• Be the difference. Enjoy great rewards and benefits

  • Salary packaging to maximise your take-home pay

  • Employee well-being program with great discounts

• Permanent Full Time  /  76 Hours per fortnight

About the role

As a Senior Exercise Physiologist, your role will be a key driver in supporting our allied health and therapy team as well as driving clinical excellence and providing mentorship to junior clinicians and therapy staff. This role is crucial for delivering high-quality, holistic, and client-centered services that align with Southern Cross Care's (SCC) healthy aging and "Better for Life" model.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to;

• Undertake holistic assessments to identify each clients needs, goals and preferences
  
  
• Provide high quality, efficient and timely clinical services to contribute to better outcomes for clients 
  
  
• Provide therapy services in the management of complex care needs to achieve the most positive outcome possible for clients 
  
  
• Support, guide and mentor junior discipline specific clinicians to enhance and grow their clinical skill set and discipline knowledge specific to the aged care sector
  
  
• Advocate for Health & Fitness with stakeholders and partners.
  
  
• Head up and take responsibility for clinic or discipline specific meetings, including staff, discipline stream and/or case conferencing meetings as required.
  
  
• Thorough understanding and demonstration of Health & Fitness Policies and procedures

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.

The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience;

• must be an Accredited Exercise Physiologist with an appropriate tertiary level qualification and current full registration with Exercise and Sports Science Australia
  
  
• Minimum 3 years clinical experience
  
  
• Senior first aid and CPR certificate
  
  
• Current driver’s licence
  
  
• Broad relevant experience with an understanding of clinical practices in an aged care setting 
  
  
• Experience in the multidisciplinary environment with a focus on reablement pathways for older people
  
  
• Ability to teach, coach and motivate clients, using models of behaviour change, scientific evidence, clinical reasoning, and accounting for sociocultural and individual factors.
  
  
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
  
  
• Demonstrated commitment to meeting the needs of both internal and external customers.
  
  
• proficient computer and keyboard skills and the ability to use Google Suite (e.g. Docs, Sheets, Gmail etc.) and 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.

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

Enquiries: sally.uren@southerncrosscare.com.au

Applications close: 29/08/2025