Get paid to live in paradise and join Occupational Therapy Department team as an Allied Health Assistant – Advanced. Maximise quality patient focussed care and service delivery by supporting Allied Health professionals with the delivery of appropriate therapeutic group and individual activities for inpatients and outpatients of the Cairns Hospital and by undertaking supportive nonclinical duties.

Job details

About us: Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About you:

In your new role you will: 

• Providing comprehensive education on a defined range of topics to individual patients or groups of patients.
• Develop quality leadership skills in relation to the delivery of Occupational Therapy services within the Cairns Hospital by initiating, implementing and evaluating Occupational Therapy workplace instructions, relevant to the position and supporting organisational change.
• Facilitate and monitor self development to ensure ongoing education in order to meet professional competency, and mandatory training requirements, developing and maintaining records of same as evidence for audit purposes.
• Provision of supervision to less experienced staff and students, including facilitation of ongoing training as well as teaching and assessment of generic competencies.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are to apply online. If the information requested in the ‘how to apply’ section is not provided, you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• CAH652092 Role Description (PDF, 422KB)
  Role Description
  
  1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Documentation preparation guide (PDF, 229KB)
  Information Package for Applicants