Senior Exercise Physiologist in Adelaide

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit a Senior Exercise Physiologist to work in our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our community. Modbury Hospital and the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) are expanding allied health capacity across the northern metropolitan region — and a Senior Exercise Physiologist is needed to help lead that effort. If you bring clinical depth, a drive for evidence-based practice, and a genuine commitment to improving patient outcomes, this full-time contract role (through to 30 June 2027) offers real scope to make your mark.

What You'll Be Doing

• Delivering advanced exercise physiology assessments and interventions across inpatient and/or outpatient caseloads at Modbury Hospital.
• Providing clinical supervision, mentoring, and professional support to junior and graduate clinicians within the NALHN allied health team.
• Contributing to service improvement initiatives, quality improvement activities, and multidisciplinary care planning aligned with NALHN strategic priorities.
• Maintaining accurate clinical documentation and participating in research or evaluation activities that strengthen service outcomes.

What You'll Bring

• Substantial post-accreditation experience delivering exercise physiology services in a hospital, health network, or complex clinical setting.
• Demonstrated capacity to work at a senior level, including contributing to service development or supervising others.
• Strong communication and collaborative skills suited to multidisciplinary team environments across NALHN sites.
• A working understanding of SA Health policy frameworks and the ability to apply them in day-to-day clinical practice.

About You

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

About Us

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide. NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.

Benefits of working at NALHN

• Access to experienced clinicians across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations.
• Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
• Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
• NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work.
• Professional development opportunities through a well-established Allied Health Education unit.
• Opportunities to participate in research with support from the Allied Health Research Chair.
• Regular clinical supervision, allowing you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your career goals.

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence. We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role. Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check. Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.