The standardised list of skills within HealthRoster provides Local Health Districts (LHDs) and Specialty Health Networks (SHNs) with the ability to build, develop and monitor workforce capacity. This supports the effective rostering and deployment of staff with the right skills to deliver safe, high-quality patient care. Managers are required to regularly review and update skills assigned to their staff to maintain accuracy.
It is important to note that HealthRoster skills are used to identify staff skill requirements when creating rosters. They do not replace the recording of mandatory training and credentialing, which must continue to be captured in My Health Learning. The list of skills is not exhaustive. Health agencies can submit requests to add, update, or remove skills at any time via the SARA portal.
To view information on HealthRoster skills and associated definitions, see the factsheet available on the Efficiency Improvement and Support Team SharePoint (internal access only): Rostering Resources - Skills Fact Sheet.
For information on how to assign skills in HealthRoster, see the following resources (internal access only):