• Full time, ongoing role
• $32.77 per hour + super
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

The Allied Health Assistant is responsible for quality community-based services to individuals and groups within our community. This position will work closely with our Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology programs and Occupational Therapists and with the wider multidisciplinary team. Allied Health Assistants will receive line-management from the Program Facilitator but will also have a designated support supervisor within each of the disciplines in which they undertake work.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Provide home and centre-based appointments for clients with a wide range of medical conditions, disabilities, older people and their carers.
• Provide high quality Allied Health Assistant service to individual clients and groups of clients in accordance with agreed targets and funding streams.
• Liaison with external organisations for comprehensive and effective follow-up for consumers and their carers.
• Provide a welcoming environment where the consumers are able to inquire and learn about a range of health-related matters and engage in self-management.
• Participate in multidisciplinary coordinated care activities to meet the needs of the target group
• Act as an advocate for individual clients/groups of clients as appropriate

What cohealth offers:

• Generous salary packaging options to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation). Salary packaging reduces your cohealth taxable income, meaning you pay less tax on your cohealth income
• A generous rewards program from our salary packaging provider
• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Novated Leasing available
• Discounts for health and wellbeing activities, such as gym memberships, health clubs products, and spas
• Free staff Immunisations and Vaccines
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)
• Career development and continuous learning opportunities/mentoring with senior clinicians

Our ideal candidate:

• Certificate IV Allied Health Assistant, or other relevant qualification
• Proof of qualification to be sighted
• Experience as Allied Health Assistant in a health setting
• The capacity to run an effective exercise group program with people of varying skills
• Demonstrated understanding and commitment to the principles of community health and chronic disease management
• Commitment to working collaboratively with consumers, co-workers and staff from other organisations to achieve best client outcomes

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Check, a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Statutory Declaration, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses). Additionally, some roles will also require current AHPRA registration and/or NDIS Worker Screening Clearance.

Roles that are determined to be Risk Category A or B [staff that have direct and/or indirect contact with body substances and are at higher risk of occupational exposure to infections] will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza prior to commencement [A] or within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

Application Process

Click on apply now to be directed to our careers page. You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and answer the Key Selection Criteria in the Cover Letter. We will be conducting interviews for this role as suitable applications are received. This campaign will close on the mentioned date at 10.00 PM. If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Miranda Dyt [email protected] using the subject line: Allied Health Assistant enquiry via EthicalJobs.