AddressJob reference: 865057
Location: 5112 - ELIZABETH VALE
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Service – Elizabeth Vale
- Salary: ASO3 - $66,590 - $70,968 p.a. / ASO4 - $75,430 - $79,070 p.a.
- Ongoing Full-Time and Temporary Full-Time, up until 31 December 2024 (Multiple Positions)
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services. NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.
With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.
Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
Benefits of working at NALHN:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
About You:
Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.
In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as an Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer within the Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Service.
Aboriginal Primary Health provides services directly to specific targeted groups such as women, children, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people and other vulnerable groups, as well as working in partnership with other providers and organisations, particularly general practice and Medicare Locals.
The Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer will promote the health and wellbeing of the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities by providing responsive health care services, programs and activities which are based on prevention/early identification, social justice and build Aboriginal knowledge of the physical and social determinants of health in the Aboriginal Communities.
In this role you will be responsible for the identification of social and emotional health needs as well as supporting clients to access appropriate services. The role involves working with mainstream services to maximise awareness of health education, health promotion and help empower Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities with the knowledge to address primary health care issues.
Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officers are responsible for the engagement of individuals, communities and groups in strategies that will empower Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander families with the aim to prevent ill health.
The role is responsible for delivering services by advocating for families who are at risk through provision of support and case management with a focus on referrals and service coordination.
Working within a multi-disciplinary team, you will assist in the ongoing review of practices, procedures and participate in data collection and analysis.
To be eligible for this position at ASO3 classification, you must hold Cert III in Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Certificate III (Practice or Community Care) and/or equivalent.
To be eligible for this position at ASO4 classification, you must hold Cert IV in Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Certificate III (Practice or Community Care) and/or equivalent.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.
Check(s)
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances)
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 865057
Enquiries
Emma Tilley
Nurse Consultant
Phone: (08) 8282 0***
E-mail: ***********@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date
17 May 2024 - 11.55PM
Attachments
865057 - Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer (Multiple Positions) - ASO3 - role description.pdf
865057 - Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer (Multiple Positions) - ASO4 - role description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.
Applications close: 17/05/2024 11:55 PM
Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
