Aboriginal and Torres Islander Health Worker - Chronic Disease

Your new role:

As an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker – Chronic Disease, you will play a key role in improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and families across the Logan community. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will provide culturally appropriate chronic disease support, health education and care coordination while building strong connections between clients, families, community and health services.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide culturally appropriate chronic disease support, education and health promotion.
• Connect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and families with appropriate health and social services.
• Build strong relationships with community, healthcare providers and key stakeholders to improve health outcomes.
• Support clients to take ownership of their health management and access appropriate chronic disease services.

About you:

You're a culturally knowledgeable and community-focused health professional who can build trusted relationships and work confidently with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, families and multidisciplinary teams. You'll bring strong communication, coordination and chronic disease knowledge to this important role.

Skills & Experience

• Strong understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and community needs.
• Clinical knowledge and experience in chronic disease, including diabetes, respiratory and cardiac care.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, planning and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work autonomously while contributing effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

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What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

Community and Oral Health Services:

Community and Oral Health Services deliver a broad range of quality community-based care and support services to help people improve and maintain their wellbeing and independence as well as oral health services to adults and children.

We deliver a myriad of services across Metro South including Hospital in the Home, Rehabilitation, Chronic Disease, Acute Care, Dementia Outreach, Oral Health, and specialist residential care along with delivering numerous other vital community health services.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.