Your career at Alfred Health
We are renowned for our outstanding patient care, achieved through clinical excellence, professional opportunities, innovation and care for our staff.
We know that engaged and fulfilled staff provide the best care. We look after our people so they can do their best work.
Alfred Health is an organisation where allied health clinicians at all career stages are supported to realise their full potential. Learn about what we offer to our people at each of these key career stages:
Professional Practice Pillars
Our six Professional Practice Pillars guide the way we work, and how we invest in our people. Each Pillar has a workplan that is developed every three years through extensive consultation with our staff. The development and implementation of the projects within these workplans is driven by our Professional Practice Pillar Committees, which are comprised of Allied Health Senior Leaders, Pillar Leads, and our expert clinicians.
Our committee Terms of Reference dictate that opportunities for our clinicians and leaders to contribute to a committee in which they have developed skills and interest regularly present.
People, Wellbeing & Leadership Development
Engaged and fulfilled staff provide the best care. We look after our people so they can do their best work. The People, Wellbeing & Leadership Development pillar achieves this through a suite of projects focussed on:
- Improved Career Planning
- Recognition of Staff
- An Intentional Focus on Wellbeing
- Strategic Recruitment Initiatives
- Grade-based Leadership Capabilities
- Talent Mapping
- Leadership Education
- Fostering Clinical and Social Connection
Through the leadership of our Allied Health People, Wellbeing & Leadership Development Committee, some of our recent achievements include:
- Establishment of a half-day Allied Health-specific New Staff Welcome session
- International Allied Health Professions Day celebrations across our campuses
- Development of professional supervision templates to guide high quality career planning and supervision conversations
Education & Training
Good teaching is transformative. We support our people to engage with education and training that meets their changing needs as learners. We achieve this through high quality:
- Role Orientation
- Peer Support
- Multidisciplinary Education
- Professional Supervision
Through the leadership of our Allied Health Education & Training Committee, some of our recent achievements include:
Digital Health
Using technology allows us to do more of the human aspects of our jobs. We support our people to use technology to improve how we deliver care.
The focus areas of our Digital Health leaders and committee are:
- Use of Data and Analytics
- Optimising Digital Tools
- Leveraging Technology
- Building Capability
Through the leadership of our Allied Health Digital Health Committee, some of our recent achievements include:
- Development and delivery of the 2024 Allied Health Research Forum
Advancing Allied Health Practice
We maximise our impact by working to our full professional potential. We support our people to find and apply better ways to practice.
The focus areas of our Advancing Allied Health Practice pillar are:
- Supporting the development of new Models of Care
- Evaluating our established Models of Care
- Promoting our clinicians to work to the top of their scope of practice
- Supporting our clinicians to extend their scope of practice
Through the leadership of our Allied Health Scope of Practice & Credentialing Committee, some of our recent achievements include:
Research
Through research we grow our understanding of what is possible. We support our people to conduct and use research to increase our impact. Our Research committees strives to:
- Grow Our Research Capacity
- Drive Our Use of Research-Informed Care
- Strengthen Our Research Culture
- Showcase Our Achievements
Through the leadership of our Allied Health Research Committee, some of our recent achievements include:
Quality Improvement & Safety
Our complex work inspires us to find better ways to work. We support our people to deliver safe and effective Allied Health services. Our Quality Improvement & Safety Committee drives this work, focussing on:
- Increasing Capacity and Capability for Quality Improvement
- Supporting a Culture of Safety and Proactive Reporting
- Aligning our Projects to Our Strategic Objectives
- Optimising Codesign Practices
Through the leadership of our Allied Health Quality Improvement & Safety Committee, some of our recent achievements include:
- A rapid and effective Allied Health response to the Alfred Health review into Occupational Violence & Aggression
- Process and practice improvements related to National Safety and Quality Standard 6 – Communicating for Safety
For information about other benefits of working at Alfred Health, please view our employee benefits page.