Help Patients Thrive as an Allied Health Assistant at Beaudesert Hospital!

Join our Occupational Therapy team at Beaudesert Hospital as a Permanent Full-time Allied Health Assistant, where you'll support allied health professionals in delivering high-quality, person-centred care while making a real difference to patients every day.

Job details

Your new role:

As an Allied Health Assistant, you'll work alongside experienced allied health professionals to support the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate patient care. You'll enjoy a varied role where no two days are the same by:

• Assisting with individual and group therapy programs under the direction of allied health professionals.
• Supporting patients with personal care, mobility, manual handling and transport.
• Preparing, maintaining and monitoring clinical equipment, therapy resources and assistive devices.
• Providing basic patient education and contributing to accurate clinical documentation.
• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to deliver outstanding patient outcomes.
• Maintaining equipment, managing stock and supporting a safe clinical environment.

About you:

We're looking for a motivated and compassionate team player who enjoys working with people and takes pride in delivering high-quality care. You'll succeed in this role with:

• Demonstrated ability to assist with delegated allied health interventions.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships with patients, carers and colleagues.
• A collaborative approach and understanding of working within your scope of practice.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise tasks.
• A commitment to patient safety, quality care and continuous improvement.
• A Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance (highly regarded but not essential).

Check out our quick tips and application essentials!

What we can offer you:

• Ongoing learning, training and professional development opportunities.
• The opportunity to make a genuine difference in the lives of patients every day.
• A positive, inclusive workplace that values diversity, teamwork and respect.
• Flexible work practices that support work-life balance where operationally possible.
• 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.

Beaudesert Hospital:

Beaudesert Hospital is a rural hospital in Queensland's Scenic Rim region with a rich history of healthcare that spans more than 120 years. We provide rural healthcare across a large geographic area south-west of Logan and the Gold Coast with patients who see us coming from Undullah in the north-west right down to the southern Queensland border. We offer services to adults and children, including 24-hour emergency care, maternity, mental, dental, allied health and outpatient clinics, minor surgery and palliative care.

We're a smaller hospital that offer hands-on training and support to our staff and students. As a secondary teaching hospital, we also have strong partnerships with Queensland's leading medical schools, universities, and TAFE Queensland. Our region is known for its scenery and rural charm and patients at the hospital receive care from our team, who are passionate about caring for their community.

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.

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

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

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  MS08688280_Role Description (PDF)