We are a specialist union representing members working in most areas of healthcare; including public and private hospitals, community health centres, aged care facilities, medical centres, private clinics and health and community services.*
VAHPA represents a broad range of professions, including:
Behavioural Scientists
Biomedical Engineers
Biomedical Technologists
Bone Densitometrists
Cardiac Technologists (Technicians)
Cardiac Sonographers
Child Psychotherapists
Client Advisers
Clinical Coders (Degree Qualified)
Community Development Workers
Dental Technicians/ Prosthetists
Dental Therapists
Dentists
Exercise Physiologists
Family Support Consultants
Family Support Workers
Medical Records Administrators (Health Information Managers)
Medical Librarians
Medical Photographers/Illustrators
Medical Imaging Technologists
Medical Laboratory Technicians
Medical Technicians
Music Therapists
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
Occupational Therapists
Orientation and Mobility Practitioners
Orthoptists
Prosthetists / Orthotists
Physiotherapists
Podiatrists
Radiation Engineers
Radiation Therapists
Recreation Therapists
Recreation Workers
Rehabilitation Consultants
Rehabilitation Counsellors
Renal Dialysis Technicians
Research Technologists
Safety Officers
Social Planners
Social Workers
Sonographers
Speech Pathologists
Technical Officers
Welfare Workers
Youth Workers
Other Health Professionals not listed here may also be eligible to join.
Not sure if we cover you? Please contact us to check.
* Note that professionals in mental health, disability or certain other sectors may not be eligible.
Updated: 3 July 2015