About the Role:
An exciting opportunity awaits within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) for a dedicated Senior Exercise Physiologist to join the Northern Adelaide Rehabilitation Service (NARS). This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact across inpatient, supported discharge and home‑based rehabilitation services.
As a Senior Exercise Physiology Practitioner, you will play a key role in developing, implementing and evaluating high‑quality rehabilitation services across NALHN. Working as an integral member of the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team, you will deliver evidence‑based exercise physiology interventions that support optimal patient outcomes and smooth transitions through each stage of care.
Your expertise will also extend to providing specialist input to medical and surgical inpatients, supporting early rehabilitation and timely discharge planning. Collaboration is central to this role, working closely with allied health teams, medical staff and external providers to ensure patient‑centred, goal‑aligned therapy plans.
In addition to your clinical responsibilities, this role includes a Discipline Lead component where you’ll contribute to service development by supporting junior staff and students, improving practice guidelines, and assisting with research initiatives that strengthen the quality and innovation of the NARS program. You will also uphold high professional standards, take accountability for delegated tasks and provide leadership within a supportive and progressive environment.
To be eligible for this position, you must hold an appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification, usually in human movements, inclusive of the exercise physiology elective and eligible for accreditation from Exercise Sports Science Australia (ESSA).
About You:
In this role you will bring enthusiasm, professionalism and a genuine commitment to helping people regain independence and achieve their rehabilitation goals. You work confidently both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, contributing positively to a collaborative and high‑performing service.
You demonstrate strong capability in exercise physiology assessment and treatment across diverse rehabilitation presentations. Your excellent interpersonal, negotiation and conflict‑resolution skills help you build effective partnerships with patients, families and service providers. You communicate clearly in both written and verbal formats and produce accurate clinical documentation. You bring leadership strengths in supervising staff, supporting students and contributing to team development.
If you’re ready to make a meaningful difference and grow your career within a supportive and dynamic environment, we look forward to receiving your application.
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.
NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
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 for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
In addition to this, other benefits of working as an Exercise Physiologist in NALHN include:
- professional development opportunities. We have a well-established Allied Health Education unit which offers high-quality, targeted in-house training, and staff are also eligible for external, funded professional development via the Allied Health Professionals Plus Professional Development Reimbursement Program, to allow you to continue to build upon your professional foundations
- opportunities to participate in research. NALHN have an Allied Health Research Chair, who is able to work with clinicians and teams to support clinical research
- regular clinical supervision, allowing you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your career goals
SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.
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.
Check(s):
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for general employment probity, vulnerable person-related employment and aged care sector screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.
Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 933101
Enquiries:
Office of Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care
Phone: (08) 7321 4232
E-mail: Health.NALHNACRPCRecruitment@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
10 April 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
933101 - Senior Exercise Physiologist - AHP3 - role description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
