Exercise / Fitness Instructor – Aged Care

Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & VIC) Inc.; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 39,000 - 50,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Bee Well program discounts

Salary packaging benefits

Job summary

Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & VIC) Inc. is seeking an Exercise / Fitness Instructor to support residents with engaging, safe physical activity through individual and group programs.

This permanent part-time role is Fridays 08:30–16:36 (15.2 hours per fortnight). You will work with a multidisciplinary team to tailor programs, promote healthy ageing, and ensure program delivery meets quality and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Certificate IV or higher in Fitness, Exercise Science, Personal Training, or Exercise Physiology.
• Current accreditation with Physical Activity Australia, AUSActive or Exercise & Sports Science Australia.
• Experience designing exercise programs for older people, including frailty.
• Delivery of progressive resistance training for older adults.

Responsibilities

• Enable residents to maximise independence and well-being.
• Plan and deliver high quality health and wellness services.
• Develop tailored exercise programs with a multidisciplinary team.
• Identify frailty early and intervene to optimise function.
• Implement programs across all residential homes.
• Audit programs for compliance with procedures.
• Maintain Health and Wellness Centre resources.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Google Suite

Customer service

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Fitness qualification

Tools

In-house databases

Job description

Permanent Part-Time Position

1 Day a week - Fridays (08:30 – 16:36) |15.2 hours per fortnight

Be the difference. Enjoy great rewards and benefits.

Working with Southern Cross Care means you are valued, supported, and rewarded. Our Bee Well program gives you great discounts on groceries, travel, and health insurance, plus resources to boost your wellbeing. You will also enjoy salary packaging to help you take home more pay while building a career that makes a real difference.

About the role

As a Exercise / Fitness Instructor (Health and Wellness Promoter), you will create opportunities for Southern Cross Care residents to participate in physical activity via individual and group exercise programs.

Key responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to;

• Enabling residents to maximise independence, improve and maintain their health, wellness and quality of life
• Using best practice, evidence based tools to plan and deliver high quality health & wellness services with the emphasis on person centred care and healthy ageing through goal setting, progressive resistance training, health literacy
• Working with a multidisciplinary team to develop tailored exercise programs to meet resident goals and quality of life outcomes
• Engaging in the early intervention process to identify frailty and decline early and intervene early to optimise resident physical function and quality of life
• Implementing organisational programs across all residential homes
• Undertaking audits to ensure all residential Health & Wellness programs operate in accordance with Southern Cross Care procedure
• Ensuring our Health and Wellness Centre has suitable resources for programs and is maintained in a clean and safe manner

For further details regarding the scope of the role, please refer to the position description.

About you

We are looking for people who will be the difference in the lives of our residents and clients.To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Certificate IV or higher in Fitness, Exercise Science, Personal Training, Exercise Physiology or equivalent
• Current accreditation with Physical Activity Australia, AUSActive or Exercise & Sports Science Australia
• Experience in designing and implementing exercise programs for older people, including people living with cognitive impairment and frailty
• Demonstrated delivery of progressive resistance training programs with older people
• Sound understanding of healthy ageing and that physical function underpins the ability to remain engaged meaningfully in personally valued pursuits
• Ability to efficiently analyse information, respond to and advocate on behalf of customer needs
• Ability to identify best practice fitness program delivery and report to management
• Exceptional interpersonal skills as well as the ability to maintain positive working relationships with external stakeholders
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Proficient computer and keyboard skills and the ability to use Google Suite (e.g. Docs, Sheets, Gmail etc.) and various in-house databases

About us

Southern Cross Care is one of Australia’s leading charitable aged care, health and retirement living service providers. We value the diversity in our team, live and breathe our values of Service, Courage and Compassion and offer salary packaging benefits to maximise your take-home pay.

When you work for us, we value you as an individual, care for your wellbeing and develop your skills to help you build your career. We reward creativity and provide the stability and flexibility you need. When you work for us, you work better for life.