Allied Health Assistant- Grade 3

**Title**:Allied Health Assistant
- Grade 3

**Location**:Wantirna, VIC, AU, 3152**Job Posting Date**:28 Aug 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 3 I NDIS Continuing care ward**
- Based at Wantirna Health | Car parking available on site | Employee benefits
- Permanent Full-Time | Monday - Friday | Excellent leave entitlements + monthly day off
- Develop your skills with a leading health care provider | Rewarding career
- If you are a Certificate 4 Allied Health Assistant or Allied Health Student with some course experience in Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech Pathology or Social Work - 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**
- Eastern Health is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Allied Health Assistant to join our Allied Health team in our sub-acute bed based care aligned to Physiotherapy service delivery.- This Grade 3 Allied Health Assistant is a newly established role within our new NDIS co-location ward and offers great opportunity working closely with Physiotherapy and broader multidisciplinary team.**About you**

**To be Successful in this role you should possess**:

- Essential:
- Completion of Certificate IV (Allied Health Assistant) from a registered training organisation, or recognised equivalent inclusive of relevant discipline modules to advertised role.
- Minimum 3-years’ experience working within a health related field and/or acute, physical/rehabilitation or aged care facilities.
- Experience in the coordination and leadership of therapeutic groups or group programs.
- Current Victorian Driver’s Licence.
- Highly developed verbal & written communication skills to enable effective liaison with multidisciplinary team.
- Highly developed clinical competence and theoretical knowledge base relevant to the workplace.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to work well within a team environment and relate to medical, nursing and Allied Health staff, clients and families.
- Highly developed skills in organisation/time-management, planning and priority setting (including caseload management).
- The ability to work independently and unsupervised.
- Demonstrated initiative and flexibility in their approach to service delivery.
- Demonstrated commitment to staff development, and continuing professional development.
- Experience and highly developed ability to supervise/mentor junior Allied Health Assistants, Allied Health students and/or work experience students.
- A positive approach to teamwork and willingness to undertake a broad range of clinical and non-clinical duties.
- Client centered, customer focused and culturally sensitive in all interactions.
- Understanding of continuous quality improvement principles and service innovation.
- Awareness of legal and ethical practice requirements.
- Professional attributes of initiative, self-motivation, goal-setting, empathy and tact.
- Highly developed computer literacy.
- Desirable- Experience in interdisciplinary clinical practice.
- Direct Clinical experience in working with patients with complex care needs.

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: Hansinie Loolbadduwa- Contact Number: 0401733901-
- Job Posting End Date: 11/09/2024-