CHQ is a specialist statewide hospital and health service dedicated to caring for children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales. Our vision is to lead life-changing care for children and young people for a healthier tomorrow. We do this through world-class care, research, advocacy and leadership, and collaborating with our healthcare partners, most importantly families, to ensure we consistently deliver safe, high-quality person-centred care.

Job details

IDENTIFIED ROLES ONLY:

Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

About the Team

The Healthy Hearing Program is a state-wide interprofessional initiative within Children's Health Queensland, committed to the early identification, diagnosis, and support of hearing loss in all babies and children across the state. The program operates across multiple service areas to ensure newborns, infants, and children receive timely and equitable access to high-quality hearing screening, diagnostic assessment, and early intervention services.

The Healthy Hearing Program consists of various teams that include; Newborn Hearing Screening, Healthy Hearing Family Support, Childhood Hearing Clinic, Teleaudiology, Early Intervention and Community Hearing Screening, which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children may engage with during their hearing journey.

About the Role

The Advanced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker (Healthy Hearing) will work in collaboration with Healthy Hearing teams to promote and deliver efficient, effective, clinically relevant, culturally safe care with the aim of achieving appropriate patient outcomes as families navigate the hearing loss pathway. Your position will:

• Function as a member of Healthy Hearing Family Support, supporting a range of evidence-based interventions in a culturally safe, clinically competent, and effective manner. This includes triage of referrals, joint case management, care coordination, intake assessments, cultural aspects of assessment and treatment plans, cultural support for therapeutic interventions, referring to additional services as required, facilitating engagement to services and cultural support to families.
• Function as a member of the Community Hearing Screening team, working with families to facilitate access and engagement with screening clinics, and conducting hearing screens within scope of practice, in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.

About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.   

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS

If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Competitive renumeration
• Annual pay increases
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee wellness and assistance program
• Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description, Information Pack and Applicant Tool Kit for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

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

• CHQ_Information for Applicants_2025 (PDF)
  
  CHQ_Applicant Toolkit_2025 (PDF)
  
  HWF-Aboriginal-and-Torres-Strait-Islander-Health-Worker-RD-Template (PDF)