Accredited Exercise Physiologist
2 weeks ago
Exercise Physiologist
**Reports To**: Director
**Key Relationships**:Clients, Director, Team members
Position Overview:
The position of Exercise Physiologist is to enhance a client’s movement, to decrease pain or improve performance, and prevent or rehabilitate clients with chronic disease.
Key Responsibilities
- Individual Exercise Physiology assessments, programming, health coaching and exercise sessions to clients with a broad range of health conditions, conditioning goals and of varying ages.
- Designing, leading and managing group exercise programs for a variety of groups and ages.
- Involvement in client and team education sessions
- Report writing and note keeping as appropriate.
- Networking with GPs, specialists and other Allied Health Professionals
- Some admin and marketing tasks when needed
- This position may require travel and working at satellite clinics therefore a car is necessary.
Key Capabilities
**Qualifications and Experience**
- Relevant university qualifications in exercise physiology
- Professional accreditation from ESSA (Exercise & Sports Science Australia)
**Knowledge and Skills**
- Strong interpersonal communication skills
- Strong listening skills/empathy
- Critical thinking skills/problem solving skills
- Time management skills
- Professional customer service skills and presence with clients
- Highly developed verbal and written communications skills
- Good attention to detail
- Ability to manage and organise work and self in a systematic, accurate and timely manner
- Drivers Licence and vehicle essential with potential travel to different sites
**Attributes**
- Enthusiastic to further learn, grow and develop abilities and a desire to excel in private practice
- Flexibility to work across different locations
- Confident, driven and motivated
- Ability to cope with demanding situations and capacity to accommodate the varying level and urgency of the tasks
**Job Type**: Part-time
Part-time hours: 24 per week
**Salary**: $30.58 - $35.00 per hour
**Benefits**:
- Employee mentoring program
- Gym membership
- Professional development assistance
- Travel reimbursement
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Supplemental pay types:
- Quarterly bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Niddrie, VIC: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Australian Drivers Licence (required)
Work Authorisation:
- Australia (required)
Work Location: In person