Allied Health Assistant

• Full Time / Permanent
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Friendly and dynamic team

About the Role
An opportunity currently exists for an Allied Health Assistant to join the Physiotherapy team. This position is responsible for assisting physiotherapists to provide high quality clinical management of patients in the acute orthopaedic and neurosciences units at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. In particular, this incudes assisting patient mobility practice, supervising patient exercise and therapy across both individual and group sessions, and other duties as directed.

Classification for this position will be IN29 ($31.65 per hour).

Duties include

• Implementation of treatment as directed including exercises, mobility, ADL retraining and gait aid provision
• Accurate treatment monitoring and evaluation of patients programs and conditions
• Maintain effective communication with all team members including reporting back to the supervising physiotherapist regarding patient management and progress.
• Administration duties to assist in the daily operation of the Physiotherapy department.

Your Contribution

• Experience working in a team
• Good interpersonal communication skills
• Superior written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to undertake a broad range of patient and non-patient related tasks

What we offer

• Salary packaging- increase your take home pay
• Employee Assistance Program
• Staff Health Centre
• CBD Location, close to Public Transport and close to lots of car parks – if applicable
• Culture of continuous improvement

Physiotherapy Department
The Physiotherapy Department provides high quality clinical services across a spectrum of acute, sub-acute and outpatient services. The Department works as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide assessment, treatment and a range of therapeutic services to optimise patient care and maximise function. The Department is committed to fostering excellence in evidence based clinical care, research and education.

Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

Contact: Benjamin Tarrant, Cardiorespiratory Team Leader / Allied Health Assistant Portfolio, benjamin.tarrant@svha.org.au

Alternate Contact: Jessica Knight, Physiotherapy Workforce Lead, jessica.knight@svha.org.au