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Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) play a vital role in seeing patients regain their independence and lead a fulfilling life in the community. As members of multi-disciplinary teams, our AHPs provide a range of diagnostic, therapeutic and direct patient care that are critical to other healthcare professionals they work with. From diagnosis to treatment and rehabilitation, they are empowered to make independent assessment and decisions on the care for our patients.

At KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital we offer different career progression tracks to cater to the differing aspirations, inclinations and strengths of individual AHPs. Specifically, our AHPs can choose to develop a clinical specialisation, undertake research, participate in education or move into management roles.

Career Tracks for AHPs

If you have an interest to be an Allied Health Professional, click here to join us for a fulfilling career at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

Our Allied Health Professionals

Audiologist

Audiologists provide care in the prevention, identification, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment of hearing, balance, and other auditory disorders for people of all ages. They work with patients to minimise the negative impact of these disorders and achieve improved health outcomes and quality of life.

Dietitian

Dieticians provide medical nutrition therapy to patients, which includes evidence-based diets, nutrition education and counselling, as well as nutritional supplements, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition. They also conduct nutrition assessment and design nutrition care plans for patients.

Medical/Laboratory Technologist

Medical Laboratory Technologists or Scientists conduct a wide array of screening and diagnostic laboratory tests to detect and identify diseases or disease-causing microbes for the diagnoses and management of patient conditions.

Medical Social Worker

Medical Social Workers provide psychosocial care and support to patients and their families through interventions such as psychotherapy, supportive counselling, grief counselling, financial assistance, and linking them up to relevant community resources and support.

Imaging Technologist/ Sonographer

Imaging Technologists/Sonographers perform ultrasound examinations and produce high quality ultrasonic imagery for clinicians to diagnose and formulate care plans for patients.

Occupational Therapist

Occupational Therapists use meaningful activities to help people from all ages prevent, reduce or overcome effects of disabilities. Occupational therapists use a variety of treatment approaches to develop, enhance and maintain a person’s capacity to perform the tasks and roles essential to productive living, including self-care, daily living, leisure/play, work/education and social participation.

Pharmacist

Pharmactists optimise drug therapy for patients through the review of indications, dosage regimens, drug interactions, side effects, cost and possible non-compliance of medication. They work in both general and specialty clinical areas including Oncology, Infectious Disease, Cardiology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Neonatology, Critical Care, Paediatrics and Transplantation.

Physiotherapist

Physiotherapists manage a wide range of conditions, including patients with with pain, physical impairments from musculoskeletal, neurological and cardiopulmonary conditions across all ages. Through prescription of evidence–based treatment and safe exercises, they help to restore the physical abilities to the extent of patient’s condition and potential injury, surgery or illness.

Psychologist

Psychologists assess patients’ mental state, emotional wellbeing and/or intellectual functioning. They provide evidence-based psychotherapy based on psychological theories and research, to help patients cope with their medical or psychological condition, to reduce psychological distress and improve psychological well-being. Psychologists also conduct psychological research as research helps to guide practising psychologists about the most suitable and evidence-based ways of assisting people with their difficulties.

Radiographer/Medical Imaging Technologist

Radiographers Radiographers work with cutting edge technology to produce medical images (including General Radiography, Fluoroscopy, CT scans, MRI scans, Nuclear Medicine, Mammography, Interventional Radiography and other medical images) to assist Radiologists and other doctors diagnose, monitor and/ or treat a patient’s injury or illness.

Respiratory Therapist

Respiratory Therapists are experts in managing airways and the cardiopulmonary system. They assist with the management of artificial airways and help patients, especially those on ventilators, to breathe better by monitoring their breathing and adjusting parameters on the ventilators. They also work to provide relief to patients who have cardiopulmonary, sleep disorders and neuromuscular problems.

Sonographer

Sonographers perform ultrasound examinations and produce high quality ultrasonic images for clinicians to diagnose and formulate care plans for patients. If you have an interest to be an Allied Health Professional, click here to join us for a fulfilling career at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

Speech Therapist

Speech Therapists assess and manage swallowing and communication disorders in children. Communication disorders include disorders in speech, language, fluency and voice.