Health and Wellness Promoter Team Lead - North Plympton, Australia - Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & VIC) Inc

Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & VIC) Inc

Verified Company

North Plympton, Australia

1 week ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

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Description

Be the difference. Enjoy great rewards and benefits.

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Permanent Part Time Position

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Mon / Tues / Wed; 8:30am - 4pm**:

Bupa Health Insurance and Goodlife Health Club discounts available

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Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,900 annually to maximise your take home pay

An exciting leadership opportunity has arisen for a Health & Wellness Promoter Team Lead to join our Residential Care Team at Bucklands in North Plympton.

About the role

As the Health and Wellness Promoter Team Lead, you will be responsible for ensuring a consistent approach to our Residential Health and Wellness services at the site.

Key responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to;

Ensuring consistency of exercise programs and processes, staff induction, supervision, task delegation, reporting and accreditation requirements
Taking the lead on early intervention process to identify and develop Recovery Pathways for residents at risk of decline and frailty
Enabling residents to maximise independence, improve and maintain their health, wellness and quality of life
Assessing, designing and delivering individually tailored exercise programs that are tailored to meet each resident's needs, goals and preferences
Using best practice, evidence based tools to plan and deliver high quality health & wellness services with the emphasis on person centred care and healthy ageing through goal setting, progressive resistance training, health literacy
Undertaking audits to ensure all Health & Wellness programs operate in accordance with Southern Cross Care procedures

For further details regarding the scope of the role, please refer to the website or the attached position description.

About You
We are looking for people who will be the difference in the lives of our residents and clients.

Certificate IV (or higher) in Fitness, Sport Science, Human Movement or Exercise Physiology
Accreditation with Physical Activity Australia, Fitness Australia or Exercise and Sports Science Australia
Demonstrated experience in delivery of progressive resistance programs with older people
Experience in designing and implementing exercise programs for older people, including people living with cognitive impairment and frailty
Sound understanding of healthy ageing and that physical function underpins the ability to remain engaged meaningfully in personally valued pursuits
Exceptional interpersonal skills as well as the ability to maintain positive working relationships with external stakeholders
Strong organisational and time management skills
Proficient computer and keyboard skills and the ability to use Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Gmail etc.) as well as inhouse databases

About us
Southern Cross Care is one of Australia's leading charitable aged care and retirement living service providers.

We value the diversity in our team, live and breathe our values and offer salary packaging benefits to maximise your take-home pay.

When you work for us, we value you as an individual, care for your well-being and develop your skills to help you build your career.

We reward creativity and provide the stability and flexibility you need. When you work for us, you work better for life.

Applications close

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4pm on Tuesday, 5th of December 2023