Aboriginal Liaison Officer - Women, Youth And Children

Employment Type: Full Time, Temporary 12 Month Contract with possibility of extension and/or permanency
Classification: Administrative Service Officer 6 (PN 29216)
Salary: $95,746 - $109,072 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Location: Canberra Hospital, Garran
Section: Aboriginal Liaison Officers
Closing Date: 7 April 2024

• City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 11.5% Superannuation.
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the Role:

Women, Youth and Children Community Health Programs (WYCCHP) deliver a range of community-based primary health services to women, children, young people, and families. These services include support, education, and information; counselling, assessment, and screening; early identification and referral; and the delivery of public health programs. Services are delivered within a multidisciplinary context if not by a multi-disciplinary team. The Enhanced Health Services (EHS) sits within WYCCHP and includes the Early Family Support Service (EFSS), Enhanced Child Health Service (ECHS), Developmental Paediatric and Child Protection Medical Service (DPCPMS), and Women's Health Service (WHS).

This is a new position within The Canberra Hospital Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Liaison Service and will liaise strongly with programs within EHS, in particular the Early Family Support Service nursing team (EFSS). EFSS delivers targeted services across the ACT for families with complex psychosocial needs who require additional support beyond universal Maternal and Child Health (MACH) services. The EFSS Nursing/Midwifery Team works with parents and their newborn or young children within a sustained home visiting model and at outreach sites. This position will also provide support and advocacy to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families within the broader EHS service as required.

The successful applicant should have a thorough understanding of the barriers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People accessing health care.

An order of merit may be established to fill future vacancies within the next 12 months.

This is a designated position and only open to Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander People. Confirmation of Aboriginality will be required before appointment to this position.

For more information regarding the position click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Be registered under Working for Vulnerable People Act.

To Apply:

Please submit a copy of your CV along with a 2x page response to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description. Only applications submitted online via the E-Recruitment system will be accepted.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
OurRole: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project - CHS is constructing a new Critical Services Building called 'Building 5' which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory's history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Patrice Higgins at (02) 5124 2***.