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Queensland Health employs more than 5000 allied health professionals across the following disciplines:
In Queensland Health, all allied health professionals are classified into six levels based on minimum qualification, skill and knowledge requirements. Clinical, education and research positions range from HP3 to HP7, while managerial positions range from HP4 to HP8. Advancement within each level occurs by one increment each year provided annual performance appraisal is satisfactory. To progress to a higher level, you must apply directly for positions when they are advertised.
Most allied health professionals in Queensland Health are employed at a level of HP3 or HP4. Positions at a level of HP5 and above are either specialised clinical positions, or positions with a high level of formal managerial responsibility.
The types of responsibilities performed by HP3 and HP4 allied health professionals are described on below. This information may help interstate or overseas allied health professionals to estimate their level if employed by Queensland Health.
New graduate allied health professionals commence at level HP3. As qualified clinicians they are required to demonstrate at least a competent level of professional knowledge and skill, and should be able to independently undertake routine clinical practice as a member of a professional and/or multidisciplinary team.
It is expected in the early developmental stages of a career, close supervision from senior clinicians will be required. As experience builds and clinicians move through the higher increment levels, clinical decisions and problem solving are made by exercising increasingly independent clinical judgement.
HP4 positions are divided into a clinical or a managerial stream. Clinical positions may have a clinical, education or research focus, or may involve elements of all three. They demonstrate high level knowledge, skills, experience and clinical leadership within the professional and/or multidisciplinary team. Duties undertaken are of a complex and varied nature, the majority of which are performed with a high degree of independence. Alternatively, individuals may be a sole practitioner who is required to exercise independent professional judgement on a daily basis and take on administrative or managerial responsibilities.
Managerial positions demonstrate clinical expertise in conjunction with formal managerial responsibility, with the ability to perform duties with a high degree of independence and little to no direct clinical practice supervision. These positions would also have operational or resource management responsibility of small discipline teams.
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