Are you passionate about improving health outcomes?

Central West Health are recruiting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers. Grow your career and gain qualifications in a supportive and understanding team.

Working together on a positive health and wellbeing journey, and providing culturally appropriate health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a continuous recruitment campaign. Applications will be reviewed regularly, and suitable candidates will be offered roles.

For more information call, Alinta Warner, Clinical Nurse Consultant Indigenous Health on 0499 714 995.

Patient Centred Care

for our Central West communities

Job details

People-centred care | Quality and safety | Integrity and accountability | Investment in staff | Innovation and change

What's involved – Work as part of a multidisciplinary team that will provide culturally appropriate health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, families, and communities to support effective primary health care and health promotion initiatives within Central West Hospital & Health Service.

The position is responsible for the prevention, early detection, and management of health problems for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The role will entail service delivery from designated primary clinic locations and outreach services, under limited supervision, as required.

Provide mentorship and support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and trainee Health Workers in conjunction with the Clinical Nurse Consultant Aboriginal Health Team.

As a Central West Health employee, you will be well remunerated with a competitive full-time package. Your benefits include generous employer superannuation contribution up to 12.75%; salary packaging to increase your take home pay; 17.5% annual leave loading; career development opportunities.

Living in Central West Queensland is ideal for those who enjoy being part of a close-knit, safe, friendly and inclusive community. The outback offers a quiet, relaxed and safe lifestyle and is the perfect location to relax, unwind and enjoy life's simple pleasures. Schools in the west provide more one on one learning with students and there are various work opportunities for partners of healthcare workers with local businesses, property owners and other local and state government agencies. For more insight visit FarOut! (gofarout.com.au)

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, hepatitis B, pertussis and influenza during their employment.

About Central West Hospital and Health Service - We are responsible for the delivery of healthcare services to communities across a vast region to 20.6 per cent of Queensland. As a rural and remote hospital and health service, Central West HHS provides a range of community, primary and hospital-based services and has formed strong partnerships with other service providers to collectively support the holistic care to the people of the Central West.

Applications should be submitted ONLINE. Include a completed vaccine preventable disease form and evidence of immunity and vaccinations and relevant qualifications with your application. For additional information regarding the responsibilities, mandatory qualifications and/or other requirements for this position please refer to the role description.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

It is recommended that you download the Role Description for future reference. If you have difficulty viewing the role description, contact Central West Recruitment (07) 4650 4017. Microsoft Word or PDF files are supported. Files – max: 2MB each.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Vaccination_Vaccine Preventable Diseases Forms (PDF, 328KB)
  Application Kit
  
  Vaccination_tb-risk-assess-questionnaire-workers-hhs (PDF, 177KB)
  Application Kit
  
  RD_Health Worker_CWHHS (PDF, 289KB)
  Role Description