Address- Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Repat Health Precinct – Subacute Services
- Salary $57,842.00 - $62,221.00 AHA2 - Allied Health Assistant L2 | Multiple positions – Full-time, part-time, ongoing/permanent, contract and casual positions
Are you an enthusiastic Allied Health Assistant looking to join a highly experienced interdisciplinary Allied Health team?
The Allied Health Assistant supports the hospital’s goals of providing quality services through professional accountability for standards of work and clinical care.
About the Role:
Reporting to the GEM Allied Health Service Manager this role is responsible for Assistance with patient care activities under direct supervision of Allied Health Professionals (AHP) staff. Duties may include, but not necessarily be limited to (depending on service requirements and or AHP supervision format):
- Provide specific therapeutic interventions and monitor patient response to therapies under direction of AHP staff.
- Apply screening assessments, treatments and use standardised assessment tools to initiate changes to treatments under the direction of AHP staff.
- Provide basic education to patients/groups of patients as directed by AHP staff on discreet topics.
- Assisting patient in personal care needs to maintain privacy, cleanliness and dignity before, during and after therapy interventions.
- Administrative tasks directly related to a patient intervention or episode of care
- May be required to rotate across Noarlunga Hospital, Flinders Medical Centre and the Repatriation Health Precinct.
About you:
- Sound communication and interpersonal skills – able to demonstrate the ability to work with people from a variety of cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to empathise with and motivate people
- Must be eligible for or be willing to undertake a Certificate 3 in Allied Health Assistance or equivalent
- Ability to work in a physically demanding environment to assist patient therapy and / or handling of patient related equipment and devices
- Capacity to work flexibly across a range of therapeutic and program related activities
Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.
What To Know More? Contact: Fabiola Jabur, A/Allied Health Service Manager, 0481467***, *************@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 23rd of June 2024
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Applicant Information:
- Note: The Indicative Total Remuneration is inclusive of Award salary, Superannuation, and other monetary benefits. We also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
- The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
- Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
- SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 868223
