- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – Elizabeth Vale
- Salary: $70,293 - $74,914 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – AHA3
- Ongoing Part-Time
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity awaits within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network for an experienced Allied Health Assistant to join our dynamic Cardiology Department. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about supporting high‑quality patient care and contributing to positive rehabilitation outcomes across a multidisciplinary environment.
As a valued member of our team, you will play a vital role in supporting Allied Health Professionals by delivering essential clinical and administrative assistance. Your contribution will directly enhance patient experiences and underpin the delivery of safe, effective, evidence‑based care.
Key Responsibilities:
- supporting allied health professionals in delivering high-quality, evidence-based patient care
- assisting with therapeutic programs, rehabilitation activities and delegated clinical tasks
- maintaining accurate clinical documentation and completing administrative duties related to patient care
- preparing and maintaining treatment areas and equipment to support a safe, efficient therapy environment
- contributing to data collection for quality improvement projects and research initiatives
- participating in competency-based training to maintain and develop clinical skills
Duties may include:
- monitoring patients cardiac rhythm, preparation and performing ECGs - reporting to the supervising AHP or clinical cardiologist
- assisting patient transport to/from AHP cardiology out patient area
- assisting patient preparation for Holter monitoring
- assisting patient in personal care needs to maintain privacy, cleanliness, and dignity before, during and after ECG and holter preparation
- assisting with the preparation and management holter, ECG areas and equipment
- performing holter monitoring
- performing holter analysis
To be eligible for this position, you must possess a minimum of Certificate 4 in Allied Health Assistance or equivalent.
About You:
You will thrive in this role if you bring strong communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to work collaboratively within a fast‑paced clinical setting, and a commitment to patient safety, continuous improvement, and high‑quality care. Your enthusiasm, reliability, and willingness to contribute to a cohesive team will be highly valued.
This is an excellent opportunity to become part of a passionate, progressive, and supportive team dedicated to delivering exceptional cardiac care.
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.
NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
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 general employment probity, vulnerable person-related employment and aged care sector 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: 933833
Enquiries:
Senior Medical Administrator
Phone: (08) 8182 9420
E-mail: NALHNMMF_MSS.GenericMailbox@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
17 April 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
933833 - Allied Health Assistant - AHA3 - role description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
