Allied Health Clinician, Developmental Intake Team

2 weeks ago

Parkville, Victoria, Australia theroyalch Full time

The Hospital:

The Royal Children's Hospital's (RCH) Vision is "A world where all kids thrive".

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children's Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

  • ​​​​​​Work for Australia's leading Children's Hospital
  • Flexible work options available
  • Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging

About the Role

This is a Permanent Part Time position at 0.5 FTE/30.4 hours per fortnight within the Stepped Care Allied Health Service.

As part of the Developmental Intake team, you will be responsible for triaging all developmental referrals received by the hospital. You will utilise a variety of triage tools including a developmental eligibility matrix, telephone screening interviews with families, team case conferences and where necessary, face to face appointments with families. You will be an innovative thinker with the ability to work closely with internal RCH departments and community developmental care teams to build strong working relationships to improve access to developmental care for families.

Classification for this position will range from VF6 – VF9 (Occupational Therapy); VB1 – VB4 (Physiotherapy); VW1 – VW4 (Speech Pathology); PK1 – PK4 (Psychologists).

What you'll achieve:

  • Provide excellent clinical care through skills in referral intake, triage, assessment, allocation, service knowledge and coordination of developmental services required
  • In consultation with senior team members, identify the optimal pathway for children at risk of developmental delay and ensure timely access to appropriate internal and/or external services
  • Provide high quality, accurate and timely documentation of all encounters with families and community health providers in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
  • Build strong collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders and demonstrate effective teamwork skills

Your skills and experience:

  • Experience of working collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team context
  • Demonstrated skills in the assessment and provision of services to children with developmental disability/delay
  • Excellent professional, interpersonal, interaction and self-reflection skills to enable effective work with people of different personalities and backgrounds
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrated flexibility and ability to quickly adapt in an environment of change.

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

About the Developmental Intake team

The Stepped Care Developmental Intake team is vibrant team of individuals who are passionate about developmental care and ensuring families have access to the right care, in the right place, at the right time. They embody the RCH compact pledge: 'we do better work caring for children and families when we also care for each other'.

What we offer:

  • Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay
  • Professional development and special events

Other requirements:

  • Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
  • Valid Working with Children Check
  • Current NDIS Worker Screening Check
  • Compliance with RCHs "Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases" procedure

Application process

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly

For more information about this position please contact Adrienne Fosang Program Lead Developmental Intake team PH: Email:

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children's Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children's Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption

Are you ready to join our team?

Apply online by clicking on the "Apply" button

Applications close 30 June 2024

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