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Allied health is one of the most heavily subcontracted parts of the care economy. Practices, NDIS providers and aged care operators routinely engage clinicians as contractors rather than employees, which makes the classification question live in almost every arrangement.

This page covers what gets subcontracted in this sector, the credentials worth confirming, and how a job runs on Workforce Marketplace. Early access is open.

What gets subcontracted

The work most often contracted covers:

Mobile and in-home therapy delivery under NDIS and aged care funding
Sessional clinic work across physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech pathology
Psychology and mental health sessions, including telehealth
Podiatry, dietetics and exercise physiology on a visiting basis
Assessment and report writing for funding applications
Clinical supervision of less experienced practitioners
Locum cover for practice principals

Credentials that matter here

AHPRA registers each profession separately, so the credential must match the discipline being engaged:

AHPRA Registration in the specific profession: physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, psychology, podiatry, optometry, chiropractic, osteopathy, Chinese medicine or Aboriginal health practice
NDIS Worker Screening Check through the state screening unit, for anyone delivering NDIS-funded supports
Working With Children Check or Blue Card where the caseload includes children
Professional indemnity insurance current and adequate to the scope of practice
First aid and CPR currency appropriate to the setting
Provider registration where services are billed under a funding scheme

Not every allied health profession is registered under AHPRA. Some, including dietetics and exercise physiology, are self-regulated through their professional association instead. For those, the credential to confirm is association membership and accreditation rather than AHPRA registration, and it is worth knowing which category you are dealing with.

What to confirm before work starts

An active ABN. Where a supplier does not quote one, you are generally required to withhold 47 per cent of the payment and remit it to the ATO. Their GST registration also tells you whether the price should carry it.

That the credential is held by the entity you are contracting with. A person can hold a qualification while the business you are paying holds nothing. Check the name on the document against the name on the invoice.

Insurance appropriate to the scope. Public liability is the common one. Depending on the work you may also need professional indemnity, and workers compensation if they carry their own staff.

That the engagement is genuinely a contract for services. Since the Fair Work amendments the test looks at the real substance of the relationship rather than the label on the paperwork, and getting it wrong creates back-pay, superannuation and payroll tax exposure. Contractor vs employee in Australia sets out how it now works.

Writing a scope that gets comparable quotes

Contracted allied health arrangements are where the contractor-versus-employee test bites hardest, because the clinician often works set hours in the provider’s premises using the provider’s systems. Set out who holds the client relationship, who sets the caseload, whether the clinician can send a substitute, how billing and cancellations work, who owns the clinical notes, and what the notice arrangement is. Those terms determine both the commercial deal and how the relationship would be characterised if it were ever tested.

How it works on Workforce Marketplace

Post the scope with the payment structure it actually uses, whether that is fixed price, hourly, daily, quoted or split into milestones for staged work. Subcontractors apply, and you compare them side by side rather than chasing callbacks.

Every account is ABN-verified at sign-up. Beyond that, subcontractors can submit licences, certifications and insurance for verification, which we review rather than grant automatically. Their profile shows the status against each credential without showing the document, the licence number or the ABN. Verification is opt-in, so a profile may hold credentials that have not been submitted, and it reflects the document as at the date it was reviewed rather than standing indefinitely.

Applying for work costs nothing and there are no leads to buy. Payment runs through Stripe, and Workforce Marketplace never stores your card or bank details.