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Join our Physiotherapy Team within Rehabilitation, Aged and Palliative Care (RAP)

Working as part of a collaborative allied health team at Flinders Medical Centre, provide essential support that keeps patient care moving forward.

About the role: 

Accountable to the Allied Health Practitioners within RAP, the Allied health Assistant will be involved in assistance with patient care as directed whilst undertaking duties to ensure cleanliness and proper functioning of clinical areas and equipment, and undertaking administrative support as required.

This role involves working specifically with the Physiotherapists and patients in our innovative Amputee Rehabilitation as well as Day Rehabilitation services. There may also be an opportunity or be required to work across other services within the division. You will be well supported to upskill as required to these unique roles. 

Duties for the role will include:

• Provide specific therapeutic interventions under direction of AHP staff
• Monitoring patient response to therapies and reporting to the supervising AHP
• Assisting patient in personal care needs to maintain privacy, cleanliness and dignity before, during and after therapy interventions
• Assisting with patient movement and/or physical tasks as part of a directed therapy intervention
• Accurately maintain documentation under the explicit direction of the supervising AHP.
• Participating and engaging in workplace health and safety procedures
• Under instruction from AHP therapist, lead group based therapy for relevant patients

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 work under close supervision and direction from Allied Health Professionals
• Ability to attend to routine work on a daily basis
• Ability to use documented resources such as policies and procedures and work instructions to enable safe work practices
• Sound communication and interpersonal skills – able to demonstrate the ability to work with people from a variety of cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• Ability to work in a physically demanding environment to assist patient therapy and / or handling of patient related equipment and devices

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Peter.Diestel-Feddersen, Director of Physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology, (08) 8404 2940 or  Peter.diestel-Feddersen@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 5 July 2026

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.

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: 941960