burns, complex regional pain, cardiac rehabilitation, aged care, transitional care and aged psychiatry. The physiotherapy department is organised into functional streams: Neurological Rehabilitation, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Health of Older Persons (HOP) and ABI.

The Alfred Health 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 Health Physiotherapy Department is a major partner in the Alfred Health 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 primary role of the Physiotherapy Student Clinical Educator is to provide support and advice to La Trobe University (LTU) undergraduate physiotherapy students, and their clinical supervisors, in relation to their clinical placements. This position is funded by The La Trobe University School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport (SAHHSS) but is an Alfred Health Physiotherapy Department staff member/employee. This position strengthens the relationships and operational processes between the Alfred Health Physiotherapy Department and LTU Physiotherapy School, and provides enhanced learning opportunities for students - which in turn enhances patient experiences and outcomes. This role would also contribute to the communication between Alfred Health physiotherapy clinical academic coordinators and the La Trobe placement operations team.

**SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS**
- Registration under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) Act 2009 (where appropriate) or accreditation with relevant self-regulating professional body
- Allied Health qualification (at least 7 years experience), with eligibility for membership of relevant Allied Health professional body
- A current ‘Working with Children Check’ (WWCC) to be held for the tenure of the position, as per agreement with La Trobe University
- Demonstrated commitment to the purpose and beliefs of Alfred Health
- Applied knowledge of multo-modal design, implementation and evaluation of education models
- Applied knowledge of programme development supporting the competence, capability