Senior Community Exercise Physiologist

Royal Rehab Group

Cairns Regional

On-site

AUD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

35 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Salary Packaging up to $18,550 salary 
Fitness Passport & HCF Private Health
Career growth: Genuine career 机会
QLeave: Portable long service leave
Salary: Competitive remuneration
Leadership: Supportive leadership
Culture: Friendly and close-knit team

Job summary

Royal Rehab Lifeworks Community in Cairns, QLD is seeking an experienced Senior Exercise Physiologist to deliver high-quality assessment and intervention across rehabilitation programs.

You will provide clinical leadership, undertake complex case management, and mentor junior clinicians within a multidisciplinary team. The role supports service improvement and evidence-based practice while advancing Lifeworks' commitment to innovative care.

Qualifications

  • Degree-qualified Exercise Physiologist required.
  • Current ESSA Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP) status required.
  • Demonstrated clinical experience in rehabilitation.
  • Strong communication, clinical reasoning and multidisciplinary skills.
  • Experience providing supervision/mentoring or clinical leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver high-quality Exercise Physiology assessment and intervention.
  • Manage complex rehabilitation caseloads, including neurological and disability related conditions.
  • Provide clinical guidance, supervision and mentoring to EP staff.
  • Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams.
  • Contribute to quality improvement, clinical education and service development.
  • Support best practice, person centred rehabilitation outcomes.

Skills

Clinical leadership
Rehabilitation experience
Communication
Multidisciplinary teamwork
Mentoring

Education

Degree-qualified Exercise Physiologist
ESSA Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP)

Job description

  • Salary Packaging: Up to $18,550 salary packaging benefits (lower your taxable income and increase your take home pay!)
  • Benefits: Fitness Passport & HCF Private Health Insurance discounts
  • Culture: Friendly and close-knit team environment
  • Clinic Excellence: Work in a modern clinic space equipped with cutting-edge technology to support high-quality care and innovation.
  • Salary Packaging: Up to $18,550 salary packaging benefits (lower your taxable income and increase your take home pay!)
  • Benefits: Fitness Passport & HCF Private Health Insurance discounts
  • Career growth: Genuine career opportunities
  • Salary: Competitive remuneration
  • Culture: Friendly and close-knit team environment
  • Clinic Excellence: Work in a modern clinic space equipped with cutting-edge technology to support high-quality care and innovation.
About Us...

At Royal Rehab LifeWorks Community, we’re redefining health and wellbeing.

As part of the Royal Rehab Group, a leading charity with over 125 years of innovation in rehabilitation and community support services, we are committed to empowering individuals to achieve their health goals through evidence-based care and lifestyle medicine.

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Exercise Physiologist to join Royal Rehab Lifeworks and provide high-quality, evidence-based exercise physiology services across our varied and diverse rehabilitation and musculoskeletal rehabilitation programs.

The Senior Exercise Physiologist will provide clinical leadership, complex assessment and exercise prescription and contribute to multidisciplinary rehabilitation planning and support the development of junior clinicians and students. The role will also contribute to the service improvement, clinical education and evidence-based practice across Lifeworks.

Key Responsibilities
  • Deliver high-quality Exercise Physiology assessment and intervention
  • Manage complex rehabilitation caseloads, including neurological and disability related conditions.
  • Provide clinical guidance, supervision and mentoring to EP staff.
  • Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams.
  • Contribute to quality improvement, clinical education and service development
  • Support best practice, person centred rehabilitation outcomes.
Essential
  • Degree-qualified Exercise Physiologist.
  • Current ESSA Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP) status.
  • Demonstrated clinical experience in rehabilitation.
  • Strong communication, clinical reasoning and multidisciplinary skills.
  • Experience providing supervision/mentoring or clinical leadership.
Desirable
  • Experience in neurological rehabilitation, private hospital or disability services.
  • Postgraduate qualifications or demonstrated advanced clinical expertise.
Your Royal Rewards
  • Salary Packaging: Up to $18,550 salary packaging benefits (lower your taxable income and increase your take home pay!)
  • Benefits: Fitness Passport & HCF Private Health Insurance discounts
  • Career growth: Genuine career opportunities
  • QLeave: Access to portable long service leave for eligible candidates
  • Salary: Competitive remuneration
  • Leadership: Supportive and experienced leadership team
  • Culture: Friendly and close-knit team environment

We are proud of our diverse and skilled team of passionate healthcare and support professionals committed to delivering the very best for the people we serve. A career at Royal Rehab is the opportunity to make a difference with a progressive and innovative organisation, built on a rich history of community care since 1899.

If you require any adjustments to participate equitably in the recruitment process, or to support you in the workplace should you be successful, please let us know. We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment where all individuals can thrive.

The successful applicant may be required to undergo pre-employment checks including but not limited to a current criminal record check working with children check, employment history and referee checks. Vaccination against infectious diseases is strongly encouraged.

Join us in cultivating a culture of excellence at Royal Rehab, where your skills, growth, and well-being are prioritized!

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