Senior Exercise Physiologist - Renal Dialysis

MedicalJobsAustralia.com Senior Exercise Physiologist - Renal Dialysis

Job no: 953127

Work type: Part time

Located in: Adelaide Metro Northern

Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - GP Plus Health Care Centre - ELIZABETH SA 5112

Salary: $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits - AHP3

Permanent Part-Time - 7.5 hours per week ongoing

About the Role:

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit an Exercise Physiologist to work in our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our community.

Renal care is moving closer to home for communities in Adelaide's north - and this role sits at the heart of that shift. As a Senior Exercise Physiologist embedded within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network's expanding renal program, you'll deliver a specialist visiting service from GP+ Elizabeth, helping dialysis patients build strength, function, and quality of life without leaving their community. This is a part-time, ongoing role, sitting within the Intermediate Care Service at GP+ Elizabeth.

The Allied Health Chronic Disease Intermediate Care Service (ICS) comprises of Exercise Physiology, Dietetics, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Podiatry, Social Work and Interdisciplinary Complex Self-Management support services, operating as an intermediate service between hospital admission and community supports. Our team works collaboratively, and in alignment with other services within NALHN Clinical Divisions, as well as local Aboriginal Health Services, with a focus on optimising functional and health outcomes and reducing hospital admissions for clients with Diabetes and Chronic Cardiac and Respiratory Conditions. At ICS we aim to meet the needs of the client and "Together, we support people to build confidence in managing their health and wellbeing, so they can achieve what matters most."

Your Role in the Renal Team

Working as part of a dedicated multi-disciplinary renal team, you'll provide evidence-based exercise physiology services to patients receiving dialysis through NALHN's extended northern renal footprint. This is a part-time, ongoing role, sitting within the Intermediate Care Service at GP+ Elizabeth.

Assess, plan, and deliver individualised exercise interventions for patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal failure

Collaborate closely with renal physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dietitians, podiatrists, social workers and other professional health colleagues to deliver coordinated, patient-centred care

Monitor patient progress and adjust programs in response to clinical status, dialysis schedules, and individual goals

Contribute to service development as this visiting model matures across the northern community

What You Bring

Sound understanding of chronic disease management and functional rehabilitation

Strong understanding of the physiological considerations specific to patients on haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis

Experience contributing to multi-disciplinary team environments

Confidence working in a visiting or outreach service model with a degree of autonomous practice

Current driver's licence and capacity to work across offsite NALHN locations

To be eligible for this position, you must have an appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification, usually a bachelor's or postgraduate degree in clinical exercise physiology and eligible for accreditation as an Accredited Exercise Physiologist from Exercise Sports Science Australia (ESSA).

About You:

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.

With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.

Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.

Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:

"My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care."

"I feel like I'm part of a growing and developing service."

"I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support."

Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:

NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide's north and north-eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.

Lyell McEwin Hospital-the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.

Modbury Hospital-a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.

Mental Health Services-adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.

Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services-provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.

Primary Health Care Services-including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you'll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Incremental wage increases in-line with the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement 2025

Access to experienced clinicians across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations.

Salary packaging is an option

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