About this role
Monash Health is a great place to work
Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage. To see first-hand what our colleagues think about working here, take a look at the following short videos: monashhealth.org/careers.
- Work with direct supervision to implement therapeutic and related activities, in individual and group settings
- Provide clinical assistance in completing service referrals and documentation in consultation with the team
- Provide non-clinical assistance to Allied Health professionals including but not limited to administrative and resourcing tasks
- Participate in/lead programs, processes and quality improvement activities
- On occasion represent the Dandenong team at AHA group meetings
- Highly developed interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team
- Your proactive and team player attitude
- Demonstrated excellence in initiative and program implementation and a commitment to ongoing evaluation and best practice
- Certificate III or Certificate IV (preferred) in Allied Health Assistance
- A Grade 3 AHA requires minimum 3 years’ experience (full time equivalent) a total of 5900 hours of AHA experience and Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance are required
- Relevant experience working as an AHA in a health care setting preferred
- A current Australian Drivers Licence
As a valued member of the Monash Health team, you’ll have access to a wide range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, development, and career progression, including:
- Salary packaging – increase your take-home pay with generous salary packaging options.
- Professional development – access to ongoing training, education, and leadership opportunities to support your career growth.
- Supportive team environment – work within a collaborative, multidisciplinary team that values innovation, compassion, and excellence.
- Employee wellbeing – benefit from a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP), staff wellbeing initiatives, and a strong focus on work-life balance.
- Career mobility – opportunities to work across Victoria’s largest public health service with a wide range of roles and career pathways.
- Diverse and inclusive workplace – join an organisation that celebrates and embraces diversity and fosters a culture of respect and belonging.
At Monash Health, you’ll be making a difference in the lives of individuals and communities while advancing your career in a leading healthcare organisation.
For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Brooke Webb on 0417 319 163
Position Description can be found here
Role statment attchment can be found here
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’. Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
Applications close: 10 February 2026
Other facts
About Monash Health
Monash Health is Victoria, Australia’s largest and most comprehensive health service.
We deliver care for people over their entire lifespan, from pre-birth to end-of-life, providing consolidated, integrated, comprehensive, and often highly complex care.
With 25,500 employees, Monash Health provides care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria via telehealth, within local communities, and in people’s homes.
Our major hospitals include Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children’s Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, and the newly opened Victorian Heart Hospital, which is Australia’s first dedicated cardiac hospital. Monash Health provides significant care at Moorabbin Hospital, the Kingston Centre, and the Cranbourne Integrated Community Care Centre, and in total, they operate more than 40 care locations.
Monash Health is uniquely positioned as a large-scale, publicly funded health service that improves the health outcomes of their community. Annually, we provide more than 3.6 million episodes of care and deliver more than 10,000 babies.
We’re committed to being a fair, equitable, and non-discriminatory workplace that maximises the talent, potential, and contribution of all employees. With such a wide range of locations and specialties, we’ll proudly help you grow your career in healthcare.
What you'll do
- The Allied Health Assistant will assist the Social Work team and occasionally the broader Allied Health Team on the wards. Responsibilities include implementing therapeutic activities, providing clinical and non-clinical assistance, and participating in quality improvement activities.
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