Allied Health Assistant

**Job no**: 877872
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Northern
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health, Mental Health
- **Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Northern Mental Health - Modbury**:

- **Salary**: $58,709 - $63,154 p.a. **(pro rata)** **- AHA2 - Ongoing Part-Time - working 7.5 hours per week**

**About the Role**:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network is seeking an Allied Health Assistant to join the North East Clinical Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program (The Gully).

The Gully aims to support an individual’s recovery journey through goal directed group and individual programs, and OT assessment clinic. These services operate in the North East at Modbury and focus on those with severe and persistent mental illness who have complex volitional and occupational needs.

As an Allied Health Assistant, you will be an integral part of the Gully team, supporting individuals on their journey towards mental wellness. Your role will involve assisting with group activities and fostering an environment that promotes recovery and empowerment.

This position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those facing mental health challenges. You will work closely with our dedicated team of healthcare professionals, gaining valuable experience and contributing to the delivery of high-quality, person-centred care.

To succeed in this role, you should possess exceptional interpersonal skills, a compassionate nature, and a genuine desire to support others. Experience in the mental health field would be an advantage, but comprehensive training will be provided to ensure you are well-equipped to excel in your role.

To be eligible for this position, you must possess or be currently undertaking Certificate 3 in Allied Health Assistance or equivalent.

**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.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

**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 (both elective and emergency), obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, mental health, oncology, geriatric medicine, palliative care and rehabilitation. Increasingly these are provided across a range of hospital, community and home-based settings.

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.

**Our Local Health Network Sites and Services**:
Mental Health - The Division of Mental Health provides a comprehensive range of public mental health services for youth, adults and older people in northern Adelaide. Services are provided through community health centres and hospitals, and to consumers in their own homes.

Forensic Mental Health - A statewide service that operates as part of the Division of Mental Health for forensic patients and prisoners.

**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.

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

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their c