Allied Health Assistant

• Multiple full-time, ongoing roles available
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier’s Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth’s 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

The Allied health Assistant at cohealth works in close collaboration with Allied Health professionals within a multidisciplinary team to provide holistic, client centred and coordinated healthcare. The Allied Health Assistant is responsible for quality community-based services to individuals and groups within our community. This position will work closely with our Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Podiatry and Occupational Therapy programs and with the wider multidisciplinary team.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• In collaboration with our Physiotherapists and Exercise Physiologists provide safe and effective land based and water-based exercise programs relevant for chronic pain, falls and general needs using a continuous quality improvement approach.
• Provide home and centre-based appointments for clients with a wide range of medical conditions, disabilities, older people and their carers
• Liaison with external organisations for comprehensive and effective follow-up for consumers and their carers
• Provide high quality Allied Health Assistant service to individual clients and groups of clients in accordance with agreed targets and funding streams

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you – tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Completion of a Certificate IV Allied Health Assistant, or other relevant qualification
• Proof of qualification to be sighted
• Experience as Allied Health Assistant in a health setting
• Experience in facilitating exercise groups and programs