Physiotherapist Role
What makes you tick? Why are you a Physiotherapist?
What do you enjoy most about the vocation you have chosen?
Gold Coast Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation is looking for the newest member to join our team of allied health professionals. We work closely together in a supportive and nurturing environment to achieve the best outcomes for our patients and to give back to the amazing Gold Coast Community. If you’re looking for a fun place to learn and grow while helping people life active and healthy lifestyles get in touch with us: info@gcsmr.com.au
What Makes Us Different?
- Laughter
- Team Work
- Genuine Love of What We Do
- Work Life Balance
- Encouraging Atmosphere
- Mentoring
- Excellent Pay
- Caring Professionals
Introduction to Physiotherapy Positions
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Who We Are
02
Your Needs
03
Features & Benefits
04
Meet The Team
05
The Role
Who We Are
We are a team of fun loving professionals who’s passion is to help people live life to it’s fullest!
Our Vision:
To see the Gold Coast Community thriving and actively enjoying the outdoors
Our Mission:
To use our professional knowledge for education, hands-on treatment and exercise advice to help people achieve their own goals and feel better than they imagined
Our Purpose:
To empower the people of the Gold Coast to live happy, active and outdoor lifestyles
Choosing The Right Home
Finding the right place to work is more important than the shirt you wear, the clients you’ll see or the pay check you get each week. Don’t get me wrong, the money, clothes and clientele is very important, but the vibe and gut feeling you get from where you spend your days is the most important factor of all!
At GCSMR we want you to look forward to coming to work because you’ll have good laughs with your clients, enjoy working with and learning from your co-workers and generally feel positive and supported in the workplace and maybe even make some long lasting friendships.
A good work – life balance is very high on the list of important things and we work hard with each of our therapists to make sure that their work lives help them in their personal lives as well. We want you to feel comfortable and to have as much fun here as we do!
Your Needs
We understand what is needed to succeed in private practice
Support
It can be daunting leaving the fold and entering into a new workplace for anyone, especially if you’ve only recently graduated. We are open and honest and listen to the concerns and needs of our staff to ensure everyone feels supported.
Confidence
Beginning a new job or career is an exhilarating time. We want to support you to grow your confidence as a person first and foremost, but as a therapist who feels confident in their clinical reasoning, decision making and treatment plans.
Learning
Learning is a life-long vocation and is something we place high importance on. Continued education and post-graduate pathways are always supported, and GCSMR provides generous professional development allowances.
Experience
We realise that everyone has come from different backgrounds and life experiences and that we all have something different to bring to the table. Our team have anywhere from 2 – 20 years experience and want to share their knowledge with you!
Time
It is important that you feel comfortable when settling in, and we do our best to allow for longer initial assessment and follow up times in the early days. This takes some pressure off while you find your feet and your individual rhythm as a therapist.
Team
We’re definitely biased, but we think we have the best team on the GC!
Our director is supportive to your life outside of work, our therapists are all supportive and happy to help with tricky cases, and our admin team is out of this world!
Everyone thoroughly enjoys what they do, and we have heaps of fun while we’re at it!
Features & Benefits
If you’re successful in joining our team, you can expect the following:
01 Mentoring
You will receive mentoring in a number of forms. This includes regular 1-1 and team mentoring sessions as well as shadowing with more experienced therapists.
Your mentoring will include both internal support, but also access to highly regarded mentors and external educators.
02 Non-Clinical Support
Your clinical mentoring will focus on clinical skill acquisition and growth. But your non-clinical mentoring is equally as important.
At GCSMR we want to know what drives you to do what you do, and by having regular goal setting days we can help you plan how your work with us can help you achieve your goals outside of work!
03 Professional Development
We strongly encourage our therapists to attend professional development opportunities in all forms! Our director Sarah is passionate about learning at all stages of your career and can be found presenting her own research at the national APA and AAG Conferences.
We provide generous professional development allowances, and all requests are open for negotiation. If you’re interest in a more structured pathway, we’re more than happy to assist you with support through everything from a new graduate pathway, post-graduate titling or even a formal Masters or PhD!
We’re therapy nerds and LOVE to learn new things, and we love to help others learn as well!!
04 Mixed Case Load
Whether you’re just starting out in private practice, looking for a change of pace or have been at it for years, there are so many options to explore with Exercise Physiology!
We like to find out your area of interest or expertise and ideally fit your caseload to suit where possible. On the other hand, if you don’t really know what you like, and want to experience it all, we definitely have that on offer!
We see patients from a VERY wide variety of settings including: athletes, general MSK, older adults in community 65+, women’s health, reformer pilates, neurological, paediatrics and much more!
Meet Some Of The Team
Want a fun, positive place to work with good vibes near the beach?!
Sarah Mattin
Director, Principal Therapist
Sarah started her career working with athletes in Canada in 2002 and has been working in private practice and the hospital system since. She loves learning, and is the only Physio in Australia who does pelvci floor acupuncture!
Nikki Parker- Wilson
Physiotherapist, Clinical Lead
Nikki has over 12 years experience as a Physio and years of experience as a clinical lead and clinical education co-ordinator. She loves seeing her slow stream rehabiltiation clients in the community.
Jesse Heim
Physiotherapist
Jesse is an all rounder who came to us from Bond University. He has interests in MSK, Vestibular and getting the best outcomes for his clients. When Jesse’s not treating other people, he’s often found fighting (and winning) Brazilian Jiu Jitzu competitions
Giovanni Zucarato
Exercise Physiologist
Gio is our EP extraordinaire who loves seeing people achieve their physical goals! He moved here from Brasil years ago and enjoys helping everyone enjoy fitness and health as much as he does!
Meet The Team
Want a fun, positive place to work with good vibes near the beach?!
Alex Camilleri
Massage Therapist
Alex is our kind hearted massage therapist who does Swedish and Relaxation massage.
She loves exploring the beach and bush with her little ones.
Lisa Goold
Practice Manager
Lisa LOVES keeping us organised! It’s a full time job keeping a group like us controlled.
When Lisa isn’t working, you may find her tasting Gin.
Candice Fisher
Occupational Therapist
Candice is our powerhouse OT. She hails from South Africa and comes with years of experience working in complex caseloads.
Melissa Rogers
Administration
Mel is our bubbly front desk admin who has over 8 years experience working in health. She and her adorable Staffie Max love the GC beaches.
The Role
Position Description
Physiotherapist
Set your own hours and schedule, with support from an experienced team
- Deliver care across Private Practice, Hydrotherapy and Community Settings
- Mixed caseloads including; MSK, women’s health, neurological, reformer and group exercise classes
- Flexible Hours available
- Competitive Wages + Super
You’ll provide holistic, integrated care to our clients enhancing their mobility and movement to promote their independence and wellbeing. Working with a number of movement conditions associated with musculoskeletal impairments, genetic conditions and chronic disease, you will tailor your care to make a real difference in your client’s quality of life! We love thinking outside the box to make goals fun to achieve!
Working in both private practice and in client’s homes, you’ll have the opportunity to develop new treatment programs, helping clients to manage their movement, pain, balance and incorporate manual skills and education.
This will include:
- Diagnosing, assessing and developing care plans for individuals
- Education and training on aspects of therapy for the clients and sometimes their carers
- Goal setting activities
- Prescribing and designing hydrotherapy programs
- The opportunity for conducting reformer Pilates sessions
- Liaising with healthcare professionals such as GPs, nurses, physiotherapists, allied health assistants and occupational therapists to ensure care plans are formulated and monitored
The Role
Position Description
Physiotherapist
What you’ll need:
You’ll be passionate about providing exceptional clinical treatment and therapies designed to enable your clients to maintain and improve their independence. You’ll be self-motivated and driven to incorporate contemporary theory in your day to day activities and make a real difference to the lives of our clients!
You’ll present with:
- Previous experience and skills are an asset
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to build great relationships
- Effective time-management and proven clinical problem-solving skills
- The ability to manage your own time and assist the admin team in scheduling
- Pilates experience is highly regarded
- Tertiary Qualifications and current ESSA registration
- Current Australian Drivers Licence and a road worthy vehicle with comprehensive insurance as required Professional Indemnity and Liability Insurance
- A criminal history record check
What we can offer you:
- A brand new purpose built facility with a reformer pilates studio and group exercise space
- A great team to have fun with and amazing patients whose lives you will change!
- Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
- The opportunity to think outside the box to make activity and fitness enjoyable
- Employee assistance, supervision and mentorship
- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ongoing learning & development
- Professional development allowance
If this sounds like you please feel free to reach out, we’re waiting to hear form you!
Lisa Goold – Recruitment
M: 0402 670 343
E: l.goold@gcsmr.com.au