Transform your knowledge into clinical practice with our Graduate Program. Kick start or further advance your career in an established musculoskeletal and sports injuries private practice. Our program can be tailored to meet your needs by our supportive and experienced team of physiotherapists and mentors. You can expect to excel in your clinical reasoning and practical skills as you’re guided through our structured program to become a confident and successful physiotherapist.
Our focus is on supporting you to achieve your best and get outstanding results for your clients. This is more than just a job – we love what we do and want you to feel the same!
Look no further as this opportunity won’t last long – send your resume and cover letter outlining why you are the best candidate to join our team to admin@physioplushurstville.com.au or call Greg on 02 9579 5662 for a friendly chat and he can answer any questions you may have.
“The biggest challenges are clinical reasoning, knowing what to do, when and why.
It takes a long time to be really good at it.“
“The team has been amazing! The ongoing mentoring from Greg, the Practice Principal has been awesome.
His knowledge is second to none and his openness and willingness to share. The team has been incredible, always there to give a second opinion, to help if I’ve been unsure – stepping in to help out without having to really ask.”
“The culture – it’s friendly and relaxed and we treat everyone like family. It’s a really nice place to come to work every day.
Also the hands-on approach to treatment, learning how the body works as a whole and understanding the problem and knowing what to do. You don’t get that if you don’t do hands-on treatment.
It’s been an amazing experience to kick-start my career.“
The biggest challenge would definitely be clinical reasoning when treating patients, learning how to transform what I have learned at university, into real practice.
Greg, the practice principal and the senior physios, Simon and Carol, have all mentored me which has helped me progress my learning and hands-on skills. If I have a tricky case, I can ask for their advice and they support me. Weekly team meetings and 1-on-1 sessions with Greg are fabulous – we establish and work on specific SMART goals. This has definitely helped accelerate my learning and become more confident in treating various patients.
The team is amazing, treating everyone as family. It’s tough becoming a physiotherapist!! However, everyone in the team is willing to provide support and feedback which helps you to become a more independent practitioner.
You come out of Uni with a brain full of knowledge but there are bits and pieces scattered everywhere. Being able to put the puzzle together, and understanding how the musculoskeletal system, neural system and biomechanics are all integrated, is a big challenge! Then applying this knowledge to the patient in front of you, when every individual is very different, is even harder.
The team is very supportive. Having weekly team meetings plus mentor sessions with Principal physiotherapist Greg, has been great to accelerate my learning. Senior physiotherapist Simon is also always around to happily discuss and explain anything at any time.
The emphasis is manual therapy and education for all patients in pain. This ensures they believe and understand that they will improve and can achieve their goals despite how they are feeling currently.
As a new graduate, it can be overwhelming to jump into the fast-paced environment of private practice. There’s a massive variety of conditions to see and even the problems you think you’re confident with can present quite differently from the way you were taught. No matter how much you know from studying, there’s always more knowledge and skill to acquire and the pace at which you have to take these on can be quite challenging.
You definitely have to move out of your comfort zone to keep up and go above and beyond for your patients.
The team is immensely supportive and always willing to help in any way possible. The senior physiotherapists are always there to answer clinical questions, give advice and review complex cases while explaining each step of their thought process to help you learn from their experience.
Our reception staff are very helpful with the administration side of things, which makes adapting to the new environment easier, allowing as much time as possible to focus on your patients.
It’s a very nice feeling to be able to apply everything you’ve learned into clinical practice. Seeing patients improving and benefitting so much is immensely satisfying and it feels like all the effort I’ve spent studying and practising is finally paid off. The ongoing professional development always gives me another aspect of physiotherapy to consider and also gives me another goal to work towards.
Being a physiotherapist doesn’t get stale because the learning never stops!
“The major challenge is putting the theory of physiotherapy into practice. They need to accelerate their hands-on manual therapy skills to complement their clinical reasoning. Also, they need to become direct and confident communicators to influence health behaviours.“
“An openness to sharing my knowledge and skills, starting with a broad perspective and narrowing to more complex anatomy, pathophysiology, assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
Providing ongoing support and feedback to become a confident, independent practitioner.”
“A collaborative approach to learning and growing. There is time to reflect on the assessment, diagnosis and treatment with your mentor. You will be challenged every day and finish with a buzz knowing what you have achieved.
We set our graduates up for success!“
