North Richmond Community Health (NRCH) is committed to making healthcare more accessible and culturally relevant. With the recent addition of Victoria’s first Medically Supervised Injecting Room, NRCH works with community members to support social justice principles which afford all people the right to dignity, respect, and the highest quality of care.

NRCH provides a range of medical, allied health, dental and community services to clients from all backgrounds.

The Allied Health Assistant works collaboratively with the CHSP Team Leader, the clinicians across our Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) “Healthy Aging Hub” and CHAD Child Health and Development Teams and the Intake team.

The Allied Health Assistant position works within an interdisciplinary framework to provide prevention, early identification and intervention, lifestyle interventions, assessment and treatment for services such as CHSP team, Dieticians, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry and the CHAD Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Dietician.

The Allied Health Assistant will provide support to clinicians for individual and groups services for clients and undertake administrative tasks which facilitate good client care.

Essential Qualifications and Experience includes:

• Relevant Tertiary Qualifications Cert IV in Allied health Assistance (or equivalent)
• Sound understanding of the principles of the Community Health Program and the role of Allied Health Assistants in supporting service delivery.
• Experience providing allied health services in individual, group and consultative models
• Experience working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities and interpreters.
• Demonstrated understanding of consumer directed care, and improving consumer experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience writing reports and capturing data.

Essential Attributes:

• Strong problem solving capabilities
• Open and inclusive interpersonal and communication style
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable
• Effective time management skills
• Able to use initiative and work autonomously.

This is a unique opportunity to work with a leading Victorian healthcare organisation where you can truly make a difference to patients, people and the community.

A position description is attached.

The preferred candidate will be required to undergo a Police Check prior to any offer of employment being made and only successful candidates will be notified.