Complete the Council’s assessments and demonstrate your quality of physiotherapy practice to Australian healthcare employers.
The Australian physiotherapy profession is world-renowned for its high-level quality of care, evidence-based practice and a high standard of physiotherapy education. This leads to great outcomes for employers seeking to employ competent and well-rounded physiotherapists in hospitals, aged care facilities and private clinics, and patients who want to access safe and effective physiotherapy care to improve their lives.
All new physiotherapists joining the profession, whether they are a new graduate from an Australian university or coming from overseas, need to show their level of practice is consistent with the expected quality to secure employment.
International physiotherapists bring a variety of competencies and experiences from various clinical settings. However, physiotherapy practice in the Australian context may differ to the level which they are used to, which is why all practitioners wanting to register as physiotherapists in Australia should complete a Council assessment pathway.
The Council’s assessments pathways are designed to be fair and robust, ensuring that only candidates who have the competencies to practice safely and effectively can join the profession and register to work as a physiotherapist in Australia.
Australian healthcare employers can trust that the only pathways which ensure quality entry-level physiotherapists are the Council’s assessments pathways.
As an international physiotherapist, completing an Australian Physiotherapy Council assessment journey that you’re best equipped with the tools to find employment in Australia.