Allied Health Assistant, Northern Adult Inpatient

1 month ago


Adelaide Region SA, Australia SA Health Full time

**Job no**: 830016
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Northern
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health
- **Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Northern Adelaide Inpatient Mental Health Unit**:

- **Salary**: $65,606 - $69,919 p.a. **- AHA3 ; Permanent Full-Time**

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit an Allied Health Assistant to work in our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our community.

**About Us**:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services. NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.

With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.

Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

**Benefits of working at NALHN**:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

**About You**:
Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Allied Health Assistant looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

**About the Role**:
An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Allied Health Assistant within the Northern Adult Inpatient Mental Health Unit

As the Allied Health Assistant you will operate under general direction of the nurse Unit Manager. The role contributes to the safe, efficient and professional operation of the Department resulting in improved patient outcomes and more efficient service delivery.

You will provide assistance and support to the Allied Health team, Social Work and Occupational Therapy in the delivery of allied health services to patients/clients of the Adult Inpatient Service.

The Successful applicant will work with the wider multi-disciplinary team and is responsible for the provision of effective psycho-social support and rehabilitation activities to patients who experience mental illness and other complex needs

You will be responsible for
- Supporting consumers to work towards the achievement of their recovery goals.
- Providing opportunities for consumers to participate in activities that support their recovery program.
- Assist with group programs.
- Support consumers to reintegrate into the community by undertaking activities identified by clinical staff.
- Supporting consumers to maintain their personal and health care.
- Encourage and support consumers to maintain contact with families and carers.
- Supporting patients/families to access financial services such as Centrelink and other financial benefits to which they are entitled.
- Liaising with accommodation providers in securing discharge accommodation for patients.

To be eligible for this position, you must hold a Certificate 4 in Allied Health Assistance, or equivalent

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.

**Check(s)**
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving



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