Heart Wellness Advisor

**Heart Wellness Advisor**

Are you passionate about making a difference in cardiovascular health? Here's your chance to make a lasting impact by helping to promote a healthier and more informed community. Due to a significant uptick in interest from our clients and partner organisations, we're set to host a series of events aimed at promoting heart health across New South Wales. To meet the increasing demand, we are actively recruiting additional Heart Wellness Advisor to join our casual team, performing mobile heart health checks in various locations.

**About you**

**The role**

The Heart Wellness Advisor will be responsible for performing mobile heart health checks at our partnered events, engaging with members of the public to perform health assessments. In particular, the Heart Wellness Advisor will:

- Act as a concierge: setting up station, greeting participants and assisting them with the required forms, and answering questions.
- Measuring blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol levels.
- Offer heart health guidance and lifestyle modification advice.

**Does this sound like you?**

**Essential**
- Experience in measuring blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol, with knowledge of healthy lifestyle factors.
- Must have your own car and a full, unrestricted driver's licence.
- Exceptional reliability and punctuality.
- Passionate about heart health and public health initiatives.
- Enthusiastic and capable of engaging people through positive interactions.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to quickly build rapport and connection.
- Ability to work independently and effectively troubleshoot issues autonomously.
- Flexible availability, including regional travel for overnight or week-long tours.

**Desirable**
- Previous experience in healthcare, medicine, or related fields.
- Certificate III in Health Services Assistance or a similar qualification.
- Experience with Indigenous communities or being an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is highly preferred, as our client supports these communities in regional Australia.

**Special Requirements**
- Current unrestricted NSW driver's licence.

**About us**

The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (the Institute) is dedicated to finding cures for cardiovascular disease and is one of the most respected heart research facilities in the world. Renowned for the quality of its breakthroughs, the Institute was established in 1994 and has grown to a team of more than 200 researchers from around the globe, working across five divisions.

A global centre-of-excellence, it integrates Cardiac Physiology and Transplantation, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Molecular Cardiology and Biophysics, Structural and Computational Biology, as well as Vascular Biology. At the Institute, we translate our discoveries into new diagnostics, prevention, and treatment of cardiovascular disease - reducing the incidence, severity, and impact of heart disease.

**What you will be proud of**

Being part of an Institute that is not only dedicated to finding cures for cardiovascular disease, but one that also strives to ensure our employees and students enjoy a great working environment. We value and are committed to providing a safe working environment that embraces diversity, gender equity and promote flexible working arrangements for all employees.

We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply. We also welcome applicants with diverse educational backgrounds, professional knowledge, personality types, thinking styles and life experiences. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

**What we offer**
- Salary packaging/sacrificing
- Flexible work schedule.
- Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on community health.
- Collaborative team environment.
- Continuous learning and development opportunities.

**Come and work with us & help make a difference.