Are you looking for an exciting, yet also balanced and purposeful, private practice role? Is flourishing in a clinic focused on clinical excellence (in the Sports and Musculoskeletal space) sound like clever career pathway for you? You sound like a match for the Optimal Health Lab in Eltham, and we have an existing caseload of motivated clients waiting for your care!

This part-time Physio career opportunity can be described in a neat equation =
a knowledge-thirsty, kind, active clientele (limited third party cases),
PLUS a passionate, inclusive multidisciplinary team (6 x Physios, Dietitian, Myotherapist and Podiatrist),
PLUS purpose-built facility, including gym/ pilates space + active clinic leadership looking after you + many strong medical and surgical relationships
AND PD Galore with visitors, internal journal club and mentoring with a titled Physiotherapists.

Is this position ideal for you? Apply ASAP, with strong candidates interviewed quickly. Go on, make us smile with your application by explaining why you and your skills would be a great asset to our OHL team and community!!

Why are we hiring?

Simply, we are needing another Physio to maintain our availability to our OHL community of clients in classes and in-rooms, due to current physio team members reducing hours and another one due for family leave! As you can imagine, our OHL leadership team want to continue to achieve successful patient outcomes with a growing clientele of sports, musculoskeletal and post-op clients (with limited waiting times for clients to engage in expert physio care), and thus we are seeking a talented Physio to step into this caseload! NOTE: Tuesday afternoon/ evening shift would be a definite in this new Physios week :)

Tell me about the clinic

The Optimal Health Lab, or as we call it OHL, opened in May 2017 and today it continues to be a growing allied health clinic in Melbourne's north eastern suburbs. We are proudly achieving amazing results with our 'team healthcare' approach of collaborative Physiotherapy, Dietetics, Podiatry and Myotherapy services (and yes, we are aiming to see Psychology and AEP land in 2025).

As a Physio at OHL, who will I be treating?
But first, did you know in the last 12months we've had internal PD experiences with a spinal ortho surgeon, a foot surgeon, a yoga teacher, a PhD physio on posterior heel pain, a pain-titled physio AND topic presentations from our own multidisciplinary team!? We thrive on ongoing learning!

What would make up your caseload?

Primarily, you will be meeting an active, motivated client community (across the lifespan) who want to play sport, travel happily and achieve their optimal health with your help! This sees a large diversity of conditions like tendon pathologies, spinal pain, bone density goals, as well as acute and chronic sporting injuries.

Our clinic is linked with Lower Plenty Football Club, Eltham Wildcats Basketball Club, Greensborough Triathlon Club, Diamond Valley Athletics Club and other local sporting groups.

Variety of surgical prehab and rehab clients. OHL has close relationships with many surgeons, especially in knees, spines and shoulders looking for elite pre-op and post-op care.

General acute and chronic musculoskeketal injuries like spinal conditions, peripheral joint pains, rheumatological conditions and osteoarthritis

Treating within our OHL Group Physio class timetable. 4:1 class structure for pre-hab/ rehab clients within our Strength Lab

Pain, fatigue and chronic disease management

Health, wellbeing and performance optimisation! We have a mix of sporting clients looking for ways to improve their athletic performance, reduce injury risk & feel strong (and are presenting without injury), as well as a large percentage of general population clients looking for advice on how to live in their optimally healthy life!

Who will I be working with?

Multi-disciplinary team who all take a team approach to health care. Our goal is to see the right patient, get the right diagnosis and treatment from the best qualified person in that field. This team includes Podiatrist, Physiotherapy team, Myotherapist and Dietitian.

Full administrative team focused on delivering a comprehensive client experience and support our clinical team.

Invested clinical leadership and ownership!

Who is the leadership team:
OHL is owned and actively managed by a brother-sister combination in Lauren McLinden and Andrew Campbell. They have blended their individual skills to create our growing clinic!
> Lauren: Experienced Dual titled Physio who has working in the local area for over 12years. She has completed double masters in Sport and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy at LaTrobe University and she had worked with a number of elite sporting teams. She heads up our clinical team (alongside our Clinical Manager/ Physio Darcy Sharples).
> Andrew: Is our non-clinical Director/General Manager. His key focus centres around fostering a private practice environment which sees growth through sustainable means and he is passionate about ensuring our clinicians can best care for the community for years to come. He is always accessible to his team for any questions/ concerns/ feedback on how to make OHL the very best place.
> Darcy: Wears two hats! He is our Clinical Manager and he is a working Physiotherapist in the team.

How to apply: Make yourself stand out by sending a vibrant 1-page cover letter (explaining how you and your skills would benefit our OHL community of clients) and 2-page resume to us at [email protected].

Opportunity Closing date: Friday 2nd May at 5pm - however, if outstanding candidates land before that time, we'll be interviewing promptly after ANZAC Day long weekend.