Workforce Development

Associate Professor Ruth Barker1, Dr Jennifer Chamberlain-Salaun1, Professor Robyn Nash2, Dr Helena Harrison1, Associate Professor  Claire Palermo3, Professor Jenny Sim3, Associate Professor Natalie Ciccone4, Dr Desley Harvey5, Ms Ilsa Nielsen6, Associate Professor Sue Devine1 1James Cook University, Cairns, Australia, 2Queensland...

Ms Carly Maurer1, Ms  Inga  Alexander1 1Central Queensland Hospital And Health Service, Rockhampton , Australia Participation in professional support is important to improve quality of clinical practice, reduce risk and facilitate continuous improvement. Commitment to supporting clinicians and managers to...

Johana Zuluaga1 1Top End Health Service, , Australia Top End Health Services (TEHS) is the largest provider of healthcare in the Northern Territory. In order to canvas service and workforce development priorities and opportunities for allied health, TEHS Allied Health...

Mrs Janelle Roby1, Mrs Rebekah Reurich1, Dr Sue Fitzpatrick1 1Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Wollongong, Australia Background:The complex demands of modern healthcare and clinical governance has resulted in increasing demand for effective clinical supervision (CS) for Allied Health professionals (AHP’s). ...

Mr Jeremy Lindsay1 1Metro South Hosptial And Health Service, Brisbane, Australia Background: Perceived inconsistent and/or insufficient allied health assistant (AHA) learning and development is commonly reported by allied health professionals (AHP/s) as a barrier to enhanced task delegation to AHAs,...

Ms Justine Williams1, Ms Renae Moore1 1Top End Health Services, Casuarina, Australia Introduction: The Allied Health Rural Generalist Pathway is a strategy to build the capacity, value and sustainability of allied health services and multi-disciplinary teams in rural and remote...

Ms Kate Vickers1,2, Dr. Nazlee Siddiqui2, Ms Sue  Colley1, Ms Leann Lancaster1 1South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, Australia, 2The Unviersity of Tasmania, Rozelle, Australia Introduction: Succession planning (SP) is an effective strategy to manage workforce shortages and high...

Associate Professor Leanne Brown1, Associate Professor Tony Smith2, Dr Luke Wakely1, Mrs Rebecca  Wolfgang1, Mrs Alexandra Little1, Dr Julie Burrows1 1University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health, Tamworth, Australia, 2University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health, Taree, Australia Background: The...

Mr Kim Nguyen1, Dr Imelda Burgman1, Dr Anne Vertigan1 1Hunter New England Local Health District, New Lambton, Australia Background: Clinical Supervision (CS) is an essential component of clinical governance, and a measure of clinical performance and effectiveness. The research investigated...

Ms Molly Galea1 1Northern Health, Melbourne, Australia An effective staff education program will maintain a skilled allied health workforce, reduce clinical errors and retain staff. To maintain funding and staff engagement, the allied health program needs to consistently deliver and...