Allied heath assistant

Job No: 939054

Work type: Part time

Location: Adelaide Metro Eastern

Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

Salary: $72,753 – $77,536 p.a (pro rata) + Super + Leave Loading + Benefits

Part‐Time – 30 hours/4 days per week, Temporary until November 2026

As an Allied Health Assistant, you will play an important hands‐on role supporting Allied Health Professionals in delivering high‐quality care to patients with diverse and complex needs. Working within a multidisciplinary environment, you will assist with therapy programmes, patient preparation and mobility, group education sessions, equipment maintenance and patient support activities that promote comfort, dignity and positive health outcomes.

This dynamic role also contributes to the smooth operation of allied health services through accurate documentation, database management, workplace safety practices and continuous improvement activities. You will work collaboratively within a supportive team culture, while also assisting with the supervision and training of other Allied Health Assistants and students, helping to strengthen service capability and patient care delivery.

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.

• Committed to patient‐centred care, with a genuine focus on supporting dignity, comfort and positive health outcomes for people with complex needs.
• Enthusiastic about working under direction within a multidisciplinary allied health team, with a willingness to learn and follow clinical guidance closely.
• Proactive and hands‐on approach to supporting therapy delivery, patient mobility and daily care activities in a fast‐paced clinical environment.
• Strong communicator with sound teamwork skills, able to build positive relationships with clinicians, patients and colleagues across services.
• Committed to safety, confidentiality and continuous improvement, including strict adherence to WHS, infection control and professional standards.

• Support Allied Health Professionals in delivering therapy programmes, patient interventions and specialised treatments for patients with diverse and complex needs.
• Assist patients with preparation, transport, mobility and personal care before, during and after therapy sessions to ensure comfort, dignity and safety.
• Monitor patient responses to therapy, maintain accurate clinical documentation and assist with therapy‐related administration and database management.
• Lead or support group‐based therapy and education sessions, while assisting with the supervision and training of Allied Health Assistants and students.
• Contribute to a safe, collaborative and high‐performing workplace by following WHS requirements, maintaining confidentiality and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.

Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.

Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.

Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.

Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:

• You will need to undergo employment screening.

We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.