The Speech Pathology Department is looking for an Allied Health Assistant to join their supportive team at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. The Speech Pathology Department specialises in the assessment and management of inpatients and outpatients with acquired communication disorders, swallowing disorders, voice disorders, laryngectomy and other head and neck surgery across the continuum of care. Speech Pathology services and related clinical competency development align with the aetiologies of head and neck cancer and surgery, critical care and neurosciences, traumatic brain and spinal injury and stroke/neurological disease and aging.
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About The Role
As the Allied Health Assistant (Speech Pathology) you will:
- Contribute to patient care by providing administrative and clinical assistance to Allied Health Professionals (AHP) in their day-to-day clinical duties.
- Provide a defined range of individual patient interventions as delegated by the AHP and work under their direction.
- Work collaboratively as part of a team with a good understanding of your own scope of practice.
- Demonstrate personal time management skills including the ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines and complete activities and the ability to work within scope of practice and seek assistance when required.
Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
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Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team .
Occupational group Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support
