Support people living with chronic disease through community-based care
Metro South Health is seeking an Allied Health Assistant (CA3) to join the Bayside Chronic Disease Service within Community and Oral Health at Redland Hospital. This temporary part-time role (60.8 hours per fortnight until August 2026) supports allied health professionals to deliver high-quality, person-centred care for adults living with complex and chronic conditions across hospital and community settings.
Your new role:
As an Allied Health Assistant within the Bayside Chronic Disease Service, you will work under the supervision and direction of allied health professionals to support clinical care, rehabilitation and education for patients with complex and chronic health conditions. The role focuses on delivering delegated interventions, supporting treatment programs and contributing to safe, effective and coordinated care across community and hospital environments.
Key responsibilities include:
* Delivering delegated individual and group patient interventions under supervision
* Supporting treatment programs and reporting on patient progress
* Assisting with personal care, manual handling and patient transport
* Preparing, transporting and maintaining clinical equipment and resources
* Providing basic education to patients on defined topics
About you:
You are a reliable and motivated Allied Health Assistant who enjoys hands-on clinical work and supporting people to manage their health and independence. You understand your scope of practice, communicate effectively and work well within multidisciplinary teams.
You will bring:
* Experience working as an Allied Health Assistant or in a similar support role
* Ability to deliver delegated clinical tasks within scope of practice
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills
* Effective time management and ability to prioritise workload
* Understanding of delegation frameworks and patient safety principles
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What we can offer you:
* We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
* We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
* We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
* You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.
About us:
Community and Oral Health Services:
Community and Oral Health Services deliver a broad range of quality community-based care and support services to help people improve and maintain their wellbeing and independence as well as oral health services to adults and children.
We deliver a myriad of services across Metro South including Hospital in the Home, Rehabilitation, Chronic Disease, Acute Care, Dementia Outreach, Oral Health, and specialist residential care along with delivering numerous other vital community health services.
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
We are better together.