Allied Health Assistant

**Employment Type**: Temporary Part Time until March 2026 (24 hours per week) and Permanent Part Time (32 hours per week)
**Position Classification**: Allied Health Assistants
**Remuneration**: $60,747.33 per annum + super + salary packaging
**Location**: Rankin Park Centre
**Requisition ID**: REQ555974
**Applications Close**: Monday, 3rd March 2025

**About us**:
Rankin Park Occupational Therapy is a highly skilled team of committed and dedicated Occupational Therapist and Allied Health Assistants. The team focused on high quality evidence based care to achieve the patient’s goals. This role involves supporting the Occupational Therapy process by providing both administrative and clinical support within a supportive and dedicated team.

**About the role**:
Assist the Occupational Therapist by performing designated clinical and administrative tasks to support high-quality patient care. This includes providing one-on-one therapy as assigned and actively participating in therapy groups. Responsibilities within these groups include setup, facilitation, documentation, and cleanup. Therapy groups may focus on areas such as upper limb rehabilitation, cognitive therapy, meal preparation (breakfast and lunch groups), and leisure-based activities.

Maintain a clean, organised therapy environment to ensure efficiency and accessibility. This involves keeping therapy rooms tidy and ensuring that all necessary resources are available for Occupational Therapists to deliver effective treatment.

Under the direction of the treating Occupational Therapist, implement goal-oriented therapy programs designed to support patient progress. These programs may target key areas such as upper limb rehabilitation, cognition, perception, vision, and sensory function, helping patients work toward and achieve their therapeutic goals.

You will be supported through ongoing structured supervision with an experienced Occupational Therapist and mentorship with an experienced Allied Health Assistant. There will be a comprehensive orientation process, as well as internal and external professional development opportunities in line with your goals.

**About you**:
We are looking for dedicated and passionate individuals to join our team If you are highly organised and have a genuine enthusiasm for working with patients, we encourage you to apply.

**What we can offer you**:
At Hunter New England Health, enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. You'll contribute to the team enriching health in millions of ways every day. On top of this we also offer:

- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Proximity to shopping and other services
- Monthly Allocated Days Off (for full-time employees)
- 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
- Paid parental leave (for eligible employees) - giving you the opportunity for true Worklife balance
- Salary packaging options - up to $11,600 plus novated leasing
- Fitness Passport for health and well-being - discounted gym options for you and your family
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals

**Additional information**:

- An eligibility list will be created for future temporary full or part time vacancies.
- We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.

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**Information for Applicants**:
This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.