Clinical Assistant - Eat, Walk, Engage Program Queensland Health (Organisation site: )
QEII Jubilee Hospital, Coopers Plains
Nutrition and Dietetics are looking for several Clinical Assistants to join their team. The Eat, Walk, Engage program at the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital sits with the Nutrition and Dietetics department. The Nutrition and Dietetics department leads and supports interdisciplinary systems to improve outcomes and prevent hospital acquired complications including malnutrition and delirium. This role will work closely and be supported professionally by the Senior Clinical Assistant, Clinical Facilitators, and multidisciplinary teams with a focus on providing best practice, restorative care to older patients.
About the Role Provide a range of individual patient interventions as delegated by the AHP and work under the direction of health professionals and the Senior Clinical Assistant. Prepare and/or implement individual or group treatment programs for patients under the supervision and direction of the therapists and report on patient performance as required. Assist with the personal care, manual handling, and transport of patients. Undertake the transport, set up, monitoring and care of clinical equipment, therapy material, educational resources and assistive devices. Our values of 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.
Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
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