Health and Allied Health Professional - Assessor
Core
Health and allied health professionals assess how medical, psychological, and social factors affect a person's capacity to work and access services.
Role type
Senior IC health and allied health assessor
Builds
Evidence-based outcomes supporting fair, consistent, and defensible decisions on capacity to work and service needs
Domain
Public sector / Health and Social Services
Required skills
Professional judgement, complex information analysis, direct customer engagement, evidence-based reporting, stakeholder relationship management, policy interpretation, medical information investigation, specialist health assessment delivery, record maintenance, escalation management
Preferred skills
Agile approach, redeployment readiness
Technologies
Phone, video, face-to-face assessment platforms
Responsibilities
Assess medical, psychological, and social factors affecting capacity to work; investigate and analyse complex medical information; arrange and deliver specialist health assessments; establish relationships with treating health professionals; prepare evidence-based reports; maintain customer records; review escalated issues and refer to senior staff; collaborate to improve advice quality
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC