Allied Health Assistant

**Title**:Allied Health Assistant**:

- Location: Eastern Health, VIC, AU, 3128- Job Posting Date: 8 Nov 2024Do you work for Eastern Health currently? If so, please log in to Eastern Health Careers Employee Login using your network login details to see the full range of jobs available to you

**Allied Health Assistant Grade 2 - Weekends**
- Part Time position | Collaborative Allied Health opportunities
- Box Hill and Maroondah Hospitals | Close to cafes and public transport
- Joining the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy team
- If you are a Certificate 4 Allied Health Assistant or_ _Allied Health Student with some course experience in Physiotherapy - read on_

**Eastern Health**
Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan - which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.

**About the role**

An excellent opportunity exists for Allied Health Assistants to join the team at Eastern Health. Physiotherapy students who have completed at least two clinical placements are welcome to apply.

You will be responsible in assisting physiotherapists with their acute bed based patients as part of the physiotherapy surgical team in the provision of best practice patient care as well as non clinical duties that support the efficient operation of a busy weekend demand. These positions are currently based at Box Hill and Maroondah Hospitals on weekends. This is a great opportunity to build and develop your skills across the year

**About you**

To be successful in this role you should possess:

- Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance is required (academic transcript of completion required) if applicable
- Previous experience working as an Allied Health Assistant or equivalent essential (including Physiotherapy students who have completed at least two clinical placements)
- Experience within an acute bed based hospital stream is desirable
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and communication
- A strong commitment to high quality care

Please refer to the attached position description for further details of the role.

Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.

**What we offer**

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here
- Diverse and engaging career opportunities
- Friendly & supportive team
- Flexible working hours
- Salary packaging options
- Career progression in our teaching hospitals

**Next Steps**

**Good to know**:

- We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability - within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
- We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
- As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
- Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
- Advertising may end before the closing date.

Please

Contact Person: Sue Parslow

Contact Number: 0466424634

Job Posting End Date: 02/12/2024

Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1)

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