Join a dynamic team and elevate your career as a Physiotherapist, providing expert care in the Illawarra Shoalhaven region.
$76,364 - $108,943 per annum + 12% super & salary packaging | Permanent Full Time | Port Kembla Hospital (PKH) | REQ645432 | Grade: Physiotherapist Level 1 -2 | Applications close: 24 March 2026
Join us in shaping healthier futures. Together we can do more.
The Port Kembla Hospital Physiotherapy Department offers a supportive, collaborative, and clinically excellent environment for early‑career physiotherapists to grow and thrive. You will join a highly experienced team with strong expertise across musculoskeletal physiotherapy, complex orthopaedics, persistent pain, amputee rehabilitation, and neurodegenerative conditions. Our approachable and invested Musculoskeletal Clinical Educators provide close, hands‑on supervision and mentorship, ensuring you feel supported, challenged, and confident as you develop your practice.
As a permanent full‑time Level 1/2 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, you will manage a broad and varied outpatient caseload, developing depth and confidence in the assessment and management of common orthopaedic and musculoskeletal presentations, while also being supported to work with more complex and less frequently encountered conditions.
The preferred applicant will have experience in the outpatient Musculoskeletal setting with both individual and group-based interventions. They will participate in quality improvement activities, service development initiatives, and project work. Additionally, they will have the opportunity to support student placements under the guidance of senior clinicians.
For more information and to view the position classification, see the Position Description here.
A little about us.
As a part of the new Shellharbour Hospital and Integrated Services Project, a new Community Health Centre is being built on the old Port Kembla Hospital site. The Warrawong Community Health Centre will bring together a range of services including community mental health, drug and alcohol, community nursing, and child and family services.
Until the new Community Centre is complete, some allied health services will continue to operate out of the Port Kembla Hospital site.
Benefits of working with ISLHD.
We understand that balancing career aspirations with the demand of the everyday, as well as maintaining a healthy work-life balance, can be a challenge. To help with this, we offer a range of benefits which include:
- Allocated Days Off (ADO) - once a month take a paid day off (eligible full-time employees)
- Salary packaging - less tax and more take-home pay
- Novated leasing - lease a car and pay for all running costs out of your pre-taxed salary (eligible full-time employees)
- Fitness Passport - discounted gym membership that both you and your family can enjoy (eligible employees)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - free confidential and professional assistance for staff and their families
- Career progression, professional development and secondment opportunities
Apply now by reading the Position Description, then, using our online portal, submit a resume and answer the selection criteria within the application. In addition, please note you must have the following essential requirements:
- Applicable vaccination requirements for a Category A role.
- Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- Current AHPRA Registration
- Valid NSW Drivers Licence
ISLHD is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
ISLHD is dedicated to fostering a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health’s commitment to implementing the Child Safe Standards. We aim to ensure that children and young people feel safe, supported, and included in their care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise the safety, welfare, and wellbeing of children and young people, actively working to protect them from harm and abuse.
Need more information or help applying?
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ISLHD acknowledges that our health district is located on the unceded lands of the Aboriginal people who are the Traditional Custodians of the NSW South Coast.