Allied Health Assistant

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time, Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 63777

**Let a passion in cardiac care lead you to an Allied Health career at Australia’s first standalone cardiac hospital.**

**Monash Health** is an industry leader for the **Allied Health (AHA)** workforce and has created a strong, dynamic and collaborative workforce to ensure the best outcome for patients in our care. The AHA team works across different clinical areas providing a comprehensive range of care in the acute wards and outpatient settings under the supervision and delegation of an allied health professional.

As a **Monash Health** hospital, the **Victorian Heart Hospital** features a unique, holistic model of care with first ever cardiac services to provide tailored cardiovascular care for all Victorians, and specialised life-saving procedures for our community. Australia’s only cardiac facility, housing world-ranking **Monash University **and the **Victorian Heart Institute, **represents a powerful model of collaboration, innovation and excellence.

The only one of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, it also sets a new international benchmark for cardiac hospital design in a purpose-built facility with access to landscaped spaces exuding calm and tranquillity, to enhance the patient experience and positively impact clinical outcomes.

**Allied Health Assistants (AHA) (Grade 2/3)**

Located at the **Victorian Heart Hospital**, this position will see you work collaboratively with a fantastic group of people who are inclusive, passionate and share a vision to provide excellent, evidence-based care for patients. This is an outstanding career opportunity for either an experienced therapist or for a newly qualified **AHA **to work in a new hospital and play a vital role in providing care to cardiac patients and also:

- develop skills in both acute inpatients and ambulatory services
- deliver AHA support for the evening Cardiac Rehabilitation service on a regular basis
- provide occasional cover at both MMC and Moorabbin Hospital with acute inpatients
- deliver evidence-based, patient-centred care under the delegation of an allied health professional
- participate in clinical supervision to further develop your skills and grow your experience
- contribute to quality and research project

**Fixed Term (Parental leave till July 24) Full Time position now available.**

**About You**

A talented **AHA**, you are excited to combine a genuine interest in cardiovascular health and grow your allied health career in a brand new award winning cardiac facility. You take pride working collaboratively and dedicated to providing current evidence-based practice for patients accessing care through the inpatient and community-based setting. To ensure your success in this role, you will have the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:

- Certificate IV Allied Health Assistance
- Demonstrated and proven AHA Experience
- Driver’s license
- Ambition to grow your skills and expand your knowledge
- Enthusiasm for multidisciplinary team work
- Ability to engage in reflective practice
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Motivation and innovation
- Critical thinking that drives problem solving
- Flexibility and adaptability
- A Team-focused approach to patient care

**Monash Health** is a **_great_** **place to work and we recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and are committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and iCare values.

**Monash Health’s Victorian Heart Hospital featuring**:

- Australia’s first standalone cardiac hospital with award-winning design
- Architecturally designed sustainable building, filled with colour, natural light and space
- New model of cardiac care and patient centred excellence for Australian hearts
- State-of-the-art technology and on-site education to facilitate world-leading research
- More than 22,000 employees work at over 40 care locations across south eastern Melbourne
- We offerinclusion, equity, opportunity and a workplace where kindness matters
- Salary packaging options, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing program, Fitness Passport, Employee Assistant Program, + more

**How To Apply