Proactive Health is a national ecosystem of over 40 allied health businesses across 450+ locations in Australia. We unite independent clinic owners under a shared commitment to clinical excellence — providing the governance, development infrastructure, and operational support of a large network while preserving the personalised, community-driven care that smaller practices do best.

Our clinics operate as genuine multidisciplinary teams. Exercise physiologists work alongside physiotherapists, podiatrists, occupational therapists, dietitians, and social workers — not just sharing a building, but actively coordinating care and learning from each other every day.

We service clients across DVA, Medicare (EPC), NDIS, Home Care Packages, private health, and workers' compensation — giving our EPs one of the most diverse and clinically rich caseloads in the profession.

About This Clinic — Mackay

Mackay sits on Queensland's tropical coast between the Whitsundays and the sugar cane capital of Australia. It's a city of around 80,000 people with a strong economic base in mining, agriculture, and tourism — and a growing demand for quality allied health services that reflects its expanding population and ageing demographic.

The clinic services Mackay and the wider Pioneer Valley and Whitsunday regions. Your caseload will include DVA veterans, Medicare EPC referrals for chronic disease management and musculoskeletal rehabilitation, NDIS participants, and Home Care Package clients. The mining and industrial workforce in the region also creates a pipeline of workers' compensation cases — particularly musculoskeletal and return-to-work rehabilitation — adding another layer of clinical variety to your week.





Hayley Ferguson leads this team with a focus on clinical excellence and team culture. Hayley's approach is cooperative and supportive, with an emphasis on helping clinicians develop their skills and build sustainable careers. For an EP wanting a tropical lifestyle, a genuinely diverse caseload, and the chance to establish yourself as a key practitioner in a growing regional community, Mackay offers a compelling mix of clinical opportunity and quality of life.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

Exercise physiology is a profession with enormous scope — but too many roles narrow it down to one funding stream, one patient demographic, and one way of working. This role is different.

At Proactive Health, you'll work across the full breadth of what an Accredited Exercise Physiologist can offer. You'll design and deliver individualised exercise programs for people managing chronic conditions, recovering from surgery, building functional capacity after injury, navigating the NDIS, or simply working to stay mobile and independent as they age. Your clinical reasoning will be tested and developed — not dulled by repetition.

DVA is a significant and deeply rewarding part of our work. You'll support veterans across a wide range of presentations — from chronic musculoskeletal pain and cardiovascular conditions to mental health-related deconditioning and complex multi-morbidity.



These are patients who deserve thorough, considered care, and DVA's no-gap funding model means you have the time and resources to deliver it properly. Beyond DVA, you'll also work with Medicare, NDIS, Home Care, workers' compensation, and private clients — keeping your skills broad and your weeks varied.

What Your Week Actually Looks Like

You might begin a Monday morning running a supervised exercise session for a DVA client managing COPD and lower back pain. Mid-morning, you're conducting an initial assessment for an NDIS participant looking to build functional independence. After lunch, you've got a home visit for an aged care client under a Home Care Package, followed by a clinic-based consult for a Medicare EPC referral — a 55-year-old with Type 2 diabetes and early-stage osteoarthritis. Between appointments, you're catching up with the physio next door about a shared patient, and writing clinical notes that actually mean something.

Day-to-day, you'll be:

- Conducting thorough initial assessments including functional testing, health screening, and exercise capacity evaluation
- Designing and delivering individualised, evidence-based exercise programs across clinic, gym, home, and community settings
- Managing a mixed caseload spanning DVA, Medicare (EPC), NDIS, Home Care Packages, workers' compensation, and private clients
- Running individual and small group exercise sessions tailored to each participant's clinical needs
- Collaborating with physiotherapists, podiatrists, OTs, dietitians, and GPs as part of genuine multidisciplinary care
- Monitoring progress, adjusting programs, and supporting patients toward meaningful functional and hea

📌 Exercise Physiologist (Mackay Regional)
🏢 Proactive health
📍 Mackay Regional