Leadership in allied health

Allied Health Career Pathways Blueprint

We worked with the health sector to create the Allied Health Career Pathways Blueprint. It provides guidance on career development and progression opportunities across all career stages.

There are 5 work streams and opportunities for leadership across each stream. The streams include:

• practice
• education
• research
• management
• strategy

The management and strategy stream gives more detailed advice on building leadership skills.

Leadership development program

We support allied health leadership development through the Allied Health Leadership Development Program. It supports allied health professionals who are:

• employed under the Allied Health Professionals Enterprise Bargaining Agreement and
• working in public health services and/or public funded community health services

Allied health professionals can study through an education partner. This can include units of study or a short course. We share information about applications yearly.

Governance and leadership in allied health

Allied Health professionals in senior leadership positions can provide strategic advice to improve the health system. This may relate to service delivery and the optimal use of the allied health workforce.

What is clinical governance?

Clinical governance is how a health service manages its relationships and responsibilities to ensure sustainability, quality care and good health outcomes. Allied health professionals at all levels play an important role in clinical governance. Effective clinical governance keeps health services safe, effective, high quality and improving.

Understanding governance models

Allied health professionals working in senior leadership positions help shape and improve governance. Allied health leaders need to understand organisational structures and governance models. These structures influence, authority and decision-making. Different governance models impact healthcare services, including allied health.

Governance and leadreship explained

Governance and leadership in allied health – an animation explains governance and leadership for allied health. It shares 30 years of research by Professor Rosalie Boyce in a clear animation.

The animation shows how different governance models affect the allied health workforce. This research highlights models that support allied health to strengthen the workforce.