- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Modbury Hospital – MODBURY SA 5092
- Salary: $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHP3
- Temporary Full-Time – up to 30 June 2027

About the Role:

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

Modbury Hospital and the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) are expanding allied health capacity across the northern metropolitan region — and a Senior Exercise Physiologist is needed to help lead that effort. If you bring clinical depth, a drive for evidence-based practice, and a genuine commitment to improving patient outcomes, this full-time contract role (through to 30 June 2027) offers real scope to make your mark.

What You'll Be Doing

- Delivering advanced exercise physiology assessments and interventions across inpatient and/or outpatient caseloads at Modbury Hospital
- Providing clinical supervision, mentoring, and professional support to junior and graduate clinicians within the NALHN allied health team
- Contributing to service improvement initiatives, quality improvement activities, and multidisciplinary care planning aligned with NALHN strategic priorities
- Maintaining accurate clinical documentation and participating in research or evaluation activities that strengthen service outcomes

What You'll Bring

- Substantial post-accreditation experience delivering exercise physiology services in a hospital, health network, or complex clinical setting
- Demonstrated capacity to work at a senior level, including contributing to service development or supervising others




- Strong communication and collaborative skills suited to multidisciplinary team environments across NALHN sites
- A working understanding of SA Health policy frameworks and the ability to apply them in day-to-day clinical practice

To be eligible for this position, you musthave 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 have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex workplace is essential to this role.

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 over400,000 peoplein 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

📌 Senior Exercise Physiologist (Adelaide)
🏢 SA Health - Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
📍 Adelaide