**SA Health**
**Job reference**: 878496
**Location**: 5000 - ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Short Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Central Adelaide Local Health Network**:
- **Mental Health Services, Adelaide**:
- **Salary AHA-2 $58,709 - $63,154 p.a.**:
- **Full-time temporary up to 12 months**:
- **5 day roster**
**About the role**
The Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) Mental Health Clinical Program consists of a range of multidisciplinary teams providing recovery-focussed clinical services to consumers. These teams include inpatient and sub-acute, community and rehabilitation teams in youth, adult and older persons' services. The Allied Health Assistant (AHA2) works as part of a multidisciplinary team and under the direction of Allied Health Professional (AHP) staff to contribute to the safe, efficient and professional operation of the AH service on the relevant Mental Health Unit or service.
Under the direction of the Occupational Therapist, assists and works with mental health consumers on an individual or group basis to deliver Occupational Therapy services maximising functional outcomes for consumers.
- Monitor consumer response to intervention programs and modify, to a limited extent, interventions to meet individual consumers' level of function.
- Support consumers' program intervention goals at all times and ensuring client choice and participation in personal decisions.
- Providing opportunities for clients to participate in activities that support their recovery program.
**About CALHN**
The Central Adelaide Local Health Network includes South's Australia's major quaternary facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, and the Repat Health Precinct. We also deliver mental health services at Glenside Health Services and at a range of other locations across the metropolitan and regional areas.
We're looking for talented staff to join us and help us to shape the future of health through world-class care and world-class research and achieve our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.
**What we offer**
- Attractive salary packaging available
- Strong community minded culture and values providing world class care to South Australians
- Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to CALHN staff and their families.
- Opportunity for movement across the SA Health system: There are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and your career at one of our many metropolitan or regional sites.
**Essential Requirements**:
- Current National Police Clearance (NPC)
- Working with Children Check
- Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description. SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Diversity and inclusion: At CALHN we support and foster a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
**Application Information**:
**Job ref: 878496**
**Enquiries to**:
Karen Adams-Leask
Telephone: 0413 458 563
**Application Closing Date**
11:55 pm Friday 4 October 2024
**Attachments**
878496 RD Mental Health RAH Occupational Therapy Allied Health Assistant.pdf
Australian applicant guidelines
International applicant guidelines
**Flexibility Statement**
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.