Work with us to `Close the Gap' in health outcomes across North West Queensland communities by engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and their families enabling them to become informed about their diseases and the options for care available to them within the North West Hospital and Health Service.
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to our vision of creating:
Pathways to better health
for our North West communities.
North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS)
- Unique locations
- Friendly communities
- Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives
The Indigenous Hospital Liaison Officer will provide support and advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and their families throughout their patient journey, and contribute to the discharge planning process in an allocated ward/service area of Mount Isa Hospital and within the Mount Isa Renal Unit.
The Indigenous Hospital Liaison Officer will support and work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary teams across the North West Hospital and Health Service, and primarily renal, by providing cultural consultancy and education to ensure health services provided Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients are culturally appropriate and safe.
Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!
About the benefits
Our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff.
We offer `hands-on' experience and support employees who want to enjoy a variety of lifestyle, diversity of clinical experience and unique locations.
To attract top tier candidates we provide generous remuneration packages and employment benefits that include:
- staff accommodation
- Rural Area Nursing Incentive Package
- 5 weeks p.a. recreational leave with 17.5% loading
- up to 12.5% employer superannuation contribution
- shift and laundry allowances
- professional development assistance
- salary sacrificing options
- plus access to corporate discounts, and employee wellness and assistance programs.
Permanent full time
Base salary range between $70,100 and $96,397 p.a. (HWF3)
Find out more about working with us.
Requirements:
- Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community.
- Appointment, and future increment progression, between pay points HWF3.1 to HWF3.5 requires:
- Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health.
- Appointment, and future increment progression, between pay points HWF3.2 to HWF3.7, or HWF3.8 (limited to employees who meet the requirements of HED 04/23) requires:
- Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care.
- Potential applicants are advised that the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian Act 2000 requires Queensland Health to seek a ‘working with children check.
- This is a Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) risk role.
- A 6-month period of probation may apply.
Interested?
Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.
Contact: Regina Mullins 07 4744 4846
Apply ONLINE: https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-MI562640
Applications close: Thursday 23/05/2024.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis and Tuberculosis.
Documents
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