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Workforce Incentive Program – Practice Stream

Complements and strengthens existing multidisciplinary team care services to meet the complex needs of people with chronic health conditions. 

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The Workforce Incentive Program – Practice Stream (WIP-PS) provides essential financial support to eligible general practices, enabling them to adopt multidisciplinary, team-based care models across all regions, by engaging a range of allied health professionals. 

Key Benefits: 

  • Receive support to attract and retain a diverse range of health professionals, including nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and practitioners. 
  • Receive payments direct from Services Australia to assist with the costs of engaging these professionals. 
  • Enhance your practice’s ability to deliver comprehensive care, addressing the complex needs of patients with chronic conditions.

Find out how to apply for WIP-PS payments and take the first steps to building a stronger, multidisciplinary healthcare team to improve the quality and accessibility of care in your community through our WIP-PS visual presentation. 

Complete our practice survey to let our support team know how you are using WIP-PS in your practice, and to request support to make the most of WIP-PS opportunities.  

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Take our survey

Let our support team know how you are using WIP-PS by completing our survey.

Survey closes 31 May 2025.

Need assistance?

Please contact our practice support team to request assistance and support with WIP-PS by emailing Anne-Marie Mcdonald.

Who is Eligible for WIP-PS? 

  • General Practices 
  • Aboriginal Medical Services 
  • Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services 

 

Criteria: 

To be eligible for WIP-PS practices must: 

  1. Employ at least one full-time or part-time General Practitioner
  2. Engage at least one Allied Health Professional (from the eligible list) 

Ideally funding will assist with a range of Allied Health Professionals engaging with the practice.

Allied Health Professionals Eligible to be engaged through this incentive: 

  • Nurse practitioners, Registered nurses, Enrolled Nurses & Midwives 
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practitioners and workers 
  • Audiologists 
  • Chiropractors 
  • Diabetes educators 
  • Dietitians/nutritionists 
  • Exercise physiologists 
  • Occupational therapists 
  • Orthoptists 
  • Orthotists/prosthetists 
  • Osteopaths 
  • Paramedics 
  • Pharmacists (non-dispensing)  
  • Physiotherapists 
  • Podiatrists 
  • Psychologists 
  • Social workers 
  • Speech pathologists 

These allied health professionals must hold nationally accredited tertiary qualifications; maintain membership of national self-regulating professional associations or registration with their national board; and maintain professional indemnity cover.  

A practice owner can apply at any time to join the WIP-PS:

  • Online through Health Professional Online Services (HPOS) using a Provider Digital Access (PRODA) account, or
  • By completing the Practice Incentives Application form (IP001) and forwarding to Services Australia with the required supporting documents.