Allied Health Assistant

**Alfred Health**

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.
- **Permanent; Part-Time**:

- ** 0.4EFT (32 hours/fortnight)**:

- ** Grade 3 AHA**:

- ** Based at Caulfield Hospital**

**The Department**

Alfred Health's Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Rehabilitation Centre provides rehabilitation services for people with moderate to severe acquired brain injuries including traumatic brain injuries, stroke, hypoxic brain injuries and other causes of non-progressive brain injury. The service is comprised of an inpatient rehabilitation service, a community rehabilitation service and a 4-bed transitional living service (TLS). The TLS is a purpose built facility to provide suitable people, aged over 18 years with an Acquired Brain Injury, continuation of rehabilitation in a homelike environment. The rehabilitation program will be a more extensive transition period with a focus on development of domestic and community living skills to facilitate return to community living.

**The Role**

The Allied Health Assistant (AHA) will be located primarily in the TLS and is one of several AHA positions within the service. We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and skilled allied health assistant to provide high quality assessment and management of patients within the ABI TLS. The overall objective of the position is to provide therapy support services to individuals and groups as directed by the Allied Health Professional/s with which they work. The AHA works as part of the interdisciplinary team to provide a flexible and responsive service that works to meet each client’s identified therapeutic goals. This role may also be required to support leave on the ABI in-patient rehabilitation unit or in the ABI community rehabilitation service.

**Skills**

You will have:

- Experience in providing therapy support services to individuals and groups as directed by an Allied Health Professional/s in a rehabilitation or community-based setting with clients who have an ABI
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills to enable effective liaison within an interdisciplinary team
- Ability to take direction from supervising staff and work effectively in an interdisciplinary team to provide high quality rehabilitation within a client-centred, goal directed framework
- Demonstrated initiative and flexibility in approach to service delivery
- Positive approach to teamwork and willingness to undertake a broad range of clinical and non
- clinical duties
- Ability to supervise or co-supervise AHA students if and when applicable

**Qualifications/Experience Required**

**Essential**
- Certificate IV or higher qualification as an Allied Health Assistant or other relevant health-related qualification
- Victorian Drivers licence

**Desirable**
- Previous experience working in a healthcare setting
- Previous experience working with clients who have an acquired brain injury
- Advanced computer skills

**Staff Benefits**

Alfred Health's ABI Service provides you with access to regular clinical supervision, opportunities for continued professional development and being part of a friendly and supportive team.

**Enquiries: Michelle Farquhar, Manager ABI Community Rehab & TLS or Nicolas Saunders, TLS Registered Nurse, Phone: 9076 7423.**

Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.

All Alfred Health employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza with a TGA approved vaccine and must provide evidence of their vaccination status. This **i**s in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

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