At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team to support patients with complex discharge planning and care progression.
- Company: Austin Health, a major provider of health services in Melbourne.
- Benefits: Generous salary packaging, wellness initiatives, onsite childcare, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Join a diverse team committed to cultural safety and health equity.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patient care and shape a new service.
- Qualifications: 10+ years in Allied Health, strong leadership, and knowledge of NDIS and Aged Care pathways.
The predicted salary is between 82800 - 101200 $ per year.
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Allied Health Division
The Allied Health Division employs over 1,000 health professionals across 27 disciplines, broadly known as the therapies and sciences, who work as key members of the multidisciplinary team aiming to provide the best outcomes for patients by preventing, diagnosing and treating a range of healthcare conditions. Allied Health staff support patients at every stage of their healthcare journey across Austin Health with services provided across all sites (acute and sub-acute), in the ambulatory setting, at home and in the community.
About the role
We are seeking an experienced and innovative Allied Health leader to establish and lead our new Allied Health Specialist Assessment and Pathways Service. This is an exciting opportunity to shape a specialised service focused on supporting patients with complex discharge planning and progression of care needs. Working across Austin Health's acute campus, you will lead a small team providing expert consultation, advanced assessment and developing creative solutions for patients experiencing psychosocial, functional, disability-related or community support barriers to discharge.
As the service lead, you will work closely with multidisciplinary teams, community providers and external agencies to facilitate timely, patient-centred transitions from hospital to home and community-based care. A strong focus of the role is supporting staff to support patients with prolonged hospital stays, complex disability needs, NDIS requirements, aged care transitions and hospital avoidance initiatives. You will also play a pivotal role in designing and embedding the service, using data-informed evaluation, quality improvement and stakeholder engagement to ensure a sustainable and effective model of care.
A regular day will see you:
- Lead and provide advanced clinical oversight for a specialised Allied Health consultation team focused on streamlining complex discharge planning and progression of care.
- Provide consultation and support to Allied Health clinicians managing complex discharge planning and community transition needs (beyond the Allied Health Specialist Assessment and Pathways Service).
- Conduct comprehensive patient assessments, including clinical file reviews and direct patient assessments, to identify barriers to discharge and opportunities for care progression.
- Apply a broad Allied Health lens, using extensive knowledge of the roles of the multidisciplinary team to consultation scenarios, to consider psychosocial, functional and physical barriers to discharge.
About you
You are an experienced Allied Health clinician with:
- A minimum of 10 years' clinical experience in Allied Health practice.
- Extensive experience working within a public hospital setting.
- Advanced expertise in complex discharge planning, care coordination and progression of care.
- Strong knowledge of NDIS and Aged Care pathways, community services and hospital avoidance strategies.
- Demonstrated success leading teams and building workforce capability.
- Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience using service data, evaluation and quality improvement methodologies to drive outcomes.
- Tertiary qualifications in an Allied Health discipline and current AHPRA registration (or equivalent professional registration).
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards.
Allied Health Specialist Assessment and Pathways Clinician in Melbourne employer: Austin Health
Austin Health is an exceptional employer that prioritises employee well-being and professional development in the vibrant city of Melbourne. With a strong commitment to fostering a collaborative work culture, employees benefit from comprehensive training programs and opportunities for career advancement, making it an ideal place for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the healthcare sector.
