Allied Health Assistant

SA Health; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 37,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Relocation assistance

Flexible hours

Career progression

Professional development

Job summary

SA Health’s Northern Adelaide Local Health Network is seeking a casual Allied Health Assistant for Lyell McEwin Hospital. The role supports patient recovery under Allied Health professionals, in mobility, exercise, and restorative care, across diverse clinical areas.

Candidates need Certificate III/IV in Allied Health Assistance, health-care experience, confidentiality and safety awareness, and WWCC/National Police clearance.

Qualifications

• Certificate III or IV in Allied Health Assistance (or equivalent relevant qualification)
• Experience in health or community care setting under supervision
• Understanding of patient confidentiality, manual handling, and safety obligations
• Clear, respectful communication with diverse patients
• Ability to work in a busy clinical team and manage priorities
• Current or willingness to obtain a SA Working with Children Check (WWCC) and National Police Clearance

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct patient support under supervision across clinical areas
• Assist therapeutic programs: mobility, exercise, restorative care, ADLs
• Support service evaluation and improvement within Allied Health Division
• Prepare therapy environments and equipment for safe delivery of allied health interventions
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and contribute to patient-centered care
• Build relationships with patients, carers, and the multidisciplinary team
• Participate in competency-based training to maintain skills

Skills

Communication skills

Confidentiality

Teamwork

Education

Certificate III or IV in Allied Health Assistance

Job description

Job no: 953252
Work type: Casual
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112
• Salary: $32.30 per hour plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHA2

• Casual up to 30 June 2027 (Multiple Positions)

*This role attracts a fixed allowance that ensures a minimum salary equivalent to AHA2 (third increment) pro-rated, based on the Undertaking as within the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement 2025.

About the Role:

At Lyell McEwin Hospital, Allied Health is where recovery really happens. If you're building a career in health and want hands-on experience alongside skilled clinicians who are genuinely invested in the people they care for, this casual role within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a strong place to start.

What You'll Be Doing

• Delivering direct patient support under the direction and supervision of Allied Health Professionals across a range of clinical areas
• Assisting with therapeutic programs, including mobility, exercise, restorative care and activities of daily living to support patient recovery and independence
• Contributing to clinical and non-clinical activities within the Allied Health Division, including supporting service evaluation and improvement
• Preparing therapy environments and equipment to ensure safe, efficient and effective delivery of allied health interventions
• Maintaining accurate clinical documentation and contributing to safe, patient-centred care in line with NALHN standards and SA Health policy
• Building effective relationships with patients, carers, and the multidisciplinary team to support positive health outcomes
• Participating in competency-based training to maintain and develop clinical skills relevant to the role

What You'll Bring

• Certificate III or IV in Allied Health Assistance (or equivalent relevant qualification)
• Demonstrated experience working within a health or community care setting under professional supervision
• Sound understanding of patient confidentiality, manual handling principles, and workplace health and safety obligations
• Clear, respectful communication skills with patients from diverse backgrounds
• Ability to work effectively as part of a busy clinical team and manage competing priorities with composure
• Current or willingness to obtain a SA Working with Children Check (WWCC) and National Police Clearance, as required by SA Health employment standards

About You:

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.

NALHNserves over400,000 peoplein northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal,paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.

With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.

Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.

Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:

“My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care.”

“I feel like I’m part of a growing and developing service.”

“I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support.”

Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:

NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide’s north and north‑eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.

Lyell McEwin Hospital – the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.

Modbury Hospital – a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub‑acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.

Mental Health Services – adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.

Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services – provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.

Primary Health Care Services – including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Incremental wage increases in-line with the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement 2025

Access to experienced clinicians across a broad range of expertise, who are supportive of collegial sharing of skills and knowledge in different therapies and client presentations.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

In addition to this, other benefits of working as an Allied Health Assistant in NALHN include:

• professional development opportunities. We have a well-established Allied Health Education unit which offers high-quality, targeted in-house training, and under the current enterprise agreement staff are also eligible for a Professional Development Allowance and entitled to claim reimbursement of eligible professional development expenses to allow you to continue to build upon your professional foundations
• opportunities to participate in research. NALHN have an Allied Health Research Chair, who is able to work with clinicians and teams to support clinical research
• regular clinical supervision, allowing you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your career goals

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

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.

Check(s):

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate)for vulnerable person-related employment screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.

Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)

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: 953252

Enquiries:

Shelley Ng

Senior Acute Program Manager

Phone: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Application Closing Date:

6 November 2026– 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

953252 - Allied Health Assistant - AHA2 - Allied Health - Role Description.pdf

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further informatio