Allied Health Assistant

1 month ago


Adelaide, Australia Women's and Children's Health Network Full time

Allied Health Assistant - WCH Occupational Therapy

Job no: 873637
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide CBD
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

  • Women's and Children's Health Network, Allied Health and Aboriginal Liaison, North Adelaide (5006)
  • Salary
    • Classification - AHA3 - Allied Health Assistant L3 - $67,589 to $72,033
  • Full time - Term Contract (Temporary up to 31 Oct 2025)

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Allied Health team as a Allied Health Assistant: Occupational Therapy, where you will be responsible for:

  • Day to day service provision to support patient care activities for inpatients, outpatients and outreach services of the hospital
  • Direct patient care under the supervision of Allied Health professionals
  • The safe and effective supervision of patients within the outpatient clinics including Hand Therapy and Burns/Scar Management.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

  • Certificate 4 in Allied Health Assistance or equivalent, or be enrolled and working towards this certificate
  • Demonstrated high level communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team
  • Initiative in carrying out routine tasks without direction and to report issues requiring attention.
  • Physical strength, flexibility and endurance sufficient for manual handling of patients and equipment.
  • Experience in a patient care setting or in assisting a health care professional

What WCHN Can Offer You

  • Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
  • Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
  • Free Public Transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital Workers.
  • Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
  • Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

You may be eligible for financial support if you are considering relocating from interstate or overseas.  Please speak to the enquiries person of the role on offer to find out more.

About Us

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia.  We offer:

  • specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
  • state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
  • community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
  • specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Enquiries

Sue Van de Loo; Phone: 81617360; Position: Manager Occupational Therapy; E-mail: susan.vandeloo@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 2/9/2024 – 11:55pm

Useful Links

AHA3 Allied Health Assistant - Role Description 873637.pdf

Advertised: 26 Aug 2024 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 02 Sep 2024 Cen. Australia Standard Time

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