A career in Allied Health offers an incredibly broad range of work opportunities, so your day to day tasks will always be varied and interesting.
Allied Health assistants help professionals in the health sector such as physiotherapy, speech pathology, nutrition, occupational therapy and podiatry. Your duties can vary, but they would typically be focussed on caring for patients and assisting allied health professionals with other administrative tasks.
Your primary role would most often be to follow up the client/patients treatment plan and to assist in their recovery, such as mobility and independence.
Here is a list of general duties required of an allied health assistant:
👋🏽 Organising and filing patient reports
👋🏽 Gathering patient history and medical documents
👋🏽 Preparing medical equipment
👋🏽 Providing clinical support to patients
👋🏽 Monitoring patient health status
👋🏽 Providing administrative support to health professionals
👋🏽 Creating exercise programmes
👋🏽 Assisting client/patients with rehabilitation exercises
👋🏽 Caring for client/patients dietary needs and personal hygiene
👋🏽 Helping health professionals perform their daily tasks
With so many opportunities available amongst a wide range of health professions, it is certainly a valuable qualification to hold.
During our course you will develop relevant skills through both study and real life work experience.
Some of these skills you will develop are:
Communication.
Good communication skills is paramount when dealing with a range of patients and scenarios. They may be times when you have to care for people with mental or physical disabilities. Practising good communication skills like active listening, and learning to respond to physical reactions will help you in this area.
Organisation.
As an Allied Health Assistant you may be involved in administrative support for your clients/patients. This may include gathering documents and compiling patient records. Being organised and managing your time will be invaluable.
Empathy.
Having a sense of empathy is almost a requirement in this role. Most days will see you caring for elderly patients, or assisting those with a disability. Empathy is to have genuine care and understanding of other people and what they might be dealing with.
Teamwork.
Allied Health assistants are usually working under an Allied health professionals and fellow co-workers. You would be taking directives from the professionals and need to be able to communicate effectively and efficiently. Having a good sense of teamwork can greatly help you carry out your duties and ensure a successful career.