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NHULUNBUY | EAST ARNHEM LAND | NORTHERN TERRITORY

LIFE-CHANGING WORK. PHYSIOTHERAPY

If you are looking for a role where your clinical skills genuinely change lives, Arnhem Allied Health offers something increasingly rare: the opportunity to deliver meaningful healthcare while living and working in one of Australia’s most culturally significant and breathtaking regions.

Here, your work is not about helping people fit into a healthcare system. It is about helping healthcare reach people where they belong.

You will join a multidisciplinary allied health team working across Nhulunbuy and East Arnhem Land. Depending on your caseload, your week may include clinic-based care, schools, community settings, telehealth, aged care and outreach to remote communities. You will build long-term therapeutic relationships, work with autonomy and support, and develop capabilities that are difficult to replicate in metropolitan practice.

We are looking for clinicians who are curious, respectful, adaptable and committed to high-quality care. You do not need to arrive knowing everything about remote practice. Our structured 100-Day Onboarding Program is designed to help you progressively build confidence in our systems, communities, service pathways and way of working.

THE ROLE

As a physiotherapist, you will provide high-quality physiotherapy services across clinic, community and remote settings while working as part of Arnhem Allied Health’s multidisciplinary allied health team.

The role combines autonomous clinical practice with opportunities to contribute to the ongoing development, collaboration and quality of physiotherapy and Pilates services.

Pilates experience is preferred, with opportunities to facilitate individual and group Pilates programs alongside your broader physiotherapy caseload.

Key responsibilities:

• Conduct comprehensive assessments with a focus on understanding the cultural, physical and individual needs of clients, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients and communities.
• Develop and maintain accurate clinical records, including treatment plans and progress notes.
• Provide physiotherapy services, including appropriate exercises and therapeutic activities, to promote health, mobility, function and independence.
• Use appropriate therapeutic techniques to support clients in improving, maintaining or recovering their functional abilities.
• Collaborate with occupational therapists, speech pathologists and other healthcare professionals within our multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to the ongoing development and quality improvement of physiotherapy and Pilates services.
• Review client progress and adapt therapy plans as required, including participation in relevant case conferences and meetings.
• Deliver culturally respectful physiotherapy services to clients across Nhulunbuy and remote East Arnhem Land communities.
• Facilitate safe, engaging and culturally respectful individual and group Pilates classes tailored to participants’ needs, monitoring progress and adapting programs to promote strength, mobility, confidence and overall wellbeing.

Preferred start date: Before 1 December.

SALARY AND INCENTIVES

Full-time, HP Level 2.1–2.4:
$110,335.10–$121,633.08 base salary per annum, plus superannuation.

Plus:

• $5,000 sign-on bonus
• Up to $10,000 relocation assistance via Northern Territory Primary Health Network (NTPHN)
• Heavily subsidised accommodation at $200 per week

WHY ARNHEM ALLIED HEALTH

PURPOSE — Work that matters.
People in East Arnhem Land should not have to leave country, community, family, and cultural responsibilities to access healthcare. Our clinicians help take allied healthcare to people where they live.

GROWTH — Become a remarkable clinician.
Build clinical reasoning, adaptability, cultural responsiveness, autonomous practice, and multidisciplinary capability through work across clinic, community, schools, aged care, telehealth and remote outreach.

LIFE — Build a life outside work too.
East Arnhem Land offers extraordinary natural beauty, outdoor adventure, and a close community. Where operationally available, flexible work patterns can support a genuine quality of life.

SUPPORT — Grow with structure.
New clinicians move through the Arnhem Allied Health 100-Day Onboarding Program with clear procedures, supervision, shadowing, staged independence and ongoing clinical leadership.

WHAT WE OFFER

• A four-day work week
• Five weeks' annual leave
• Access to fleet vehicles to facilitate community-based therapy sessions
• One week of paid professional development leave
• Paid birthday leave
• Four weeks' paid parental leave
• Access to additional NTPHN Scholarships and Bursaries $20,000

Comprehensive wellbeing package, including:

• Free 24/7 gym membership
• Free physiotherapy
• Free massage
• Complimentary Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your immediate family

LIFE AND WORK IN EAST ARNHEM LAND

Based in Nhulunbuy, you will have the opportunity to provide physiotherapy services both locally and through outreach to remote communities across East Arnhem Land.

The role offers a distinctive combination of professional challenge, meaningful community-based care and life in one of Australia’s most remarkable regions.

• Work in some of Australia’s most untouched and beautiful locations.
• Enjoy a simpler day-to-day lifestyle and short local commutes.
• Provide outreach services to remote East Arnhem Land communities.
• Build a balanced life outside work through approved flexible work arrangements.
• Work respectfully alongside Yolu people and communities while contributing to meaningful, locally delivered healthcare.

EXPLORE LIFE AND WORK AT ARNHEM ALLIED HEALTH

Discover more about our team, our region and the opportunities to do life-changing work: Visit the Arnhem Allied Health's Life Changing Work webpage.

For a glimpse of outreach work in East Arnhem Land, watch our physiotherapist Will’s video: Watch Will’s outreach physiotherapy POV.

If this sounds like the kind of work—and life—you have been looking for, we would love to hear from you.

To apply or enquire about this role, please use the contact details provided below.

Requirements

We are looking for a physiotherapist who is confident, adaptable and committed to delivering high-quality, client-centred care.

Previous experience delivering physiotherapy services under the NDIS is essential. Applicants must also hold current AHPRA registration as a physiotherapist and valid Australian working rights.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in physiotherapy.
• Current AHPRA registration as a physiotherapist.
• Minimum two years of clinical physiotherapy experience.
• Demonstrated experience delivering physiotherapy services to NDIS participants (essential).
• Experience working with paediatric clients (essential).
• Ability to work confidently and autonomously across clinic, community and remote settings.
• Strong relationship-building and multidisciplinary teamwork skills.
• A client-centred approach and commitment to understanding and achieving individual goals.
• Respectful and culturally responsive approach to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients and communities.
• Ability and willingness to travel independently to remote East Arnhem Land communities.
• Current employment and NDIS-related clearances, or the ability to obtain them.
• Pilates experience is preferred.

This role is only open to candidates currently based in Australia with AHPRA registration.