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Allied health clinicians at Austin Health work across a diverse range of clinical and non clinical roles. We pride ourselves on creating an environment that is welcoming, friendly and focussed on supporting and growing the careers of all our team members.
Austin Health is recognised as a national leader in the delivery of clinical and allied health services and provides the only statewide service for acute spinal injuries, liver transplant and child psychiatry. We have extensive opportunities for allied health clinicians to work in a variety of roles - across acute and sub-acute wards, mental health, aged care, rehabilitation, ambulatory services, as well as many roles in community based services.
Our allied health clinicians are guided by our vision of “Enriching lives through expert partnerships”. With our consumers at the centre of all that we do, we work as members of multi-disciplinary teams.
Meet the team
“As a physiotherapist, I love working with a dynamic team to improve our patients’ quality of life - whether through individual clinical care or through research that has a broader impact.”
Tom
Senior Intensive Care Unit Physiotherapist
“Working as a podiatrist is rewarding and challenging, offering career growth, professional development, and the chance to improve patients’ lives in a supportive, multidisciplinary environment.”
Monica
Podiatrist
"At Austin Health, I've been supported to grow professionally in an environment that values innovation in healthcare.”
Kate
Occupational Therapist
""I love working in an innovative, collaborative and patient centred team of social workers who are passionate about improving the lives of patients, their families and carers". ”
Nicola
Acute Operations Lead – Grade 4 Senior Social Worker
"Being part of the Pharmacy Department, I get to work with a great team, learn something new every day, and make a real difference in patient care.”
Isabella
Pharmacist
"I love the variety of my work, and that I get to be involved in every step of the patient journey.”
Molly
Radiographer
“Working as a Radiation Therapist is incredibly rewarding. We support cancer patients as part of a multidisciplinary team, using advanced, evolving technology that keeps the work meaningful, dynamic, and engaging.”
Rachel
Clinical Lead Radiation Therapist
“I love working in Austin Health's Radiology Department as it provides a supportive environment where radiographers can grow professionally and deliver high quality care using the most advanced clinical imaging modalities.”
Mark
Deputy Chief Radiographer
Our disciplines
We have a broad range of roles across a variety of disciplines, including:
Science disciplines
- Audiology
- Biomedical science
- Diagnostic imaging medical physics
- Medical laboratory science
- Nuclear medicine
- Orthoptics
- Pharmacy
- Radiation oncology medical physics
- Radiation therapy
- Radiography
- Sonography
Therapy disciplines
- Creative and leisure therapies including art therapy, horticulture therapy and music therapy
- Dietetics
- Exercise physiology
- Occupational therapy
- Orthotics and prosthetics
- Physiotherapy
- Podiatry
- Psychology (clinical psychologists / neuropsychologists)
- Social work
- Speech pathology
A career at Austin Health
We have a strong commitment to staff education and supervision. We provide opportunities for career development in research, leadership, quality improvement, and digital health.
- Research: Austin Health is recognised as a leader in research and our statewide transplant services are leading the way in international research. Within Allied Health we are committed to supporting our clinicians to undertake high quality clinical research, which can then be translated into providing the very best care to our patients.
- Quality improvement: Improving the way we do things is part of our everyday practice at Austin Health. We provide training for our clinicians to learn about improvement methodology and support and coaching for our clinicians to implement this into their work – which improves the care for our patients.
- Clinical supervision: Clinical supervision is an integral part of our practice at Austin Health. We provide clinical supervision to every staff member (at every grade) and we provide training to our supervisors to ensure they have the skills to provide this supervision. Supporting and developing our staff is one of our highest priorities.
- Clinical Education: Education to both staff and students is a core component of our practice. We strive to offer education which is interdisciplinary, contemporary and invests in developing the specialised skills of our workforce. Read more about Allied Health education on our main website.
- Early Graduate Support Program: We offer an early graduate support program to all our new graduates. This support program provides an opportunity to connect with Allied Health professionals across all Allied Health disciplines. Recent graduates are automatically enrolled and the program is run each year from March to July. Read more about our Graduate Physiotherapy Program.
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Employee benefits
We offer a range of benefits, including salary packaging, wellbeing programs and staff discounts.
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We welcome applications from overseas health professionals who are looking to move to Australia.
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