NSW Government

Allied Health Assistant

🔍 Metford, The Maitland Hospital | Hunter

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Empower recovery at Maitland Hospital's Mental Health Unit - engage consumers in therapeutic activities and group programs on our inpatient unit.

Remuneration: $30.64 per hour + superannuation + salary packaging
Location: The Maitland Hospital - Mental Health Unit
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Allied Health Assistants
Hours Per Week: 12
Requisition ID: REQ543187
Applications Close: Sunday 19th January 2025

At Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD), enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day:

  • Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
  • Proximity to shopping and other services
  • Salary packaging options
  • Fitness Passport
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
  • Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals


About the role:

For mental health consumers, being in hospital can often be a particularly challenging experience. When someone is admitted to hospital it is because they are at their most vulnerable, needing specialist help and care.

At the Maitland Mental Health Unit, we want to ensure that our consumers have many opportunities to engage with health professionals during this difficult time. This role will see you focus on the engagement of our consumers around therapeutic activities and groups on the inpatient unit.

You will be supported by your colleagues, peers, and management, as well as a mentor within the service who will ensure that you learn our processes and provide guidance. You will receive comprehensive training and education to excel in your position, whilst also gaining specific mental health education to ensure that your knowledge base around mental health care is always expanding.

Where you’ll be working:

The Maitland Mental Health Unit is a 24-bed inpatient unit based at Maitland Hospital. Our unit is contemporary and modern with state-of-the-art features such as our beautiful sensory room which we are very proud of.

Our team consists of experienced medical, allied health and nursing staff and is led by a dynamic management team.

About You:

Our ideal successful candidate is passionate about improving the experience for our consumers whilst they are in hospital and is also eager to learn about mental health care and recovery.

To really fit in with our team, you need to be compassionate, empathetic, have a fantastic sense of humour and highly appreciate working as and within a team.

Additional Information:
 
  • To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport. Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable local candidate is identified for the position; in this instance, you may only be offered employment in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa. 
  • An eligibility list will be created for future permanent part time and temporary part time vacancies.  
  • We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.  


Need more information?

  1) Click here for the Position Description
  2) Find out more about applying for this position

For role related queries or questions contact Lisa Brankley on Lisa.Brankley@health.nsw.gov.au

Information for Applicants:

Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description (link below). For assistance addressing selection criteria visit: https://bit.ly/3vL5fq2 
 
Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help indigenous job applicants apply for positions in NSW Health. For more information, please visit: https://bit.ly/HNEHealthSteppingUp 
 
This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.





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