HSUWA represented professions and disciplines are wide-ranging. If you’re working in one of the professions or areas on this page, the HSUWA is your Union!

Member Professions

If your job in health is in one of these areas, we will be your union:

  • Allied Health
  • Health Science and Pharmacy
  • Research and Library
  • Security
  • Clerical and Administration
  • Procurement, Finance and IT
  • Engineering

Where Our Members Work

HSUWA Members ensure the effective running of our health system as well as ensuring that patients are provided with the best possible service and care. Our Members also provide a number of other health-related services to our community.

  • Hospitals
  • Allied Health
  • Mental Health
  • Community Health
  • Pathology
  • Medical Imaging
  • Private Practices and Clinics
  • Aged Care
  • Disability

Employee or Contractor

If you are not employed but work independently as a Sole Practitioner or Trader (also known as an Independent Contractor), you can still join the HSUWA.

It is what you do and not the way you are engaged that determines your union. (Please note that there are consequences to Professional Indemnity Insurance cover if you are engaged as a Sole Practitioner, so speak to us first.)

Job List Guide

Click the + icons to expand the lists of jobs we cover.

Keep in mind that job titles change frequently, and new occupations and professions are added from time to time. You can add additional titles such as a Senior, Head, Deputy Head, Chief, Deputy Chief, In Charge, Duty Officer, Coordinator, Assistant, Manager, Trainee etc. If your job is not on the list below, please call our office, and we will do our best to help.

  • Aboriginal Counsellor
  • Aboriginal Liaison Officer
  • Administration
  • Admissions and Bookings Clerks (including Theatres)
  • Allied Health
  • Anaesthetic Technician
  • Animal House Technician
  • Architectural Draughtsperson
  • Art Therapist
  • Audio Metrician
  • Audio Visual Assistant
  • Audiologist
  • Biochemist
  • Bio-Engineer
  • Bio-Engineering Technician
  • Cardiac Coach
  • Cardiac Scientific Officer
  • Cardiac Technician
  • Care Coordinator/Navigator
  • Cath Lab Technician
  • Case Coordinator
  • Clinic Clerks
  • Clinical Coders
  • Clinical Perfusionist
  • Clinical Psychologist
  • Complex Care Coordinator
  • Corporate Admin (including Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in
    non-clinical areas, Language Services, Museum, PR, Property)
  • Craft Worker
  • Cytotechnician
  • Dark Room Assistant Film Processor
  • Dental Therapist
  • Dentist
  • Dietitian
  • Draughtsperson
  • E.C.G. EEG/EMG Recordist
  • ED Clerks
  • Engineer
  • Exercise Physiologist
  • Finance
  • Forensic Scientist
  • Handicraft Instructor
  • Handicraft Worker
  • Health Education Officer
  • Health Information Management (includes Managers, Co-ordinators,
    Supervisors)
  • Health Promotion Officer
  • Human Resources (includes Industrial Relations, WHS, Workers Compensation, Education and Training)
  • Information and Communications Technology
  • Laboratory Technician Technical Assistant
  • Librarian
  • Library Technician
  • Lifestyle Co-ordinator
  • Maintenance Engineer
  • Management (including CEOs, Directors, senior managers, and managers)
  • Maxillo Facial Technician
  • Medical Administration
  • Medical Imaging Assistant
  • Medical Artist/ Photographer
  • Medical Imaging Technologist/Sonographer
  • Medical Imaging Technologist (also see Radiographer)
  • Neuropsychologist
  • Neurophysiology Technician
  • Medical Physicist
  • Medical Records
  • Medical Scientist
  • Mental Health Professional
  • Mortuary Technician
  • Music Therapist
  • Neurophysiology Technologist
  • Nuclear Medicine Technologist
  • Occupational Therapist
  • Occupational Therapy Assistant
  • Optometrist
  • Orthopaedic Appliance Assistant
  • Orthopaedic Appliance Technician
  • Orthopaedic Footwear Maker
  • Orthopaedic Technician
  • Orthoptist
  • Orthotic Technician
  • Orthotist and Prosthetist
  • Outreach Worker
  • Pharmacist
  • Pharmacy Technician
  • Phlebotomist Specimen Control Officer
  • Physicist
  • Physiotherapist Assistant
  • Radiographer
  • Radiation Therapist
  • Recreation Officer
  • Rehabilitation Engineer
  • Rehabilitation Officer
  • Rehabilitation Technologist
  • Research Officer
  • Respiratory Scientist
  • Respiratory Sleep Scientist
  • Respiratory Technician
  • Security Officers
  • Shift Engineer
  • Sleep Technologist
  • Social Worker
  • Sonographer
  • Specialist Poisons Information
  • Speech Pathologist
  • Supervisors (Catering, Orderlies, CSSD, Transport etc.)
  • Supply
  • Switchboard
  • Technical Officer
  • Technician (Medical Engineering and Physics)
  • Theatre Technician
  • Therapy Assistant
  • Trade Instructor
  • Transplant Co-ordinator
  • Urology Technician
  • Ward Clerks
  • Welfare Officer
  • Ward Clerks
  • Welfare Officer

If your job title isn’t on the list, please feel free to contact us to check if we cover you.