Deadline: 20-Nov-22
Applications are now open for its Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP) to provide scholarships and bursaries to help health professionals in remote and rural Australia retain and enhance their skills, capacity and scope of practice.
The HWSP is an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Health, administered in Queensland by Health Workforce Queensland.
Scholarships or bursaries are available for medical, nursing/midwifery, dental, allied health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers providing primary health care services in rural and remote Queensland in private practice, an Aboriginal Medical Service (AMS), Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHO) or a non-government or not-for-profit organisation.
Funding Information
- Scholarship: up to $10,000 per year can be provided for up to two years study, to attain a postgraduate qualification of either a postgraduate certificate, postgraduate diploma, Master, or PhD.
- Bursary: payments of up to $10,000 within a 12-month period that covers the cost of training or course fees and/or cover or partially cover training-related expenses, where appropriate. For example, an accredited industry conference, vocational education, online workshop, and training courses.
Eligible locations
- Qualified health professionals providing primary health care in rural and remote locations in Queensland in a MMM 3-7 location; or
- Qualified health professionals providing primary health care employed by an AMS and ACCHO in MMM 1-7 locations
Eligibility Criteria
- A health professional who has obtained their primary professional qualification (minimum Bachelor unless otherwise noted), holds professional registration (AHPRA or equivalent) and is working in the role as:
- An Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Worker/Practitioner (minimum Certificate 4 in Primary Health Care); or
- An Allied Health Professional, including but not limited to:
- Audiologists
- Chiropractors
- Dietitians
- Exercise physiologists
- Medical radiation practitioners
- Occupational therapists
- Optometrists
- Orthoptists
- Orthotists/prosthetists
- Osteopaths
- Pharmacists
- Physiotherapists
- Podiatrists
- Psychologists
- Social workers
- Sonographers
- Speech pathologists
- A Dentist; or
- A Medical Practitioner; or
- A Nurse or Midwife (minimum Diploma)
- Providing primary health care services to patients on a full or part-time basis.
- Providing (or can demonstrate through a service or employment agreement that you are about to provide) primary health care services in rural Queensland (MMM 3-7 locations). Or, an eligible health professional working in an Aboriginal Medical Services or Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations in MMM 1-7 locations. Refer to the Health Workforce Locator.
- Proposing to undertake study or upskilling activities that will fill the established, high priority gaps in primary healthcare service provision within your community, as identified in the HWNA.
- Proposing to continue working for an eligible employer in a rural Queensland MMM 3-7 (or MMM 1-7 if you are employed by a AMS or ACCHO) location after completing your course. If the funding provided is greater than $5,000 for one course and/or course length is greater than 6 months you will be required to complete a return of service obligation (ROSO) for 12 months after the completion of the course with your eligible employer as per your original approval.
For more information, visit https://www.healthworkforce.com.au/scholarship-program?utm_source=website&utm_medium=social_media&utm_campaign=2022_healthworkforcescholarshipprogram