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Are you an enthusiastic Allied Health Assistant looking to join a highly experienced interdisciplinary Allied Health team?

 Join SA Health as a Casual Allied Health Assistant, where you'll support our multidisciplinary teams in delivering exceptional patient care across the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network. This flexible position offers competitive casual rates with penalty loadings and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in your local community's health outcomes. Be part of South Australia's largest employer and most trusted healthcare provider, where your skills will contribute to cutting-edge medical care and innovative healthcare delivery.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Allied Health Manager, this role is responsible and accountable to the AHPs within RAP Allied Health services for provision of assistance with patient care as directed in order to improve independence and occupational outcomes. The AHA also ensures cleanliness and proper functioning of clinical areas and equipment, and undertaking administrative support as required.

Duties for the role will include:

• Duties pertaining to an AHA2 are required to be clearly and specifically directed by the supervising AHP, and operation against clearly demarcated work instructions is required,
• Provide specific therapeutic interventions under direction of AHP staff,
• Monitoring patient response to therapies and reporting to the supervising AHP,
• Accurately maintain documentation under the explicit direction of the supervising AHP,
• Apply screening assessments, treatments and use standardised assessment tools to initiate changes to treatments under the direction of AHP staff

About you:

• Must possess or be undertaking a Certificate 3 in Allied Health Assistance or equivalent,
• Demonstrated aptitude for work in a healthcare environment,
• Ability to act responsibly in an emergency situation, with an ability to competently undertake pool rescue protocol per the division's procedures,
• Capacity to work flexibly across a range of therapeutic and program related activities

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Catherine Ames, GEM Allied Health Service Manager, 0435 483 069, Catherine.Ames@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Tuesday 16 September 2025

Attachments:

• Allied Health Assistant- Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 914747