Exercise Physiologist

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About Wellness and Supportive Care and the Exercise@ONJ Centre
The integrated model of multidisciplinary care within Cancer Services relies on a dynamic, appropriately qualified, and skilled team to support patients undergoing care in both the Inpatient and Ambulatory settings, with a key focus on integrating Wellness and Supportive Care into standard care.

At the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre, the Exercise@ONJ Centre team includes accredited exercise physiologists, physiotherapists, and researchers with specialised knowledge in prescription exercise programs for individuals with cancer undergoing cancer treatment. The Exercise@ONJ Centre has extensive clinical and research collaborations with the medical, surgical, and supportive care staff of the ONJC centre. Our core priorities include assisting patients during the pre-surgical and post-surgical phases as well as during active treatment.

This position delivers exercise physiology services to oncology outpatients by providing patient services (individual and group), consulting to staff, and supporting the work of the Wellness and Supportive Care program.

A regular day will see you:

As the Grade 1 Exercise Physiologist, you will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to excellence in patient care. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work, and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or have questions about this opportunity, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Ashley Bigaran, Operations Manager at Ashley.Bigaran@austin.org.au