Senior Allied Health Assistant

A temporary full-time opportunity to combine your clinical expertise with leadership and quality improvement activities in a supportive rehabilitation environment.

About the role

As the Senior Allied Health Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of high-quality rehabilitation services at Brighton Rehabilitation Unit. Working under the direction of Allied Health Professionals, you will provide advanced clinical support to patients with complex rehabilitation needs, assisting them to maximise their independence, improve functional outcomes, and achieve their therapy goals. You will deliver delegated assessments and treatment programs, facilitate group-based interventions, provide patient education, and contribute to quality improvement and research initiatives.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values:

• Provide a defined range of specialised clinical screening assessments for clients with complex needs, as delegated by a Health Practitioner and compliant with professional practice standards.
• Provide a defined range of treatments for patients/clients with variable conditions, including using decision support tools, clinical pathways, and patient guidelines.
• Identify potential changes needed in treatment programs using results from standardised assessment tools and gain endorsement to make these changes following discussion with the supervising Allied Health Professional
• Provide comprehensive education to patients or groups of patients within defined topic areas.
• Lead a defined range of group interventions for patients with diverse and complex needs.

Benefits when working for Metro North Allied Health

• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of 12.75% and access to generous salary packaging
• Additional entitlements for employees (casual employees excluded) may include sick leave, carer's leave, long service leave, paid parental leave, leave without pay to travel, professional development allowance and leave
• 5% annual leave loading with up to 27.5% for shift workers
• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance

Metro North Health offers a dynamic and progressive environment at the forefront of healthcare, research, and education. With a strong commitment to inclusion, flexibility, and professional development, we provide meaningful opportunities in a workplace that puts people first. You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged and welcomed.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED