AddressJob Description:
Allied Health Assistant – Community Rehabilitation – Grade 2
- 28 hours / week (Monday – Thursday)
- Permanent position
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Excellent benefits including salary packaging
- Position based at Fairfield Community Rehabilitation Centre
About the Role
An opportunity currently exists for a Grade 2 Allied Health Assistant to join the Community Rehabilitation team on a permanent basis. The Grade 2 Allied Health Assistant will provide and deliver high quality person-centred, goal-orientated and home and centre-based community rehabilitation within a supportive multidisciplinary team.
The classification for this position is IN29 ($60,112) per annum, pro rata.
Your Contribution
- Allied Health Assistant Certificate (as defined by the Health and Allied Services Award) or equivalent health related education
- Experience working with a team of allied health professionals
- Experience running exercise groups
- Highly developed interpersonal skills that incorporate excellent communication with health professionals and clients of varying ages and cultural backgrounds
- Highly developed skills of organization, planning and problem solving
- Demonstrated sound knowledge of patient and own safety
- Current Driver’s licence
- Experience in rehabilitation is highly desirable
- Current National criminal history check or willing to obtain
What we offer
- A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs including our Employee Assistance Program and STAR (our Peer supported stress management program)
- Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
- Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
- Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
- Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
- Culture of continuous improvement
About Health Independence Programs - Community Rehabilitation
This position is part of the Health Independence Program (HIP). The intent of HIP is to deliver improved outcomes for clients and to support hospital demand management and flow, through delivering integrated and coordinated care to clients across the hospital and community interface, reducing duplication and fragmentation of services and ensuring client centred care planning. SVHM HIP consists of integrated hub sites across several locations including in Fitzroy, Kew, North Richmond and Fairfield.
This position will be part of the HIP Community Rehabilitation team based at the Fairfield Community Rehabilitation Centre.
The key aim of Community Rehabilitation is to help people who are recovering from traumatic injury or illness, are frail or chronically ill to regain optimal function and to allow people to maximise their independence.
Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.
Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.
Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.
SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).
This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.
Contact Details:
Alternate Contact:
Peter Hawkins, Team Leader 0438 648 858Closing Date:
27 November 2022 11:59pmReconciliation Action Plan:
At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
For further information, visit https
://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation
or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au
