Allied Health

Northern Territory (NT) Health has over 600 Allied Health professionals working across urban, rural and remote areas of the NT, providing a full spectrum of healthcare including:

• Acute care
• Primary health care and community services
• Aged care
• Trauma management
• Disaster response
• Rehabilitation
• Mental Health
• Alcohol and other drug services
• Health promotion
• Clinical planning and service development
• Research and policy.

The professional groups that make up the NT Health allied health workforce include a wide range of therapeutic, diagnostic and scientific professions and other health related staff such as allied health assistants and technicians.

Within NT Health, professional disciplines include:

• Audiology
• Medical Laboratory Science
• Medical Laboratory Science
• Nuclear Medicine Technology
• Nutrition and Dietetics
• Occupational Therapy
• Oral Health and Dental Therapy
• Orthoptist
• Pharmacy
• Physiotherapy
• Podiatry
• Prosthetics and Orthotics
• Psychology
• Radiography
• Social Work
• Sonography
• Speech Pathology