Accredited Exercise Physiologist

Activate Health is looking for our next amazing team member! With two full-time positions available as part of a new graduate program. Positions available in both our Rockhampton and Yeppoon practices.

Essential: Accreditation as an Accredited Exercise Physiologist with Exercise and Sport Science Australia (ESSA).

If you're graduating and want an amazing start to your career – ACTIVATE Health is for you with:

• A long training and preceptorship period with multiple experienced AEPs on site, and our new graduate program tailored to your needs.
• Work alongside a great team of experienced AEPs every day, along with an amazing management and administration team to help your day run smoothly.
• Superiorly fitted out exercise therapy consult offices and private gymnasiums for best practice interventions.
• Become a proficient AEP to a huge range of special populations, conditions, and AEP service types.
• Be surrounded by a passionate and experienced team of Accredited Exercise Physiologists: Work side by side with a team of 10 AEPs dedicated to patient-centered care and best practice.
• Benefit from the experience of our team members with over 30 years of accumulated clinical experience, and specialisations in exercise and oncology, mental health, and musculoskeletal rehabilitation.
• Gain valuable experience only gained by working closely with other Allied Health Disciplines, in a unified team working towards best practice in patient-centered care.
• Activate Health currently has a team of experienced Occupational Therapists (Hand specialisation), therapy assistants, health facilitators, and diabetes education.
• Be guided with continual support, mentorship, and ongoing professional growth: Activate Health has an in-depth New Graduate Preceptorship Program comprising of time shadowing experienced team members over all our service types and client conditions, along with report writing training and guidance for all report types, until you are competent and confident.
• Extended appointment times and report times allocated to ensure you are able to learn and gain competence with reduced stress.
• A dedicated Senior AEP mentor for your first year; with weekly 1 on 1 face-to-face mentoring.
• Quality reporting templates and systems, and full report writing training and guidance.
• A gradual introduction to higher skilled services, and further in-house training opportunities such as Kids Heart Pilates, Lungs in Action, PD Warrior, Activate Kindy Uplift, and My Health for Life (training opportunities expanding all the time).
• 3-6 and 12 monthly evaluations, with career mentoring and coaching.
• Yearly remuneration increases with successful evaluations.
• Participate in fortnightly health practitioner case conference meetings including in-house AEP/Physio/OT presentations, group case studies, guest speakers, and client brainstorming sessions.
• Have the tools to progress as a health professional: Be spoilt with a professional team of administrators to handle all administration tasks, and streamline your day.
• Practice confidently within our purpose-built Exercise Physiology practices complete with professional consult rooms, fully equipped exercise therapy gyms, and specialised service-specific equipment.
• A full suite of equipment needed for easy and professional practice including work site cars for out of practice appointments, quality computers and tablets, medical software.
• Gain experience in a variety of services and perform clinical prescription for a wide range of musculoskeletal injuries, chronic diseases, and disabilities.
• Become confident in clinical prescription modes including in gym, at home, hydrotherapy, paediatrics, special population group exercise, and exercise for disabilities.
• Our services include but are not limited to NDIS, Work Cover return to work physical conditioning, work readiness for special needs, chronic disease management referrals, home care packages, type 2 diabetes groups referrals, private clients, DVA programs, and health promotion programs.
• Special population classes within our practices including seniors, Parkinson’s, cancer patients and survivors, hydrotherapy, low mobility, type 2 diabetes, NDIS, paediatric of all ages, kindergarten and holiday programs, and young athletes.
• Have fun at work and fulfil your passion for helping people! Enjoy your work days! Activate Health values a positive team culture and strives to enhance the day of all our clientele and team members.
• See the value in your exercise prescription and treatment with a caseload of regular clients that you will enjoy working closely with and help them achieve their goals and improve quality of life.
• We are a passionate and dynamic business constantly evolving to the needs of our community and the experience of our team members giving you some flexibility to design your work hours, clients, and caseloads.
• We value your YOU time and will work with you to ensure you get the most of your work-life balance with flexible rosters available to suit your needs.