Northern Health (NH) recognises the importance of providing tailored opportunities for our current and future workforce to access continuing education and training. These learning experiences begin when students join us on clinical placement and continue as staff progress their careers at NH.
In recognition of the importance of investing in our learners Northern Health has created a collaborative Education and Training Division that oversees our education and training programs across allied health, medicine and nursing.
This division produced the Northern Health Education and Training Strategic Plan 2023 –2027 which outlines our goals and priorities in providing innovative training and development opportunities and robust support structures to our learners.
The Education and Training Division Northern Health employs a dedicatedAllied Health Education Teamthat aims to provide high quality education and training opportunities across our clinical school (student) and workforce programs. Our AH education leaders are all active members of the Victorian Allied Health Clinical Educators Network (ACHEN) and contribute to statewide AH education advocacy, leadership and interprofessional training initiatives.
We offer a range of support and development opportunities to help you grow your career at NH including:
- Excellent clinical placement learning experiences aimed at preparing our students to become work-ready graduates and our future workforce;
- A structured graduate program aimed at supporting those new to our allied health workforce through networking and tailored learning opportunities;
- A robust supervision framework that ensures all our staff receive ongoing support with their well-being and professional development –all AH staff receive structured supervision with an experienced clinician at least once a month and access informal supervision daily;
- A busy internal education calendar informed by an annual staff training needs analysis to ensure we are providing tailored education to meet our evolving workforce’s needs;
- A variety of interprofessional learning opportunities as we recognize it is important to train together if we want to provide high-quality collaborative care to our patients, and;
- A focus on illuminating different career pathways for AH professionals as they progress through the different stages of their development including advanced scope clinical roles, management, strategy, research, and education.
If you are interested in learning more about the programs and support offered to Allied Health professionals at Northern Health further details can be found under each of the tiles below.
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- Northern Health Allied Health education team delivers a structured graduate program aimed at supporting those new to our allied health workforce through networking and tailored learning opportunities.
- This program supports graduate clinicians from all Allied Health disciplines as they transition from students to health care professionals in their first year of work. The AH graduate program complements the discipline-specific orientation, induction, and supervision available to all new graduates at Northern Health.
- Our graduate program promotes an interprofessional approach to learning and working. The program is delivered via a series of monthly face-to-face workshops over a 6-month timeframe and is designed to:
- Foster collaborative networks between graduates from different Allied Health disciplines
- Learn more about allied health teams at Northern Health
- Promote knowledge of interdisciplinary practice
- Enhance understanding of the role of Allied Health professionals within Northern Health
- Support graduates to become reflective practitioners and embrace opportunities for workplace learning
- Northern Health Allied Health (AH) education partners with allied health teams (from twelve disciplines) to support the development and delivery of high-quality evidence and needs-based professional training.
- The AH education content is responsive to the changing needs and priorities of our allied health workforce. The education calendar is informed by the results of our annual staff training needs survey.
- Our workforce education program promotes an interprofessional approach to learning and working. The program is delivered via face-to-face workshops designed to support workplace integrated learning in areas including:
- Clinical supervisor skills for staff and students e.g., Practicing effective point of care supervision, Supporting student wellbeing
- Transdisciplinary clinical skills e.g., Motivational Interviewing
- Evidence-based practice & quality improvement skills e.g., Getting started in AH quality improvement projects
- Educating our AH clinical educators e.g., Clinical teaching skills
- Our AH workforce education resources also include access to AH learning hubs e.g., AH Careers Learning hubs. Staff can access these self-directed learning resources via the NH LMS.
If you would like to find out more about Allied Health Education and Research at Northern Health, please contact
At Northern Health, we offer placements to students who are completing a wide range of allied health studies.
We provide placement opportunities for students who are completing their qualifications in the following disciplines:
- Allied Health Assistance
- Dietetics
- Exercise Physiology
- Health Information Management
- Occupational Therapy
- Orthoptics
- Orthotics
- Physiotherapy
- Podiatry
- Psychology
- Social Work
- Speech Pathology
Our organisation engages with many education providers in order to provide a wide range of clinical experiences and placement opportunities throughout our acute, subacute and community care services. Our allied health teams are dedicated to supporting the learning and development of our future allied health workforce through the delivery of clinical education based on best practices.
At Northern Health, we co-ordinate all allied health placements through educational providers.
Allied Health Clinical School Annual Feedback
Allied Health Education has strong partnerships with La Trobe University (LTU) with a Physiotherapy Student Clinical Educator Position funded at Northern Health which provides support & learning opportunities for (LTU) students on their placements – which in turn enhances patient experiences & outcomes.
The Allied Health Psychology Team is made up of experienced Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology Educators and a Principal Psychology Educator. The team oversees or contributes to:
- The Postgraduate (Psychology) Student Placement Program
- The Psychology Board of Australia Registrar Program for new graduate staff members
- Staff clinical supervision
- Staff professional development
- Discipline-specific Clinical Education
- Allied Health workforce education e.g. Motivational Interviewing, Reflective Supervision
- Organisation-wide education projects as relevant e.g. Trauma Informed Care, Suicide and Self-Harm, Positive Behaviour Support
- University partnerships
