Exercise Physiologist

1 month ago


Canberra, Australia ACT Government Full time

**Exercise Physiologist**
**Full-time Permanent**:
**Closes: 06 March 2023**:
**Classification**: Health Professional Level 2
**Salary**: $70,679 - $97,028 plus superannuation
**Position No**: 31846 - 028ZC
**Directorate**: Canberra Health Services
**Advertised (Gazettal date)**: 23 February 2023

**Our Vision**: creating exceptional health care together

**Our Role**: to be a health service that is trusted by our community

**Our Values**: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

**POSITION OVERVIEW**

The Office of the Director of Allied Health in Mental Health, Justice Health, Alcohol and Drug Services (MHJHADS) provides strategic leadership, professional governance and advocacy for Allied Health in MHJHADS. The Office of the Director of Allied Health also provides leadership to a range of allied health operational teams including the Allied Health Adult Acute Mental Health Services Team who work in the Adult Mental Health Unit (AMHU), Ward 12B and the Mental Health Short Stay Unit (MHSSU).

The AMHU is a 40-bed inpatient unit for people experiencing moderate to severe mental illness. AMHU is a contemporary evidence-based service providing high quality mental health care, guided by the principles of Recovery. The service aims to provide collaborative care involving the person, their carers and other key services.

12B is 10-bedroom low dependency inpatient unit for patients with a lower risk of behavioural disturbance or vulnerability.

MHSSU is a low dependency 6 bed inpatient unit in the Emergency Department for people requiring extended mental health assessment and/or treatment initiation.

The successful applicant of the HP2 Exercise Physiologist position is responsible for conducting skilled clinical assessments and delivering individual and group based interventions to people and facilitate group programs through the Therapeutic Group Program. They will provide individualised assessments and exercise programs to complex mental health consumers with/without chronic health conditions under limited supervision. In this role you will contribute clinical expertise to the multidisciplinary team, assist and contribute to the service development and therapy processes and support health promotion strategies within Canberra Health Services

The successful applicant will also be required to undertake professional development and clinical supervision, and participate in quality improvement initiatives. It is an expectation that the successful applicant will provide supervision to staff at the Health Professional 1 Level as well as to students and clinically related staff (such as Allied Health Assistants). The position will report operationally and clinically to the Allied Health Manager and Allied Health Clinical Lead of AMHU/MHSSU/12B respectively. Professional governance of this position will come from the Exercise Physiology Profession lead.

This is a full-time position working Monday to Friday within the Allied Health team and will provide services to the Adult Mental Health Unit, 12B, Mental Health Short Stay Unit, and to any mental health surge wards that open at Canberra Hospital.

The Allied Health team is made up of diverse group of allied health professions that work together to support the recovery goals of consumers admitted to any of the Adult Mental Health Inpatient facilities.

**ABOUT YOU**

**Behavioural Capabilities**
- Strong organisational skills with a high degree of drive.
- Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate change and provide responsive services to meet client’s needs
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team

**Position Requirements/Qualifications**:
**Mandatory**
- Relevant tertiary qualifications and a minimum of one years’ experience working professionally, post qualification in a related/ relevant organisation/service.
- Exercise Physiology degree from a recognised tertiary institution
- Current accreditation with Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA)
- Current Driver’s license
- CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.
- Have an understanding of how the National Standards and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
- Fulfil the responsibilities of this role as detailed in the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and all other related frameworks.
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
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