Allied Health & Care Forms

You must be registered with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse before you can practise as an RN anywhere in Australia. Apply...

Every registered nurse and enrolled nurse in Australia renews registration once a year. The renewal window opens early...

Enrolled Nurses (ENs) are registered separately from Registered Nurses but on the same AHPRA register. You qualify with...

Nurse Practitioner is an endorsement on top of an existing RN registration. NPs can prescribe medicines, order...

Midwives are registered on the same AHPRA register as nurses but as a separate profession. You qualify with a Bachelor...

Endorsed Midwife (formerly "eligible midwife") gives you the authority to prescribe scheduled medicines, order...

Doctors are registered with the Medical Board through AHPRA. New graduates apply for "provisional registration" for...

Pharmacists hold national registration via AHPRA. New graduates do "provisional registration" for the intern year then...

Physiotherapists hold national registration through AHPRA. Apply at the end of your Bachelor / Doctor / Masters of...

Occupational Therapists hold national registration through AHPRA. Required before practising as an OT, including in...

Psychologists are registered nationally through AHPRA. You first get "general registration" (after 6 years of training)...

The Dental Board of Australia registers four divisions on the dental register: Dentist, Dental Hygienist, Dental...

Optometrists hold national registration through AHPRA. Apply at the end of an Optometry Council of Australia and New...

Chiropractors and Osteopaths each hold their own AHPRA registration. Required to use the protected titles and bill...

Chinese medicine practitioners (acupuncturists, Chinese herbal medicine practitioners, Chinese herbal dispensers) are...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners are registered nationally with AHPRA. The qualification is...

Paramedics have been part of the National Registration Scheme since 1 December 2018. All paramedics — state ambulance...

Podiatrists hold national registration through AHPRA. Required for the protected titles "Podiatrist" and "Podiatric...

HLTAID011 Provide First Aid is the standard workplace first aid certificate — replaces the older HLTAID003. Required...

HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is the standalone CPR refresher — required annually for nurses,...

PACFA is the major peak body for counsellors and psychotherapists in Australia (alongside ACA — entry below). PACFA...

ACA is the other major counsellor peak body alongside PACFA. ACA membership is recognised by most private health funds,...

The NDIS Worker Screening Check is a single national clearance you must hold before working in a "risk-assessed role"...

Victorian NDIS workers apply for their NDIS Worker Screening Check through the Victorian Worker Screening Unit. The...

Queensland NDIS workers apply through the Queensland Disability Worker Screening Unit. The QLD NDIS Worker Screening...

Western Australia NDIS workers apply through the WA Department of Communities. From 1 February 2021, the WA NDIS Worker...

South Australia NDIS workers apply through the DHS Screening Unit. Replaces the older SA Disability Services Employment...

Tasmanian NDIS workers apply through CBOS. Clearance is portable nationally and valid 5 years.

ACT NDIS workers apply through Access Canberra. Replaces the older ACT Working With Vulnerable People (NDIS) check from...

Northern Territory NDIS workers apply through SAFE NT (the NT Police-administered Worker Screening Authority)....

From 2024-25 the Commonwealth introduced a national Aged Care Worker Screening Check, replacing the older National...

Care workers in disability, mental health, AOD, paediatric allied health and youth services need a Working with...

All NDIS workers must complete the free NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission "Quality, Safety and You" online...

On top of the Aged Care Worker Screening Check, anyone working in residential aged care or home care who has lived...

Assistants in Nursing (AINs, also called Patient Care Attendants or Health Care Assistants) work in hospitals and aged...

CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support is the entry qualification for both NDIS disability support workers and...

Aged care workers (also called Personal Care Workers) in residential aged care and in-home care hold CHC33021...

Personal Care Assistants (PCAs) in home care, community care and Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) typically...

Mental Health Support Workers, Peer Support Workers and community mental health workers typically hold CHC43315...

AOD (Alcohol and Other Drugs) workers and drug & alcohol counsellors typically hold CHC43215 Certificate IV in Alcohol...