Allied Health Advanced Clinical Practice

SA Health are developing opportunities for allied and scientific health professionals to progress in clinically focused careers, recognising the value and impact this has for consumers, the organisation, and the workforce. The Allied Health Advanced Clinical Practice Statewide Framework sets the definition, standards and principles for this level of practice in SA Health. To find the Framework and further information on allied health advanced clinical practice development, visit our SharePoint page.

Advanced Scope of Practice and Extended Scope of Practice Roles in SA Health

The Clinical Collaborative (which includes the Nursing and Midwifery Office, the Allied and Scientific Health Office and the Office of the Chief Medical Officer) in consultation with SA Health sites and services, have developed a Policy for the Clinical Governance for Advanced Practice and Extended Scope of Practice Roles Policy (PDF 308KB).

The Policy applies to the nursing, midwifery, allied and scientific health professions and provides for a consistent, systematic approach to the decision-making, planning, implementation, and evaluation/monitoring of advanced and extended scope of practice roles across SA Health.

Allied Health Assistants (AHA) governance and management

The classification stream of Allied Health Assistant (AHA) was introduced to SA Health in 2017 through the South Australian Modern Public Sector Enterprise Agreement. The Enterprise Agreement details work level definitions and outlines career progression for staff who work assisting Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in the provision of allied health services and who are directly linked to AHP staff through clinical governance, task delegation and supervision. The documents below support the operational management and governance of AHA stream roles:

Progression of psychologists

Workforce Operations have finalised the process for psychologists seeking progression from the AHP2 to the AHP3 level (for accredited supervision of other psychologists):

Completed forms are to be submitted to your Local Health Network human resources department.