Role Title: Project Intern: Development of a Dynamic Online Allied Health Scope of Practice and Capability Management System
Organisation: WA Country Health Service
Internship Period: Summer (November - December)
Location: Perth
The WA Country Health Service Allied Health Practice Framework is the primary credentialling and scope of practice tool used for allied health professions. The framework currently relies on profession-specific word-based self-assessment tools to define scope of practice, assess clinical capability and skill levels and identify learning and development needs. Completion, review and reporting processes are largely manual, resulting in limited ability to analyse workforce capability trends or aggregate data across time, professions, sites and regions.
The project aims to design and develop a prototype digital platform that enables Allied Health staff and managers to complete the self-assessment online, with automated workflows, reporting and workforce analytics capabilities. The project will:
*Convert existing profession-specific assessment tools into an online user-friendly platform.
*Automate calculation of skill gaps against required practice levels.
*Generate learning and development recommendations.
*Develop dashboards to visualise workforce capability and scope of practice data.
*Enable longitudinal tracking of clinician development over time.
*Explore integration with existing organisational systems where feasible.
The framework already contains a rich dataset of task requirements, skill levels, evidence levels and learning goals. Digitising it would unlock significant workforce intelligence that currently sits in the current word document.
“To deliver and advance high quality care for country communities.
We are here to improve country people’s health and well-being, to care for the sick and to ensure that country communities can access high quality healthcare.”