Allied Health. The allied health professions each have a distinct, specialised body of knowledge and skills, and actively work with people accessing health and disability services across a range of settings. In their practice, allied health professionals provide services and engage in activities that may include: prevention, assessment/evaluation, identification/diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation/habilitation, promotion of health and well being, education, research and health services management. To be part of the allied health professional workforce, health professionals must be:
a) Involved in direct patient contact providing patient treatment, intervention or assistance, assessment, patient management and education, working in primary, secondary and tertiary care settings;
b) Tertiary trained undertaking recognised university degrees at undergraduate and/or graduate entry level;
c) Required to obtain specific qualifications to either obtain (or be eligible for) professional registration to practice, or to join the relevant professional association and have a specific professional qualification recognised by NZQA;
d) Allied to each other and the medical, nursing/midwifery and technical/scientific professions, working together as part of multidisciplinary or inter-professional teams to achieve best practice outcomes for the client across the primary, secondary and tertiary health sectors; and
e) ‘Allied’ with clients, the client’s family/whanau and other carers, and with the community in order to achieve best outcomes for the client. The parties recognise that historically, allied health professions have not always required a university degree as an entry point to the profession. This coverage clause is not intended to exclude employees who:
a) do not hold a university degree but who have achieved registration with their regulatory authority; or
b) hold a position for which the current requirement is to have a university degree and/or registration but who does not hold that university degree.
Allied Health. Required off-campus CWE practicums in Dental Assisting, Medical Assistant, Veterinary Technician, Health Information Management and Pharmacy Technician will be compensated at .5 LU per student enrolled (based on fourth week enrollment).
Allied Health other classifications
(a) The parties are committed to ongoing discussions to try to reach agreement on the appropriate rates of pay and definitions for new classifications not presently covered by the Health Professional Award or this Agreement. These classifications include, but are not limited to, case managers, play therapists, creative arts therapists, sleep technologists, hyperbaric technologists, clinical trials co-ordinators, data managers, health promotions.
(b) In the event agreement is reached in relation to these matters, application may be made to vary this Agreement in accordance with the Act.
Allied Health. Some of the individual responsibilities of the allied health team on admission are outlined below: • Dietitian – identify a suitable time to review and update the meal plan • Social Worker - contact guardian, family, carer, nominated person or any other significant support person to introduce themselves and organise a family/carer meeting if appropriate • Occupational Therapist - identify a suitable time(s) to undertake a functional assessment to inform functional needs of the therapy program <xxxxx/xxx> X <XX/XX/XXXX> <XX/XX/XXXX> XXXX 15 of 57 • Psychologist - identify a suitable time to conduct appropriate psychological assessments to inform psychological needs of therapy program.
