Allied Health Team Leader

Published
September 17, 2024
Location
Sunshine, Australia
Category
Default
Job Type
Full-time
**Salary Packaging**: Up to $18,550 salary packaging benefits (lower your taxable income and increase your take home pay)

**Benefits**: Fitness Passport & HCF Private Health Insurance discounts
**Extra Leave**: 4 weeks annual leave + additional 5 days leave
**Career growth**: Genuine career opportunities
**Work life balance**: Flexible work arrangements
**Salary**: Competitive remuneration
**Culture**: Friendly and close-knit team environment
About us...
Royal Rehab LifeWorks is part of the Royal Rehab Group, a leading provider of disability and rehabilitation services.
Representing a broad range of professions, our people are united by our values of honesty, respect, working together and innovative thinking. We are inspired by a commitment to clinical excellence and personalised care.
Royal Rehab LifeWorks provides rehabilitation services to people experiencing illness, injury or disability to improve their overall wellbeing through individually tailored programs and world-leading technology. Our approach is informed by world-leading best practice and ultimately guided by the customer
- their needs, their goals, their aspirations.
At Royal Rehab LifeWorks we are proud to be Great Place to Work Certified
About the role..
An exciting role exists for a highly motivated and energetic Allied Health Team leader within our LifeWorks service at our new Royal Rehab LifeWorks service in Sunshine, Melbourne. In this this role you will be leading a dynamic, multidisciplinary team who are committed to empowering and enhancing the lives of our clients.
**Key Responsibilities include**:
Ensure that allied health staff at LifeWorks Melbourne are delivering goal centred clear customer plans and that progress is being recorded against their goals.
Assist the allied health general manager with allied health customer acquisition and retention by liaising with identified partners, networking with referral partners and assisting staff with local opportunities,.
Understand and promote the range of services offered by Royal Rehab LifeWorks
Monitor and coach employees to ensure they understand and achieve a high level of performance and efficiency
Undertake professional development initiatives or performance management processes as required
Ensure the effective deployment of employees and other resources to customers on a dailybasis
Assist with local recruitment and onboarding of new staff
Maintain a suitable clinical load, in line with relevant discipline area to ensure recency of practice and knowledge
Work within and support the LifeWorks Allied health leadership team to achieve growth goals and improve brand awareness
About you..
We seek a self-motivated and professional leader who has previous experience coaching or leading an allied health team. An ability to think creatively, adapt to change will be crucial, as you lead the Melbourne allied health team through an exciting period of growth and transformation,
**Essential Criteria**:
Allied Health qualification (Psychology, Social work, Counselling, Occupational Therapy or Speech Pathology)
Minimum 2 years - clinical experience
Experience in delivering Person Centred Multidisciplinary Services
Ability to analyse and act on employee and performance data
Advanced organisational skills with high level attention to detail.
Excellent customer service skills.
High level problem solving and decision-making skills.
Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
Strong influencing and negotiating skills with a proven ability to manage conflict.
Knowledge of National Disability Insurance Scheme
Working with children check (or willing to obtain one is essential)
NDIS Worker Screen (or willing to obtain one is essential)
Current driver’s license
Your Royal Rewards
**Salary Packaging**: Up to $18,550 salary packaging benefits (lower your taxable income and increase your take home pay)

**Benefits**: Fitness Passport & HCF Private Health Insurance discounts
**5 extra leave days**: Access to an additional 5 individual leave days
**Career growth**: Genuine career opportunities
**Work life balance**: Flexible work arrangements
**Salary**: Competitive remuneration
**Leadership**: Supportive and experienced leadership team
**Culture**: Friendly and close-knit team environment
Proud to be Great Place to Work Certified
What’s next
If this sounds like the perfect role for you, address the essential criteria in your cover letter and
Please note, only applicants that address this essential criteria will be considered.
The successful applicant may be required to undergo pre-employment checks including but not limited to a current criminal record check working with children check, employment history and referee checks. Vaccination against infectious diseases is strongly encouraged.
Please, no recruitment agencies.