Access Assistant Program Manager

**SA Health**
**Job reference**: 887640
**Location**: 5031 - MILE END
**Job status**: Short Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Women's and Children's Health Network, 3D Health, Sub-Acute Care and Allied Health - Mile End 5031**:

- **Salary** -**:

- $84,522 to $94,003 p.a - **Classification - ASO5 - Administrative Services Officer L5**:

- **Employment Full time - Term Contract (temporary up to 14 Apr 2025)**

**About the Opportunity**

Exciting opportunities exist within **3D Health (Disability Services) Team** to join us as the **Access Assistant Program (AAP) Manager**, in a **full time** capacity until **14**th** April 2025**.

The Access Assistant Program (AAP) Manager is responsible to provide staff in supporting students with complex health needs and/or a disability to enable participation in government or non-government preschool or school.

The AAP Manager:

- Provides effective day to day management of Unlicensed Health Care Workers (ULHCW)/ Health Support Officers to support clients who have complex health needs within their educational setting;
- Coordinates the day-to-day services by rostering staff; coordinating training and works in partnership with health professionals, educational representatives to support students, parents and primary caregiver;
- Plays a pivotal role communicating with families and both government and non-government sites;
- Leads a region and is accountable for quality and risk management; maintaining regional partnerships and ensuring WCHN key performance indicators and service delivery goals are met.

To find out the specifics, including the **key selection criteria** and **special conditions**, please go to the attached role description.

**About You**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) including the ability to foster professional working relationships both internally and externally.
- Ability to persuade and negotiate to ensure positive outcomes.
- Ability to manage conflict with a number of stakeholders including a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience in managing a multidisciplinary team and the ability to maximise individual and team performance in a changing environment.
- A proven record of success in providing quality customer services to staff and stakeholders to achieve client satisfaction
- A demonstrated ability to manage financial and budget requirements including the assessment and management of risk.

**What WCHN Can Offer You**
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
- Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
- Free Public Transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital Workers.
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
- Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

**About Us**

The **Women’s & Children’s Health Network** is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

- specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
- state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
- community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
- specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

The Women’s and Children’s Health Network’s **3D Health** offers support to young people living with disability or complex health needs. Support is also provided to parents and carers, and community services.
3D Health includes:

- Access Assistant Program
- Encompass
- Health Education Interface
- Home Equipment Centre
- Home Oxygen Service
- MyTime

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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**Special Conditions**

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please cl