Advance Health Worker Hearing Health

This is your opportunity to contribute to our vision of creating:

Make a difference in kids’ hearing care Join the Hearing Health Program at North West Hospital and Health Service an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker led initiative providing hearing screening and education to primary school children across the region.

Pathways to better health

Job details

- Position status: Fixed Term Temporary

- Position type: Full-time

- Occupational group: Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support

- Classification: HWF3

- Workplace Location: North West Qld

- Job ad reference: QLD/MI666529

- Closing date: 17-Nov-2025

- Fortnightly salary: $2878.20 - $3958.00

- Job duration: 5 months with possibility of extension

- Contact person: Kerri O'Connor

- Contact details: (07) 4764 0850

Unique locations

- Unique locations

- Friendly communities

- Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives

Working with us

- 12.75% employer superannuation contribution.

- Long Service Leave and Sick Leave accrual.

- Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.

Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.

The lifestyle in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel. You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference... and want to stay. The Traditional Owners of the area are the Kalkadoon people.

Mount Isa is a great place to live and work

About the role

As part of the Hearing Health Program team, you'll deliver culturally safe hearing screening and education services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from Prep to Year 4 across the North West region. In this role, you will:

- Conduct hearing screenings and refer children for follow-up care.

- Provide culturally appropriate health education to families and schools.

- Work within a multidisciplinary team to support community-based hearing programs.

- Promote self-management and holistic approaches to child and family wellbeing.

- Contribute to data collection, reporting, and quality improvement initiatives.

Requirements

- It is essential that the person who holds the position be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person. It is therefore a genuine occupational requirement under section 25 of the Anti‑Discrimination Act 1991 that applicants are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders.

- Mandatory requirements are a relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences.

- C Class Motor Vehicle Licence.

- Pre‑employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.

- This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.

- A period of probation may apply.

Interested? Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.

Apply ONLINE: https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-MI666529

Contact: Kerri O'Connor on (07) 4764 0850

Applications close: Monday 17 November 2025

Further information

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

Our vision is to be Queensland's leading HHS delivering excellence in remote healthcare to our patients, working as an integral part of the community. We are an equal opportunity employer.

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