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Our Journey

The Grade 3 Allied Health Assistant (AHA) is responsible for providing strong leadership to the Casey Allied Health Assistant team, actively contributing to the Monash Health AHA leadership group and promoting the AHA profession both internally and externally.

We are currently looking for a Grade 3 Allied Health Assistant who is ideally experienced in the delivery of acute, sub-acute services or community services at Casey Hospital. If you are interested in an exciting new challenge, live in the area, or would like additional work that suits your lifestyle please apply. Applications from new graduates may be considered, dependent on skills and experience.

A Day in the Life

The Grade 3 Allied Health Assistant is responsible for working within the Allied Health Team at Casey Hospital, supporting Social Work Department to assist therapists in the provision of best practice patient centred care and support the smooth operation of the Allied Health department through non-clinical duties.

The Grade 3 Allied Health Assistant is responsible for the provision of assistance to Social workers and other Allied Health professionals. They perform work of a general nature under the delegation and supervision of allied health professionals including, but not limited to, the following:

• Provide strong leadership to the Social work Allied Health Assistant team in areas of workload, quality improvement and professional development
• Represent the Allied Health Assistant team on the Monash Health Allied Health Assistant leadership group
• Work with minimal supervision to implement therapeutic and related activities
• Undertakes tasks which support the provision of clinical care, as directed by the Social Work Manager or treating Social Worker. These tasks will involve meeting with patients and families and completing community referrals, practical tasks and community based care arrangements
• Ability to work autonomously, be flexible and arrange and prioritise workload effectively
• Communicate effectively with the Social Work team regarding delegated tasks and escalate issues if necessary
• Undertake administrative support tasks to enhance patient outcomes in Social Work Department
• Participates in quality activities and departmental portfolios, as directed by the Social Work Manager, Stream Leader and/or allocated supervisor

What you need

• Certificate IV Allied Health Assistance
• Greater than 3 years AHA Experience in an allied health setting
• Driver’s license

In Return

As a Monash Health employee, you will have access to:

• Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your clinical and leadership skills
• Avenues to further develop your leadership & project management skills
• Mentorship & career guidance
• Support to attend relevant forums & conferences
• A supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies

In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, access to onsite staff car parking and gym, uniform and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Brooke Webb on 0417 319 163.

Monash Health is a great place to work

In 2022 Monash Health was nominated by LinkedIn as one of the top 25 organisations in Australia to grow your career.

Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:

• salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
• a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
• free vaccinations
• private health insurance at discounted rates
• health imaging services
• + more

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service and proudly provides healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 22,000 of us work at over 40 care locations across south-eastern Melbourne.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are only accepted that are submitted via the Monash Health online Mercury System (e-recruit). Click "Apply Now".