**Allied Health Assistant Grade 2 – Inpatient Rehabilitation Permanent part-time (9 days per fortnight) Cabrini Brighton**We’re building for the better!**By 2036, more than 150,000 patients will look to us for healthcare every year.**At **Cabrini Health** we champion community, compassion and career fulfilment. Our teams are united by the shared purpose of making a meaningful contribution to exceptional, patient-centred care in well- resourced, world class facilities that inspire you to perform at your best and continuously grow professionally.**About Allied Health services**Allied Health at Cabrini is a rapidly expanding and highly integrated service comprising twelve professional disciplines. The department plays a vital role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across the organisation.Cabrini Allied Health offers a wide range of opportunities, including senior consultant and leadership roles, clinical stream positions, junior staff rotation and support programs, professional development and teaching opportunities, and the cultivation of strong external and university partnerships.**What the role involves:**We are looking for a dynamic and qualified Grade 2 Allied Health Assistant (AHA), with experience working within inpatient rehabilitation, to be part of our physiotherapy team at Brighton. This role involves working with physiotherapists to deliver group and individual therapy sessions.This is a permanent part-time role, working 9 days per fortnight (0.89FTE). Working days are Monday to Friday in the first week, followed by Tuesday to Friday in the second week, 0830-1630.Key responsibilities include:* Facilitate safe and appropriate completion of a prescribed exercise program, in a group and individual setting, as outlined by the treating physiotherapist.* Ensure the safe and timely transport of patients to their therapy session in the gym.* Escalate patient concerns to treating physiotherapist/rehab team leader.* Ensure good communication, effective relationships and teamwork between peers and other clinical staff and services.* Support with allied health assistant placements and supervision of AHA students as required.* Assist with administrative duties as outlined by the supervising physiotherapist or team leader.**What we're looking for:**We are looking for a dynamic qualified Grade 2 Allied Health Assistant (AHA), with experience working in inpatient rehabilitation. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, be organised, flexible and work well within a team.You will have:* Relevant Allied Health Assistant qualifications.* Experience in exercise delivery & managing groups of patients in a rehabilitation setting is advantageous.* Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team within a structured rehabilitation environment.* Well-developed written and verbal communication skills with a strong client customer service focus.* Well-developed time management skills.**What we offer:*** **Salary packaging**: up to $15,900 tax-free each year, plus $2650 meal & entertainment card benefits* **Convenience**: Vibrant Brighton location, close to local shops, cafes and public transport* **Travel Perks**: Myki Commuter discounted fares* A commitment to health and wellbeing initiatives including discounted access to a wide range of gyms, pools, and fitness facilities through **Fitness Passport*** Access to a range of retail offers, discounted hospital services and savings on eligible private health fund servicesFor further information, view the full position description or contact Stacey Bulger – Physiotherapy Rehab Team Leader on 9508 5804 or 0437 139 313 OR Ben Gehrke – Head of Physiotherapy on 0438 726 014**Apply early!** This role may close sooner than the listed closing date if we find the right candidate – so don’t wait to get your application in. Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission. As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. **Working for Cabrini**Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years. There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries. Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential. **Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect****MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI**Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested. Vaccination for COVID-19 is highly recommended.With more than 4000 staff and several campuses, we offer a range of employment opportunities to start, continue or advance your career. Cabrini employs health professionals in the medical, nursing and allied health fields as well as employing staff in management, administration, finance, hotel services, logistics, engineering, communications and other support services.Cabrini is a Catholic charitable organisation inspired by the spirit and vision of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini and the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This order was founded by Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini who was canonised in 1946 and later proclaimed Universal Patron Saint of Immigrants. We are a community of care, reaching out with compassion, integrity, courage and respect to all we serve. With more than 4300 staff, 1000 accredited medical practitioners and several locations, we offer a range of employment opportunities to start, continue or advance your career.
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