Allied Health Assistant

2 weeks ago

Canberra, Australia ACT Government Full time

**Allied Health Assistant**
**Full-time Permanent**:
**Closes: 24 May 2023**:
**Classification**: Allied Health Assistant 3
**Salary**: $69,915 - $73,346 plus superannuation
**Position No**: 40165 - 02AK3
**Directorate**: Canberra Health Services
**Advertised (Gazettal date)**: 10 May 2023

**Our Vision**: creating exceptional health care together

**Our Role**: to be a health service that is trusted by our community

**Our Values**: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

**POSITION OVERVIEW**

Mental Health, Justice Health and Alcohol and Drug Services provides support to youth and adults via inpatient and outpatient settings, community health centres, justice health facilities and other community settings, including people’s homes.

We partner with our health care consumers, their family, carers, government, and community organisations to ensure that they receive the best possible care during their treatment and recovery.

All care that we provide is driven by our values of being kind, reliable, respectful, and progressive. We’re also guided by contemporary mental health and human rights legislation which means we operate within a framework that ensures the rights and dignity of people are promoted and protected.

The Adult Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit (AMHRU) is an inpatient rehabilitation unit whose aim is to attain and maximise independence through bio-psychosocial rehabilitation in all aspects of daily living for graduated community re-integration. The AMHDS will be located adjacent to AMHRU at UCH, and will focus upon step-down programs, pharmacotherapy, psychological therapies, and healthy living skills. Service delivery for both services is underpinned by evidence based mental health care, the principles of recovery and the provision of collaborative care involving the person, their carers, and other key stakeholders.

Under the direction of an Allied Health Professional, Allied Health Assistants provide support to clinical staff with delivering psychosocial interventions to people with a mental illness or a mental disorder. Allied Health Assistants promote the identified recovery goals, working collaboratively with people to achieve these, and support the person to link with community agencies or NDIS providers. Allied Health Assistants level 3 are expected to provide supervision to staff at AHA level 1 and 2 and AHA students.

The role is supported by a cohesive multi-disciplinary team of Nurses, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Allied Health Assistants, Peer Recovery Workers, Administration Service Officers, Psychiatry Registrars and Consultant Psychiatrists.

This role involves shift work on a rotating, non-preferential roster, including weekends. Shifts are between 7am and 7pm Monday to Sunday.

**ABOUT YOU**

**Behavioural Capabilities**
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills,
- Ability to respond to and prioritise competing tasks in a calm and efficient manner while also maintaining high work standards and accuracy,
- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and adapt quickly to a changing environment,
- Commitment to achieving positive outcomes for people.

**Position Requirements/Qualifications**:
**Mandatory**
- Certificate IV in Mental Health or equivalent qualification.
- A minimum of 24 months experience in a related/relevant organisation/service.
- Hold a current driver’s license.
- The successful applicant will need to be available for weekend and after-hours work.
- CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.

**Desirable**
- Have an understanding of how the National Standards and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
- Fulfil the responsibilities of this role as detailed in the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and all other related frameworks.
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Obtain a Compliance Certificate from OMU (Occupational Medicine Unit) relating to assessment, screening, and vaccination processes against specified infectious diseases.
- Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required. For further information on Working with Vulnerable People registration refer to - Working with vulnerable people (WWVP) registration (act.gov.au)
- Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

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