Casual Allied Health Assistant

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Casual

**Salary**:$28 - $29

**Grade**:Undefined

**Occupation**: Health and Allied Health

**Location**: Melbourne

**Reference**: 3028

**_ Are you a current Austin Health employee?_**
- **Grade 1 Occupational Therapy AHA role (casual)**:

- **$28.85 per hour and generous salary packaging options available**:

- **Access to robust supervision and a supportive leadership team**:

- **Join a department that values employee development and offers great career opportunities**

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

**About the Department/Division**

The Occupational Therapy department is committed to promoting the highest levels of Occupational Therapy service for our patients. In realising this goal, the department will lead and excel in research, teaching and the use of person-centred evidence-based practice. The Department provides services on all three campuses of Austin Health, across all Divisions. The department provides care across the continuum from the Emergency Department through bed-based services and ongoing ambulatory care, including NDIS service provision.

**About the role**

The Allied Health Assistant (AHA) works closely with the Allied Health teams to provide a flexible and responsive service that meets each patient’s identified therapeutic goals. The AHA will perform duties as delegated by the Allied Health Professional.

Duties may include assisting in a client’s therapy program, maintaining equipment and resources and other administrative tasks, which assists with client management and will contribute to patient flow. This position can be based at any of our three sites (Austin, Talbot and Repatriation hospitals) and is expected to rotate through different service areas. Perform the duties of this position efficiently to the standards of the department and the organisation.

**About you**

You will be someone who enjoys working in a team. You will have an interest to grow your skills in other clinical and non-clinical areas. You can work flexibly and autonomously in the ever-evolving health setting, and you have a passion for being the best you can be.

You’ll further bring with you:

- Strong teamwork skills
- A “can do” attitude and flexible approach to work
- Great communication skills (verbal and written)
- Have a drive for self-improvement
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Want to contribute to best patient care

**Our benefits**

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.

**Work with us**

**Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the**position description** for further details.**

**Application closing date: Friday 20 June 2025**

Applications close Friday 20 June 2025 at 11.59PM

Posted 24 May 2025