Permanent Part Time

35 Hours per fortnight 

• Mondays to Fridays 3.5 hour shifts

• Flexible on start and finish times

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.

How to apply

Apply online: careers.southerncrosscare.com.au/jobs/search

Enquiries: careers@southerncrosscare.com.au 

Applications close: 16th October at 4pm