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Allied Health in NSW HealthAllied health professionals:• Hold tertiary qualifications• Hold relevant registration, licence or accreditation to practise, and/or eligibility for membershipwith professional associations• Provide a range of therapeutic and diagnostic services in either the public, primary health orprivate health care sector• Apply their skills and knowledge to restore and maintain optimal physical, sensory,psychological, cognitive and social function with their clients/patients• Use a range of complex skills including specific professional clinical skills as well ascommunication, clinical reasoning, reflection and evidence-based practice skills• Work in teams, including multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary teams• Are allied or align with each other and other members of the health professional workforce,their patient/clients, their families, carers and community, working across the health system.NSW Health allied health professions*Art TherapyAudiologyCounsellingDiversional TherapyExercise PhysiologyGenetic CounsellingMusic TherapyNuclear Medicine TechnologyNutrition & DieteticsOccupational TherapyOrthopticsOrthotics & ProstheticsPharmacyPhysiotherapyPlay Therapy/Child Life TherapyPodiatryPsychologyRadiation TherapyRadiographySexual Assault WorkersSocial WorkSpeech PathologyWelfare Officer* Information provided by Brenda McLeod, Chief Allied Health Officer, Workforce Development and Innovation Branch,NSW Ministry of Health, as per NSW Treasury Codes Classification System.Best Practice Governance Framework for Allied Health Education and Training <strong>HETI</strong>3
IntroductionThis framework has been developed to provide a set of best practice guidelines for allied healthprofessionals, educators, managers and executives to establish or enhance systems of governancefor allied health education and training within LHDs and Specialty Networks.A guideline as defined by the NSW Health Policy Distribution System is any document thatestablishes best practice for NSW Health agencies (NSW Department of Health, 2009).This document has been developed following a review of existing accreditation, policy frameworksand current evidence to support the development of allied health capabilities in the delivery ofperson-centred care through the creation of learning organisations and promotion of a culture oflifelong learning. The guidelines are based on a set of key overarching principles of education andtraining as outlined below.Key principlesEducation and Training should be:• Driven by patient/client needsEducation and Training should lead to:• Improved patient/client careBest Practice Governance Framework for Allied Health Education and Training• Aimed at the provision of high quality andsafe patient/client care that is evidencebased• A shared responsibility among theorganisation, clinicians and managers• Embedded as core business within healthcare organisations• Aligned with state and national priorities withjoint planning occurring between health andeducational institutions and stakeholders• Supported through the development oflearning organisations.• Skilled, confident and competent clinicians• An organisation that is responsive to theeducation and training needs of its staff• An organisation that has appropriateeducation peak committees in place• Partnerships that are developed betweenLHDs/Specialty Networks, VocationalEducation and Training sector, tertiaryinstitutions, research institutes, Pillars,Ministry of Health• A culture of learning, teaching andprofessional development embeddedwithin organisational values.4<strong>HETI</strong>
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