Find your place in something bigger
Clinical support roles play a vital role in enabling safe, compassionate and effective patient care across Gold Coast Health.
Working alongside clinicians, these roles support assessment, treatment and recovery through hands-on assistance, coordination, technical expertise and strong patient and consumer engagement.
They help ensure care is seamless, well-coordinated and focused on positive experiences and outcomes.
Your career and professional development
Build a flexible and rewarding career in a range of clinical support roles across Gold Coast Health.
Whether you’re starting your career or looking to transition into healthcare, these roles provide meaningful opportunities to contribute to patient care and service delivery in a supportive environment.
Career pathways and progression
We offer a wide range of clinical support roles across the health service, with opportunities to grow your skills and progress your career.
Opportunities include:
- Clinical Governance
- Clinical Informatics Support
- Clinical Trials Support
- Intake Officer
- Lived Experience Peer Worker
- Medical Imaging Assistant
- Nutrition Assistant
- Orthopaedic Technician
- Patient Liaison Officer
- Pharmacy Assistant
- Pharmacy Storeperson
- Physiotherapy Assistant
- Plaster Technician
- Social Work Assistant
- Therapy Assistant
Career pathways may include progression into:
- Senior support roles
- Specialised technical or clinical areas
- Team leadership or coordination roles
- Further study and transition into allied health or clinical professions.
Early career entry pathways
We offer a range of entry pathways to support your career journey:
- Traineeships and work experience opportunities
- Entry-level support roles across clinical services
- Pathways into further study or specialised healthcare roles.
We recognise that early career development is critical and provide supervision, training and support to help you build confidence and capability.
Education and development
We provide a range of education and professional development opportunities to support your growth.
Our development opportunities include:
- On-the-job training and skill development
- Mentorship and supervision from experienced clinicians and teams
- Access to learning resources and development programs
- Opportunities to build skills across different clinical areas.
Our partners, initiatives and research
We work closely with universities, training providers and healthcare partners to support workforce development, education and service improvement.
Partnerships and collaboration
- Collaboration with universities and vocational education providers
- Support for student placements and training pathways
- Multidisciplinary team-based care across services.
Our initiatives
- Workforce development programs supporting clinical support roles
- Consumer and lived experience workforce initiatives
- Service improvement and patient experience programs.
Research and innovation
- Participation in clinical trials and research support roles
- Use of digital systems and technology to support care delivery
- Opportunities to contribute to innovation and service improvement.
Culture and benefits
We offer a supportive and inclusive workplace where employees are encouraged to grow and contribute to patient care.
Explore our culture and employee benefits
Learn more about working at Gold Coast Health
Work with us
Join a workforce delivering high-quality care across a wide range of specialties, services and healthcare settings.
Where you’ll work
- Hospitals and acute care settings (wards, clinics and theatres)
- Community and outpatient services
- Specialist and technical service areas.
You’ll work in collaborative, multidisciplinary teams focused on delivering safe, innovative and patient-centred care.
Explore opportunities
- View current vacancies via Queensland Health Careers.
- Join talent pools for upcoming opportunities.
Useful links
- Current vacancies (Queensland Health Careers)
- Recruitment process
- Contact us.
