Scholarship priorities

These scholarships are limited and competitive. While all eligible applications will be considered, the following applications will be given priority:

1. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People living in a rural area. The person must be:
   • Of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, and
   • Identify as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and
   • Be recognised and accepted by the Aboriginal community in which they live or work.
2. Current employee of NSW Health who meet Smart and Skilled requirements.
3. Greater priority to the higher the Modified Monash Model Scale of Rurality location: MM3 (low) – MM7 (high) (find Modified Monash Model (MMM) classifications on the Health Workforce Locator.
4. Outcome from application assessment.
5. Demonstrated intention to remain in the rural NSW Health workforce.

Who is eligible?

Allied Health Assistant Scholarship Applicants must:

1. Be current NSW Health employees with non-clinical or clinical roles or individuals interested in working for NSW Health in a rural setting with intention to work as an Allied Health Assistant or Pharmacy Assistant.
2. Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident and a resident of NSW.
3. Have resided in a rural or remote area in NSW for a minimum of five consecutive or eight cumulative years since the age of five.
4. Be seeking to enrol in a full qualification from the Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance (HLT43021) or the Certificate IV Hospital Health Services Pharmacy Support (HLT47121) or single units delivered by TAFE NSW.
5. Demonstrate a desire to contribute to the future of health in rural and regional NSW.
6. Agree to work under the supervision of an allied health professional(s) in one or more of the following allied health areas:

Occupational Therapy	Podiatry
Physiotherapy	Social Work
Pharmacy	Radiography
Dietetics	Audiology
Speech Pathology	Recreation therapy
Exercise Physiology

7. Successful recipients must not have accepted a NSW Health scholarship or subsidy within the last two years.