Exercise Physiologist

• Salary: AHP2 / $88,255.00 - $102,240.00 p.a.
• Part Time (0.4 FTE) / Ongoing
• 5063 / Eastwood

About Us:

SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is South Australia’s provider of emergency ambulance transport, clinical care, and patient transport services.

We are committed to ensuring South Australia has access to the best possible emergency medical care, non-emergency transport, and rescue and retrieval services.

Our Vision: An innovative, patient focused, technology enabled, evidence driven, emergency response and health care ambulance service; achieved by exceptional people.

Our Mission: Providing emergency response and health care ambulance services within South Australia, designed and development around patient and community needs, enabling timely and equitable access for our patients to the most appropriate point of care.

Our Purpose: To ensure South Australia thrives by enabling access to emergency and non-emergency ambulance health care and alternative patient pathways while contributing to our state’s emergency preparedness and health response capability.

Our Values:

PATIENT FOCUSED: We will put our patients and the safe and quality care we provide them first; in everything we do.

TEAMWORK: We will work across SAAS, our health system, our partners, stakeholders and the community to achieve our goals.

INTEGRITY AND HONESTY: We accept and uphold the standards and expectations of our organisation and communities.

RESPECT AND COURTESY: We will always be respectful and courteous toward our patients, each other, and all those we work with.

COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: We value our role in the community, and we value the communities we serve.

CHANGE READY: We know our communities’ needs will evolve and we must adapt to meet them.

AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP: We will support leadership development for our people at every level.

This position is responsible for the facilitation and promotion of the assessment components of the SAASfit program. They will also provide support to the Senior Exercise Physiologist and Operations Manager, Executive Operations Support (EOS) with day to day coordination and ensuring the SAASfit program remains responsive to the needs of the organisation as well as achieving the programs core objectives.

What We Offer:

• Work in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment with a culture of inclusion and diversity.
• Giving back to the people of South Australia! Play a vital role in enhancing the well-being of our community.
• We take care of you! Access to a range of staff and wellness support programs!

Key Responsibilities:

Program Coordination and Development- Support the strategic development of the SAASfit program by assisting with annual assessment scheduling, developing program tools and educational materials, and maintaining comprehensive records for monthly reporting and performance analysis to drive continuous improvement.

Comprehensive Fitness Assessment Delivery - Conduct detailed fitness assessments including cardiovascular fitness, strength, core stability and flexibility evaluations across multiple state-wide locations, while providing personalised goal coaching and lifestyle advice to maximise staff participation and outcomes

Clinical Exercise Intervention and Rehabilitation- Apply evidence-based clinical reasoning to develop safe, individualised exercise interventions and provide exercise-based rehabilitation services to restore functional capacity, including movement assessments and chronic condition prevention programs

Education and Training Program Delivery - Facilitate health and wellness educational sessions across various workgroups, identify training gaps, and develop specialist programs for high-risk groups in collaboration with workplace health and safety teams to support injury prevention and rehabilitation goals.

Communications and Marketing Strategy Implementation - Contribute to annual communications planning, collaborate with engagement teams to promote SAASfit participation, develop marketing materials, maintain intranet resources, and coordinate staff involvement in fitness-related community events and wellness campaigns.

Data Management and Quality Assurance- Maintain strict confidentiality protocols while managing participant databases, analysing program data to identify trends, preparing qualitative and quantitative reports, and ensuring currency of exercise physiology methods through ongoing literature review and technique implementation.

Application Information:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply for this role.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and/or additional relevant history screening that may be applicable and appropriate Immunisation screening.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Job ref: 912333
Enquiries to: Adam Zerner - Exercise Physiologist : [email protected]

Application Closing Date- Tuesday 26 August 2025 @ 11:55pm

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