Key messages
- Funding is available to health services for allied health graduates.
- The funding helps cover supervision and training costs in their first year of work.
- The aim of the funding is to support graduates to transition into the public sector health workforce.
Funding for allied health graduates
The Department of Health manages the Training and Development funding. It provides funding to support first year allied health graduates. The funding helps cover the cost of supervision and training. Funding is only available for graduates in their first year of employment following graduation. Health services must meet eligibility criteria in the Training and Development guidelines.
The funding aims to:
- support graduates transition into the public sector health workforce
The Training and Development Funding page includes information about eligible allied health professions.
Victorian Hospital Pharmacy Interns
Health services with a pharmacy intern position funded by the Department of Health can also receive funding. Advanced Pharmacy Australia coordinates applications annually and matches candidates.
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