Provider Guidelines (Allied Health Assistance) - TAC

To provide TAC funded Allied Health Assistance, the Allied Health Assistant must:

register with the TAC through an Allied Health Professional’s recommendation to provide Allied Health Assistance to an existing client
comply with the Allied Health policy
be covered by the appropriate insurances of the supervising Allied Health Professional or hold all relevant insurances in the case of an Allied Health Assistant external to the Allied Health Professional’s practice
meet relevant worker screening requirements where applicable e.g. police check, Working with Children Check, Working with Vulnerable People check
meet the Victorian Government Allied Health Assistance grading system requirements:

	Grade 1 AHA	Grade 2 AHA	Grade 3 AHA
Qualifications and experience	Hold no relevant qualifications	Hold a Cert III or IV in AHA, or its equivalent (as determined by the delegating AHP)	Hold Cert IV in AHA or its equivalent (as determined by the delegating AHP) Three years’ experience (full time equivalent) as a Grade 2 АНА
Delegation and supervision	Always work directly under the direction and supervision of the delegating AHP	Work directly with an AHP, work alone or in teams under supervision following a prescribed program of activity. Minimum of 80 hours of placement experience	May work with minimum or remote supervision, following a prescribed program of activity from the delegating AHP
Typical activities	Collect and prepare equipment Complete basic delegated clinical interventions with patients or clients Implement non-clinical activities, including maintaining appropriate documentation	Perform the full range of duties of a Grade 1 AHA Follow a prescribed program of activity Identify client circumstances that need more input from the AHP Perform work of a general nature	Perform the full range of duties of Grade 1 and Grade 2 AHAs Follow a prescribed program of activity Identify client circumstances that need more input from the AHP, including suggestions for appropriate interventions Organise their own workload and set work priorities in the program set up by the АНР

Grade 1 AHA

Grade 2 AHA

Grade 3 AHA

Qualifications and experience

Hold no relevant qualifications

Hold a Cert III or IV in AHA, or its equivalent (as determined by the delegating AHP)

Hold Cert IV in AHA or its equivalent (as determined by the delegating AHP)

Three years’ experience (full time equivalent) as a Grade 2 АНА

Delegation and supervision

Always work directly under the direction and supervision of the delegating AHP

Work directly with an AHP, work alone or in teams under supervision following a prescribed program of activity. Minimum of 80 hours of placement experience

May work with minimum or remote supervision, following a prescribed program of activity from the delegating AHP

Typical activities

Collect and prepare equipment

Complete basic delegated clinical interventions with patients or clients

Implement non-clinical activities, including maintaining appropriate documentation

Perform the full range of duties of a Grade 1 AHA

Follow a prescribed program of activity

Identify client circumstances that need more input from the AHP

Perform work of a general nature

Perform the full range of duties of Grade 1 and Grade 2 AHAs

Follow a prescribed program of activity

Identify client circumstances that need more input from the AHP, including suggestions for appropriate interventions

Organise their own workload and set work priorities in the program set up by the АНР