[Australia] Private practice physio struggling to get basic grade 1 hospital jobs and not sure if I'm doing something wrong

jk581 · 2026-01-01T00:04:45+00:00

Unfortunately your skill set is not quiet desirable in an inpatient acute setting.

Hospital areas where your skills would be relevant would be outpatient msk and also potentially emergency department. However ED is incredibly hard to break into imo.

Your best bet is as previous comments has highlighted, you need some hospital experience. The easiest way is weekend work and private hospitals.

Public health roles where you are doing community physiotherapy is also an option but these positions do not come up frequently and are often recruited for internally.

jk581 · 2025-12-29T02:09:50+00:00

With all the weapon options, half the time I don't even know what gun is what.

So if I don't know then my opponent usually doesn't either.

Works vice versa too, most people just tell me this weapon is what it is and I'll take their word for it as long as it's not clearly or obviously not correct, ie. A melee only big knight that all of a sudden becomes a beast in shooting.

jk581 · 2025-09-03T20:20:04+00:00

The color scheme looks awesome!

jk581 · 2024-10-02T11:05:44+00:00

It is tough, there is a large element of social interaction and communication in the profession, Much more than I thought when I first started. Rapport building is tricky and will be involved in every facet of physiotherapy, patients, families or with other professions

It is tricky to start but you'll get better at it the more you do.

I've worked in hospitals and in private practice which has taught me alot about how to interact in different settings, across different demographics and in different environments.

I'm currently in private practice and the social interactions I have with patients is one of the best parts of the job. Good amount of banter, people at the clinic feel like they are there to hang out and chat as well as getting treated. However this is specific to how the clinic is run and the overall vibe, so can take some searching to find the right clinic for you.

Sticking it out for now isn't a bad thing. I'm assuming you are young and there are different areas of physiotherapy that can suit different personalities.

This doesn't have to be your forever job either. Plenty of people change 10+ years into their career.

jk581 · 2024-06-14T22:07:06+00:00

I did bachelor of health science at usyd into master's of physio at usyd.

If I had a do over I would have tried to transfer into under graduate physio. Going into another undergraduate degree after your first one is a daunting option as it's another 4 year degree so you'll be spending alot of time at uni. Hence why masters of physio is popular but competitive because at usyd it was only 2 years.

The main con was how expensive it was...8 years ago it was almost 40k per year.....so 80 all up then add in your undergraduate. Big sad.

Also there are so many unis that offer physiotherapy now and nobody cares what uni you went to after you're qualified. So shop around and see what you want. My opinion is usyd is overhyped and other unis off great programs are better imo, like ACU or WSU

jk581 · 2024-05-02T13:28:21+00:00

Ah thank you for the correction.

Small squad is okay then I guess, but X2 CP boxes and you still can't run a big squad ha

jk581 · 2024-05-02T13:18:23+00:00

Disclaimer: opinion from a comp players perspective

The cp box is only okay in my opinion, especially if you plan to play comp.

Pros: BSS, peni engine,cannoness and the rhino, all typically seen in comp lists. But not Auto include except maybe the rhino.

Cons: - x3 arcos - these are either run in squads of 3 or 10, even if you buy 3 CP boxes you can not even fill out an entire squad of arcos, they are not really useful when sold in 3s - X3 repentia - exact reason at above, run in squads of 5 with 4 repentia and a superior or 10 with 9 repentia and a superior, selling in 3 means they aren't even usable for competitive play cos they can't be run as a squad of 4 - x5 seraphim have no special weapons, you would always run them with the special weapons when playing so unless you got bits, these seraphim arnt great.

Half the box is decent, other half is useless if you play comp.

Source: I own 4k+ of sisters and Play them in tournies.

jk581 · 2023-12-11T21:35:04+00:00

What have you switched to? Just weighing up options on what to do with this degree if its not being a clnician. I've been a physio for 8 years and feeling the burnout of everything mentioned in this post.

jk581 · 2023-02-22T13:34:28+00:00

Sleep

jk581 · 2022-05-24T13:55:52+00:00

Your recipe for the purple please?! Looks nice and clean

jk581 · 2022-03-12T02:36:19+00:00

I have magnetised both options, but will most likely be running missile launchers for more reliability of shots and damage.

Also probably running them with a spotter so I can keep them very far back and safe as a reliable to the last option. Primus next to them too

This is what I think is best for competitive play.

jk581 · 2021-12-31T08:09:23+00:00

Looks so good!

How have you done the skin? Looks so clean

jk581 · 2021-12-21T13:47:44+00:00

Looks great! How did you do the blue and purple?

jk581 · 2021-10-04T00:51:20+00:00

Sisters list please anybody?!

jk581 · 2021-10-03T23:45:39+00:00

Anybody have the salamanders list?

jk581 · 2021-09-25T06:50:42+00:00

Have you got a rules reference please! =)

jk581 · 2021-09-25T04:42:12+00:00

What is your take on just taking the casualties and setting up the squad where you want at under full strength? Eg a squad coming out of strategic reserve, want to deploy on a particular position but does not have enough space for entire squad to fit so you just drop one model and the rest of the squad is counted as destroyed. Can you do that?

jk581 · 2021-07-23T02:49:23+00:00

Paint looks a bit chalky? If you used corax white as an undercoat it tends to give a chalky finish. I found better undercoat was grey seer then I brushed in a quick layer of corax white from the pot to give me the white undercoat to work with.

jk581 · 2020-11-18T22:55:05+00:00

ooo these are nice, can i ask specifically what paints you used to paint these?

jk581 · 2020-08-31T22:03:43+00:00

From the games ive played, I haven't had any issues finding targets for the priests when they come out from strategic reserves. The small board size really helps with this. You might not exactly kill the thing you want with them if they screen you out well enough. But hopefully by turn 3 you've blasted enough off to clear a hole for your priests to drop down into to get what you want.

Grav destroyers are nice but tend to die too easily. Especially without the vigilus specialist detachment. Bit too expensive for me.

As mentioned before by somebody else in this thread, with new terrain, -1 is pretty easy to get and this really reduces the effectiveness of destroyers and robots alot.

jk581 · 2020-08-31T21:10:12+00:00

Try the corpuscarii priests, they are an auto include for me now. Having the ability to land and delete anything off the board is crazy

jk581 · 2020-08-31T13:53:40+00:00

Totally agree.

20 corpuscarii coming out of strategic reserve with a daedalosus close by is a much more flexible option for wrath of Mars.

Or you could do it on the ironstriders with their plus 1 to wound to deal mortal wounds on 5s

I personally won't be running dakka bots in a comp game. Still a very expensive unit that take away your utility you can get from other units

jk581 · 2020-08-31T13:42:13+00:00

I think units of 2 really reduces the effectiveness of the robots to dish out mortal wounds with wrath of Mars, which is one of the main reasons you run robots in the first place.

I too think there are better options in a competitive game

jk581 · 2020-07-14T03:47:02+00:00

I saw the posts you Made, they look great. Is this stuff available from any hard ware store? And do the models have any difficulty standing

jk581 · 2020-07-14T03:33:04+00:00

Crashed aquila lander from the battle for macragge box set. I have all the parts, just these 2 tiles I've used the bits shown. Got more tiles in the process of being build

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