Allied Health Clinician (Child and Wellbeing Services)

• Full Time or Part Time Fixed Term opportunity until June 2024 + classification dependent on relevant skills and qualification + TRP $81,877-$113,988 pa including 11% super (Pro Rata Part Time )+ Salary Packaging benefits
• Access to Accrued Days Off + Sunshine and Caroline Springs locations + Hybrid working model
• Be a changemaker and contribute to the implementation and design of Children’s Health and Wellbeing Local delivering meaningful Allied Health services !

The Opportunity

IPC Health have partnered with Western Health and the Royal Children’s Hospital to co-design and lead the Brimbank Melton Children’s Health and Wellbeing Local (previously referred to as Hub).

The Local will provide support for infants, children and families, delivering services like psychology, psychiatry, Allied Health, family supports and paediatricians. People with lived experience will also form an important part of the Local’s workforce. The service will support children aged 0-11 who are experiencing developmental, behavioural or emotional challenges and their families, and will focus on early intervention and providing age-appropriate care.

Allied Health Clinicians will play an integral part in this Local delivering family centred, holistic and timely care within a multi-disciplinary team.

With your clinical expertise and experience in conducting holistic wellbeing assessments, you will engage with families who may be experiencing disadvantage or life challenges to achieve their wellbeing goals. You will be key to supporting families as they access services in the Local, care planning, capacity building through a strengths based approach to empower families and safety and risk assessments. With a continuous quality improvement focus, you will be part of the evolution of the Local and collaborate with a variety of services to improve social, emotional and physical determinants of health of infants, children and families.

This opportunity is a Fixed Term (funding based activity - project) role until 30 June 2024. This role is flexible to consider Full Time or Part Time with a minimum 0.4FTE commitment. The role is classified under either enterprise agreements depending on experience, qualifications and relevant discipline -

• the Victorian Stand Alone Community Health Centres, Health Professionals Multi-Employer Agreement 2022-2026; or
• Psychologists, Dietitians, Audiologists And Pharmacists (Victorian Stand-Alone Community Health Services) Enterprise Agreement 2023-2026.

You will make a difference by

• Delivering family centred, inreach care that is holistic and collaborative.
• Empowering families experiencing adversity to recognise their strengths, aspirations and Wellbeing goals.
• Facilitating smooth transitions and meaningful connections with other Practitioners that help families achieve their goals.
• Being an active participant in the co-design, implementation and scale up of the Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Local.
• Being responsive to the changing needs of children and families.
• Providing supports through tele or digital health or at local services that families are accessing.

To succeed you will need

• Tertiary qualification in either Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Psychology (Educational and Developmental) or Dietetics; with valid AHPRA registration or membership with Speech Pathology Australia/Dietitians Australia; and demonstrated experience working in paediatric Allied Health.
• Proven experience and knowledge in discipline specific and other developmental assessments and strength based approaches to therapy.
• Experience working with diverse families and disadvantaged communities.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team to competently develop, implement and review evidence-based interventions.
• Current and valid Victorian Working with Children’s Check and driver’s licence.

We will offer you

• Flexibility We work in a flexible, creative and adaptable way to best support our staff and clients. Access plenty of options to flex your work and life commitments through our Flexing with IPC Health program.
• Learning and development Our people are supported to act on opportunities that expand their expertise, knowledge and confidence. Opportunity to explore and participate in our Innovation and Professional Development Framework.
• Supportive Environment Connection is our strength. We respect and support each other and work collaboratively to create a force of good. Be inspired and well supported by our passionate leaders and creative staff.
• Celebrate achievements Feel valued and recognised as an important part of One Team IPC Health. Your contributions matter. Be part of an award winning supportive organisation that values and celebrates growth.
• Attractive Benefits Generous salary packaging benefits including novated leasing, paid parental leave, access to accrued days off, free onsite car parking, free and confidential employee assistance program.

What next?

If you are passionate, creative and want to make a difference, we want to hear from you. All you need to do is visit our careers page, read the role’s Success Profile, submit your resume and respond to a few short questions.

To find out more about the role, please contact Fiona LeNepveu, Manager Infant, Child and Family Services at fiona.lenepveu@ipchealth.com.au or 0492 821 593.

Applications close on 20 March 2024.

Our Story

We are One Team IPC Health. We are passionate we go above and beyond, demonstrating understanding and respect for our communities and each other. We make a difference we act with purpose, measure our results and celebrate our achievements. We are creative we learn, experiment and innovate.

At IPC Health, we are visionaries for community health and Wellbeing. We are changemakers. Innovation in action is at the heart of everything we do, because we know that innovation can create amazing change and have an incredible and far reaching impact for individuals, our communities, and for our industry. We prioritise those who face obstacles to getting health services tailored to their needs and work with and for them in a deeply connected way. This enables us to acutely understand their needs and challenges. We live and breathe our passion to create new and better ways to deliver holistic health services for our vastly different and diverse clients and communities – so that they can thrive and experience greater health and Wellbeing both individually and together.

We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free environment for all and welcome individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and the LGBTI communities to apply for our job opportunities.

If you require a reasonable workplace adjustment to support you during the interview process please email Careers@ipchealth.com.au with your request. Reasonable workplace adjustments are changes that are necessary and achievable to enable a person to efficiently perform their role to the best of their abilities. A reasonable workplace adjustment can be requested at any time in the recruitment process or as a part of employment with IPC Health.

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