Physiotherapist Team Leader

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time, 38 hrs per week

Location: Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital

Position Classification: Physiotherapist Level 4

Remuneration:$121, $124,607.00 per annum

Requisition ID: REQ617234

Application Close Date: 16/11/2025

Interview Date Range: 19/11/2025 – 26/11/2025

Contact Details:Sharmane Motuliki

About the Opportunity

The Aged Care and Rehabilitation Team Leader provides clinical governance and leadership across Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Neurosciences. The Team Leader Physiotherapist role presents an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced clinician to lead and inspire a dedicated clinical team within the physiotherapy department. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a leadership capacity, combining hands-on clinical expertise with strategic oversight. As the linchpin between frontline staff and senior management, the Team Leader will be instrumental in shaping service delivery, ensuring high professional standards, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence in patient care.

In addition to managing day-to-day operations, the role involves collaborating closely with the Head of Department to drive broader physiotherapy initiatives. This includes workforce planning, mentoring junior staff, implementing evidence-based practices, and contributing to safety and quality frameworks. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing, evaluating, and refining physiotherapy care models that align with organizational goals and patient needs. This is a chance to make a lasting impact on both team performance and patient outcomes in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.

What You'll be Doing

The Team Leader Physiotherapist is responsible for leadership and management of the Aged Care and Rehabilitation team and supporting the Head of Department in broader Physiotherapy service activities. This includes providing clinical and administrative leadership, the monitoring of professional standards, workforce planning, clinical practice development, safety and quality and the development of, implementation and evaluation of physiotherapy care.

Where You'll Be Working

Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is located in the city of Bankstown and is in one of the most multicultural local government areas (LGA) in Australia. This hospital has tertiary affiliations with three universities and offers a range of roles and experiences to employees.

The hospital receives highly diverse presentations in ED as well as having general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services across the hospital. Working at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is a truly rewarding experience which allows you to make a real difference to the multicultural community.

Being part of the team at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital means you will be a part of a friendly and enthusiastic group of people where you will be truly valued in your work. Being a smaller hospital, you are seen as part of the wider Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital Family where you are known to the other staff and your patients.

Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is like no other in our district and offers unmatched career development and progression opportunities and the hospital focuses on regular training and upskilling. There are regular occasions for working in more senior role and you will have a great management team who dedicate themselves to providing safe, quality patient care through ensuring they have a cohesive and dynamic team.

How to Apply

To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.

• Current Physiotherapy Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Extensive clinical specialty experience in Aged Care, Rehabilitation or Neurosciences including demonstrated advanced practice skills and management of a complex Physiotherapy caseload.
• Demonstrated effective skills and experience in leadership and management, supervision and education and training of staff and students.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and experience in the planning, implementation and evaluation of quality improvement, research, and service activities
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills and the ability to build partnerships with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Applicants must possess an Australian C-Class driver's license (including P1 or P2). Those who hold a C class license (P1 or P2 included) from a state other than NSW must obtain a NSW C class (P1 or P2 included) license within three months of appointment. Learner's licenses are not permitted.

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Health & Fitness

South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.

Transforming Your Experience

Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don't just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.

SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people's rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.

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