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Exercise Physiologist

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Cerebral Palsy Alliance

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At Cerebral Palsy Alliance, we value diversity, foster an inclusive culture and champion equitable opportunities. We strongly encourage applications from candidates with a diverse range of backgrounds and lived experiences including people with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and the LGBTQIA+ community.

Join us and make a positive difference to the lives of people with disabilities, and to grow your career as part of our alliance of great minds. Our shared values are Passionate, Respectful, Ethical, Curious and Courageous.

Our CPA Allambie Heights site are looking to grow the team – could you be our next Exercise Physiologist?

Responsibilities:

  • Function as the Saturday Site Coordinator for CPA’s Saturday Services including responsibilities as a first responder to day to day matters such as incidents, complaints, hazards and staff unplanned absence in line with the organisation’s policy and procedures
  • Prepare and deliver individual and group intervention sessions as a clinical lead including group vacancy management
  • Responsible for the practice support and mentoring to staff on Saturdays
  • Provide regular feedback to therapy management and casual rostering support as required to meet Saturday staffing and workforce needs
  • Provide support in collaboration with Clinical Educators, Therapy Management and key stakeholders to ensure the team attains required level of skill, clinical competence and performance targets to deliver quality, best practice services for clients

This role is located at our Allambie Heights site and is a casual position, working a half day on Saturday. You will be joining a multidisciplinary team of 25 physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, behaviour support practitioners and exercise physiologists. Working with a highly innovative and supportive team. The Allambie Heights site is an exciting workplace with the state of the art facilities including a gym, hydro-pool and extensive equipment.

Essential Criteria

  • Qualifications in Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology
  • Allied Health Levels 8-10.2
  • Has satisfactorily completed the six-month probationary period
  • Not working in a split role or involved in any other program or research initiative requiring allocated time e.g., Research Participation Model, Research projects, Early Diagnosis Clinic, Governance Projects
  • Specific interest/learning and career goals in management or clinical education
  • Understanding of the broader disability and NDIS sector in Australia

Have a look at CPA’s Allied Health page – https://cerebralpalsy.org.au/work-with-us/join-cerebral-palsy-alliances-allied-health-team/

Important information:

At CPA the safety of our staff and clients is of paramount importance. We have assessed this role type as requiring a medium level of physical functionality with some inherent requirements. For more information on what that may mean for this role please click here.

Please let us know if you have any pre-existing injuries or illnesses which you are currently seeking, or have sought, medical treatment for which you think may impact your ability to fulfil the inherent requirements of this role. CPA is committed to supporting an inclusive work environment and engaging workers with diverse lived experience. We will happily consider and accommodate reasonable adjustments that may be required to support candidates throughout the recruitment process, and to be successful and safe employees of CPA.

Cerebral Palsy Alliance is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our clients and staff. As such all employees at CPA must be triple vaccinated against COVID-19, prior to their start date. Cerebral Palsy Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cerebral Palsy Alliance upholds, advocates for, and protects the  rights, wellbeing and safety of people with a disability. We are a child safe organisation and all workers are responsible to adhere to the NDIS Worker Code of Conduct.

CPA is a smoke free workplace including in, on and around CPA sites and vehicles.

How to Apply

Please click ‘Apply Now’ to complete your application. If you have any questions about the role or require any reasonable adjustments to enable you to equitably participate in the recruitment process please contact [email protected] using the subject line: Exercise Physiologist enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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