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Health Worker Advanced (Identified) (Cairns)
Cairns with regular travel to communities
Elevate Cultural Health. Your chance to make a valuable contribution to Torres Strait and Aboriginal Health outcomes!
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Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Health Service Support |
| Classification | HWF3 |
| Workplace Location | Cairns region,Far North Qld |
| Job ad reference | QLD/TC695515 |
| Closing date | 26-Nov-2026 |
| Job duration | Permanent Full Time |
| Contact person | Megan Pickford |
| Contact details | 0499 752 125 Access the National Relay Service |
Health Worker Advanced (Identified)
Permanent Full Time | Cairns based with regular travel to Cape York communities ✈️
Ready for a meaningful role that starts with a yarn? Megan Pickford, 0499 752 125 would love to hear your story and answer any questions you may have about the role.
Tell me more... Based in Cairns, this role works as part of the Maternal Child and Family Health Outreach Service, delivering high-level child and youth health care with a focus on care coordination, advocacy, education, and family support. The position requires regular travel across the Torres and Cape communities to partner with local stakeholders and service providers, ensuring culturally safe and responsive healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, and families, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and those with special or complex needs.
Professional and personal motivators!
As an Indigenous Health Worker, your advocacy for local Torres and Cape patients is vital in ensuring culturally sensitive and effective health care.
You'll work in diverse and supportive environments that offer attractive lifestyle opportunities and experiences and enable you to make a valuable contribution in small communities. These communities will help you grow, connect, learn and create life-defining experiences that will shape who you are as a health professional and a person.
Torres and Cape will give you a career with purpose, plus excellent benefits and allowances;
- Base salary comprising between $79,661 - $109,546 per annum
- Workplace benefits | Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
- Generous employer superannuation contribution of 12.75%
- Salary packaging options Salary and benefits | Careers (health.qld.gov.au)
- Generous leave entitlements including 17.5% loading on annual leave
Living within the Torres and Cape region means you will be able to enjoy:
- Immersing yourself in nature, from the outback to tropical rainforests, coral reefs and extraordinary landscapes.
- Short commute to work, allowing greater work/life balance
- Rich Indigenous Culture
Imagine yourself here? Find out about Torres and Cape HHS and the Torres Strait and Cooktown and Cape York regions on the Tropical North Queensland website.
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Torres and Cape HHS Values - Courage | Accountability | Respect | Engage
How do I apply? Applications should be submitted ONLINE via the Smart Jobs and Careers website.
Please no unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
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