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Position Information

💼 Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District

REQ614598

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Location: Nepean Hospital

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ614598

Applications Close: 27/10/2025

Position Classification & Renumeration: Dependent on Qualifications:

Health Education Officer Non‑Graduate: $62,486.00 – $90,360.00 per annum

Health Education Officer Graduate: $71,467.00 – $114,187.00 per annum

Core Values

CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Working with us will provide every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, providing a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region. The Population Health Division addresses primary and secondary disease prevention within the local community through Health Promotion, HIV and Related Programs, and Multicultural Health. Our work is delivered through individual service delivery and promotes programs and initiatives that build capacity among priority populations on priority issues.

Are you passionate about health equity and working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities? We’re looking for a Multicultural Health Project Officer to ensure accessible, appropriate health services are available for CALD communities across the Nepean Blue Mountains region. In this role you’ll partner with health service providers and CALD communities, focusing on new and emerging migrant and refugee populations. You’ll lead the development and implementation of evidence‑based strategies to improve health outcomes, provide timely and accurate advice to service planners and Population Health colleagues, identify priority health needs and access issues, and support clinical services, management and frontline staff. You’ll build partnerships and network structures that promote access, equity and safety for CALD patients. Working closely with the Multicultural Health and Priority Populations Team, you’ll contribute to innovative partnership projects that build community capacity and health literacy, shaping culturally appropriate models of service delivery using a quality improvement framework.

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

Accrued Day Off (ADO) for full‑time employees

Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging

Novated Leasing

Great education opportunities through Education Training Service with over 110 courses each year

Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members

Fitness Passport

What you will bring to the role

- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field, such as health promotion, population health, or education, and/or equivalent demonstrated experience working with CALD and/or refugee populations.

- Demonstrated experience addressing health disparities, health literacy, and access and equity issues affecting people from CALD backgrounds, underpinned by knowledge of relevant policies, plans, and legislation.

- Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills, computer literacy; high level presentation and report writing skills.

- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in health, social or behavioural sciences research methodology.

- Demonstrated experience in project management skills, including project planning and evaluation.

- Demonstrated experience in community consultation, needs assessment and community development work with CALD communities, including the ability to influence, motivate and mobilise interest and create change in settings that may be resistant to change.

- Demonstrated knowledge and experience designing and delivering training programs for staff and consumers.

- Current Driver’s Licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel.

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.

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For role related queries contact Luke O'Connell: Luke.OConnell@health.nsw.gov.au

NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.

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