At a Glance
- Tasks: Help clients improve mobility and wellbeing through tailored exercise programs.
- Company: Join BlueCare, a trusted community care provider with a compassionate team.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, salary packaging, 5 weeks annual leave, and employee discounts.
- Other info: Flexible hours, mentoring for new grads, and opportunities for professional development.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while growing your career.
- Qualifications: Degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology and ESSA Accreditation required.
The predicted salary is between 59.04 - 59.04 $ per hour.
Join BlueCare as an Exercise Physiologist and support clients to improve mobility, independence and wellbeing. You'll work across center-based and home-visit services, tailoring programs that make a genuine difference in daily life. You'll collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including Physios, OTs, Dietitians, Social Workers, Podiatrists and Allied Health Assistants, all while having the autonomy to manage your own caseload with realistic productivity expectations.
About the role:
- Support from an Exercise Physiology Lead & Clinical Coordinators
- Mentoring for new graduates
- Flexibility in days/hours
- Opportunity to grow community and private caseloads, and run group programs
- Involvement in multi-disciplinary team meetings, education and student supervision
- Strong induction program with ongoing supervision
Role Requirements:
- Degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology + ESSA Accreditation - Essential
- Strong assessment, treatment and communication skills
- Experience or interest in aged care and chronic disease management
- Ability to run group exercise classes
- Effective time-management and accurate documentation skills
- Confidence using smart devices (or willingness to learn)
- Current Australian Driver's Licence & roadworthy & insured (Third Party Property minimum) vehicle to use for work - Essential
- Alignment with BlueCare values and practice standards
- Skills in hydrotherapy, Pilates or Tai Chi
Employee Benefits:
- Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
- A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
- 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
- Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
- Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
About BlueCare:
BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family. Going forward as part of Australia's largest network of aged care workers with over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you'll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.
Child safe, Child friendly:
UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children, implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services, appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur, and abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme.
Diversity & Inclusion:
Our approach is simple - everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.
Safe workplace:
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support.
Commitment to Safeguarding:
We are committed to creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support.
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