Employment Type: Contract

Positions Available: 3

Remuneration: $54,500 p.a. (package)

Location: Adelaide, South Australia

The Wellness & Lifestyles Graduate Program gives you the opportunity to work in a supportive and collaborative culture with inspiring leaders. It allows you to take advantage of training opportunities and to team up with South Australia’s leading mobile allied health service.

Wellness & Lifestyles is the most successful mobile allied health service provider in South Australia. As a result, we are looking to invest in you to grow with our business and share in our success. To become a part of our winning team you will need to:

• Have excellent communication skills
• Have a ‘can do’ attitude
• Be highly organised
• Be able to manage a busy and diverse case load
• Enjoy working with elderly clientele

The Wellness & Lifestyles Graduate Mentor Program consists of the following:

Week 1

• induction into W&L and to the head office team
• completion of all W&L online training modules
• training with W&L Director and management team
• training with W&L Therapy Services Manager
• introduction to W&L allied health managers

Week 2

• onsite one on one training provided by a W&L manager/senior therapist
• introduction to the W&L documentation system
• introduction to the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI)
• introduction to the assessment techniques, care planning, delegation and provision of care directives

Weeks 3-12

• continuation of training and support by W&L manager/mentor (minimum 4 hours per week)
• 24/7 access to W&L mentor by phone
• quality management audits completed by W&L manager/mentor fortnightly to provide feedback
• ongoing Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) training
• W&L manager/mentor consultation with clients and W&L head office monthly to report on progress

Week 13

• 3 monthly review with W&L manager/mentor and W&L management team
• potential pay rise
• reduction in mentor involvement to 1 hour per week
• continued training provided by W&L head office and management team

Weeks 14-26

If all criteria are not being met:

• continue mentorship program in weeks 3-12.

If all criteria are being met:

• advance training by W&L manager/mentor to include protocols and procedures for educational training provided by W&L (including manual handling training) and W&L Consultancy Program
• continue to get involved in ACFI analysis work at W&L sites

After 6 months, the successful graduate will become a W&L physiotherapist with the ability to receive all of the work-life balance benefits that our therapists receive including:

• the ability to choose their days, times and hours to fit around their lifestyle
• permanent work options which means guaranteed hours and income
• exceptional pay rates
• anywhere between 4 hours per week up to full time work (including weekends)
• clients located across metropolitan Adelaide, Melbourne, Darwin and regional South Australia – therefore the ability to travel with your work
• ongoing training and career development opportunities
• the ability to work as a subcontractor where you can be your own boss and significantly reduce your tax
• the ability to have your own business without all the marketing, accounts, administration, advertising costs and invoicing

Our innovative approach and high quality service has helped us to be a finalist in the Telstra Business Awards two years in a row and be ranked as one of the fastest growing companies in Australia. Successful graduates will have the opportunity to fast track their careers in our business very quickly. Positive feedback, together with loyalty and long term service will always be rewarded. We have a totally different approach to physiotherapy service delivery which is both exciting and rewarding. There is also the ability to generate a second income stream by developing electronic information (e.g. e-books and presentations) that will become part of our educational product range.

For more information please call us on 8331 3000 or email us!