Senior Physiotherapist - Palliative Care
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Physiotherapist Level 3
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $116,892.00 - $ 120,680.00 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ660932
Applications Close: 18/05/2026
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.
About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is an exceptional environment to advance your career while enhancing your skills and expertise. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we deliver a comprehensive range of public health services across the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Regions.
Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.
We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Senior Physiotherapist to provide high-quality services within the Cancer Care Services. This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in enhancing quality of life for patients with complex needs.
In this role, you will deliver high‑quality, patient‑centred physiotherapy using expert clinical reasoning while working closely within a multidisciplinary team. You will contribute to service planning, implementation, evaluation and continuous improvement. You will also undertake responsibilities in supervision, quality improvement initiatives, education delivery to other health professionals and teaching students undertaking clinical placements.
If you are passionate about palliative care, leadership, and making a lasting impact, we encourage you to apply and join our dedicated team!
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
Accrued Day Off (ADO)
Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
Novated Leasing
Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
Fitness Passport
NBMLHD is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects the community we serve. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply.
NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards
For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.
What you will bring to the role
- Degree in Physiotherapy and current full national Physiotherapy Registration with AHPRA.
- Extensive experience in Physiotherapy, with substantial expertise in Palliative Care, end-of-life care and/or chronic illness across community and/ or hospital settings.
- Demonstrated excellent clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to operate autonomously with minimum direct clinical supervision, when working with complex patients and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrated high level of effective written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to adapt communication to suit diverse audiences
- Demonstrated high-level time management skills in a complex clinical environment, including the ability to independently prioritise competing demands across acute, subacute, and community palliative care settings. Proven capacity to manage a dynamic caseload while supporting junior staff and contributing to service development initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to provide expert advice to service managers on Physiotherapy-related WH&S, clinical service development, practice and design in response to demands and client /stakeholder needs.
- Demonstrated commitment to professional development and Evidence Based Practice, with an ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes.
- Current NSW Drivers licence and ability to travel in accordance with the demands of the position).
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Glyndon Wakeman on Glyndon.Wakeman@health.nsw.gov.au
