The Royal Children's Hospital

Exercise Physiologist

The Royal Children's Hospital  •  Seymour, IN (Onsite)  •  17 hours ago
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Job Description

Allied Health Exercise Physiologist, Physiotherapist

We are seeking a qualified and appropriately accredited Exercise Physiologist or Physiotherapist to join our team on a part-time contract.

The successful candidate will demonstrate sound clinical judgement, strong communication skills and a genuine commitment to person-centred care. You will work independently and collaboratively to deliver safe, evidence-based exercise interventions that support participants to improve their health, function and independence.

Key Responsibilities

  • Conduct assessments and develop individualised exercise programs.
  • Deliver safe and evidence-based exercise interventions.
  • Monitor participant progress and review programs as required.
  • Apply strong clinical reasoning and risk assessment skills.
  • Manage an allocated caseload independently.
  • Maintain accurate, timely and professional clinical documentation.
  • Work collaboratively with participants, families, support workers, other health professionals.
  • Deliver services in participant homes, community settings and other service locations where required.
  • Support participants to work towards meaningful health, functional and independence outcomes.
  • Maintain participant privacy, dignity, choice and control.
  • Comply with safeguarding and incident-reporting requirements.

Essential Requirements

  • Tertiary qualification in Exercise Physiology, Physiotherapy or a recognised equivalent qualification.
  • Current Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) accreditation as an Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP) or Ahpra Registered Physiotherapist .
  • Demonstrated skills in assessment, exercise prescription, program development and clinical review.
  • Strong clinical reasoning, risk assessment and evidence-based exercise programming skills.
  • Ability to independently manage a caseload and maintain accurate clinical documentation.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong organisational and time-management skills.
  • Current Australian driver's licence.

You will be:

  • Friendly, engaging, respectful and person-centred.
  • Self-motivated, organised and reliable.
  • Comfortable working independently.
  • Able to build rapport with participants and families.
  • Confident communicating with multidisciplinary teams, referrers and Support Coordinators.
  • Professional, compassionate and culturally respectful.
  • Committed to ongoing professional development and high-quality clinical care.

Seymour Health offers

  • Two types of generous salary packaging
  • Free on-site parking
  • Competitively priced staff meals
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Annual Scholarship program

About Seymour Health

Seymour Health is a leading small rural health service. At our site in central Seymour, over 300 staff deliver health and allied services.

Our services include a 30-bed public hospital that provides public and private Acute medical and surgical, renal dialysis and day procedures. Seymour Health’s breadth of services extends to post-acute care, palliative care, sub-acute ambulatory service, oral health services, district nursing and community services. Barrabill House is a 40-bed residential aged care service that provides highly rated residential aged care.

Seymour Health is conveniently located an hour north of Melbourne via the M31 Hume Freeway and V/Line train service.

Employment Screening

All employment with Seymour Health is subject to and conditional upon a satisfactory Worker Screening Checks, which include: a Police Records Check and Statutory Declaration; Victorian Employee Working with Children Check; and NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must comply with the Health Service's Vaccination requirements and Victorian Government and Department of Health immunisation directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated and provided evidence of vaccination for various diseases, such as Influenza.

Diversity and Inclusion

Applications are encouraged from women, people from LGBTIQA+ communities, people with disability, young people, older people, and regional Victorians from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
org.au
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