Allied Health credentialing process2025-09-04T09:28:51+10:00

Allied health credentialing process

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    Credentialing is the process used to make a determination about a clinician’s competence, performance and professional suitability to practice safely. Defining scope of clinical practice is a separate process that determines the support services, staff profile, minimum safety standards and other requirements that ensure clinical services are provided safely and are appropriately supported.

    Please be aware that some of the templates within these toolkits contain information that has been designed or adapted to meet local needs. If utilised outside Metro North Health this toolkit should be considered alongside the overarching policies, implementation standards and guidelines that apply in that location.

    Credentialing process

    Proposal and local protocol for new service or practice

    From January 2023, the Metro North Health Practitioner Credentialing and Defining Scope of Clinical Practice Committee will consider individual applications for new extended scope practice where the practice has been endorsed by the local or Metro North Safety and Quality Committee or other relevant facility or Metro North clinical governance committee.

    Health Practitioners seeking to undertake a new extended scope practice should contact the facility Safety and Quality Unit in the first instance to determine the governance process for approval of a new practice/service.

    This process replaces the previous Proposal and local protocol for new service form.

    Application forms

    The following forms should be used by identified(see HP Credentialing procedure for definitions) external health practitioners to apply for credentialing and defined scope of clinical practice within Metro North Health facilities.

    Referee reports

    All applicants must attach at least one professional referee report with their credentialing application (new, re-application and mutual recognition)

    Vaccine preventable diseases

    Any external allied health practitioner applying for credentialing and defined scope of practice within Metro North Health after 1 July 2016 is required to provide evidence of vaccination or proof that they are not susceptible to specific vaccine preventable diseases (VPD). For more information please refer to the Queensland Health Mandatory Vaccinations.

    Professional supervision of credentialed health practitioner

    All allied health practitioners who are credentialed in Metro North Health must participate in six-monthly professional supervision appropriate to their scope of practice with the clinical supervisor named on their credentialing application.

    The below form should be submitted to the Profession-specific manager and Metro North Health Practitioner Credentialing and Defining Scope of Clinical Practice Committee

    Policy and procedures

    The following documents provide the overarching governing framework for credentialing and defining the scope of clinical practice:

    If you would like a copy or further information about the MNHHS Credentialing policy and procedure, please contact the allied health profession-specific manager at the local facility.

    Contact us

    Credentialing committee
    Phone:
    (07) 3647 9526
    Email: metronorthalliedhealth @health.qld.gov.au

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