Exercise Physiologist Grade 1

-Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan
Job type: Full time
Organisation: The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Salary: Salary not specified
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Reference: 74332
- Join an organisation that values its staff and fosters a culture of safety, inclusion, and support.
- Dynamic role - ideal for both personal and professional growth.
- Make an impact within the Mental health space.
- Join our vibrant community team at Waratah Clinic in Moonee Ponds (RMH MHS) and make a meaningful impact in the field of mental health. As an integral part of our Adult Community Service, you will engage in both clinic-based and outreach settings, providing acute, brief, and longer-term interventions to support individuals with psychiatric disorders. Your new role will involve collaboration with consumers, families/carers, and various healthcare providers, emphasizing a recovery-oriented approach.
- **Your new role**:
The Entry Level Program (ELP) offers Exercise Physiologist new graduates and early career Exercise Physiologists the opportunity to develop skills in clinical mental health with a strong focus on supervision, reflective practice, education and training, and self-care.
- Graduate Exercise Physiologists work in multidisciplinary teams, in a clinical setting for 24 months (some with an opportunity to rotate to different settings) and are well supported as they develop their general mental health and discipline specific clinical skills. Clinicians engage in regular discipline specific supervision, facilitated peer support sessions and a targeted program of professional development over the 24-month program.
- The graduate program provides competency-based learning and supports graduates in meeting graduate key competencies. Each position is a full-time contract at eighty hours per fortnight including monthly ADO. This dynamic role offers opportunities for personal and professional development, encouraging proactive problem-solving and a commitment to our values.
- **About you**:

- We are seeking a new or recent Exercise physiology graduate with a passion for learning and commitment to improve health outcomes for adult consumers with complex mental health-related needs and their families/carers. Experience in mental health settings is advantageous.
- Ideally, you will have:

- Skills in assessment and treatment of range of chronic health conditions
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- The ability to be adaptable, knowing when to change priorities to meet the needs of consumers or the team, and thriving in a flexible and positive environment.
- Initiative. We value proactive individuals who actively seek opportunities for self-development and improved service delivery without waiting to be prompted.
- Strong organisational and time management skills. Your integrity will be reflected in behaviours aligned with Melbourne Health's values.
- Required:

- Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science or equivalent as per ESSA approved courses
- Meets eligibility criteria to be an Accredited Exercise Physiologist AEP (AEP) through ESSA
- Current accreditation as an AEP through ESSA

**Benefit of working with the Royal Melbourne Hospital**
- Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
- Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
- Fantastic Salary packaging, onsite car parking and, close to public transport.
- **Interested?**

If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us.
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