Allied Health Assistant

**Allied Health Assistant**
**Permanent Part Time**
**64 hours per fortnight**

**About Grampians Health**

Grampians Health was established 1 November 2021, bringing together Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services to deliver safe, sustainable, healthcare tailored to changing workforce and community needs, for the long term.

This partnership follows years of strong collaboration and close partnerships between the four health services. Together, we will deliver better healthcare, enhance services and advance careers, closer to home, now and into the future.

A career with Grampians Health means you are connected and are part of a team providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Our communities are diverse, as is our workforce, with expert clinical staff from across the world choosing to live and work in our beautiful region.

Grampians Health provides acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care, administration and support services. This means your career will be as diverse and rewarding as you strive to be.

**About the role**
- As an Allied Health Assistant you will have an opportunity to support the Allied Health team in the general and neurological streams on the inpatient rehabilisation ward. Some the core duties include.
- Undertake therapy with a variety of patients.
- processing and equipment maintenance.
- Supervision with senior AHAs and clinicians.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Handover from supervising allied health clinicians.
- Undertake therapy and report progress to supervising clinicians.
- Documentation
- Staistical enrty for therpay time with patients.
- Attendance at meetings as required.
- maintenance of core competencies.

**Skills and experience**
- Ability to cooperate and work well with others in the pursuit of team goals
- Demonstrated flexibility and ability to adapt constructively within a busy and dynamic working environment
- Demonstrated understanding of, and desire to work in the role
- Demonstrated ability to monitor, evaluate and modify own performance
- Demonstrated abilities of initiative and self-motivation and tact
- Demonstrated attributes of empathy and client centred focus
- Ability to work independently and appropriately identify when to seek help

**Grampians Health Culture & Benefits**

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
- Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
- Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
- Discounted on-site parking
- Access to discounted health club membership
- Staff rewards and recognition programs

**Ballarat Region**
- Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the states fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes.

**How to apply**
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- **APPLY** or contact Dimitri Diacogiorgis, Clinical Manager Podiatry and High Risk Foot Services/ Manager Allied Health Assistants, on 5320 3073 for a confidential discussion.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.
- Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people._

**Selection Criteria**
- Essential : Have you received three doses of a COVID19 vaccine? If no, please provide further detail regarding doses received, booking dates and/or other relevant information.