Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Liaison Specialist

7 days ago


Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Queensland Health Full time
About the Role

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Hospital Liaison Officers provide vital assistance and support to patients and their families in Metro South Facilities during their hospitalisation and subsequent follow-up treatment. This role requires a collaborative approach with Queensland Health multidisciplinary teams across Metro South facilities to ensure that appropriate, culturally sensitive services contribute to the improved health and well-being status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Key Responsibilities

Undertake 'cultural assessment/risk screening' to identify patient needs and optimise the patient's recovery/outcomes on discharge from the acute care setting.
Advocate for patients when they articulate a lack of understanding of their healthcare and ensure clinicians communicate in a way the patient understands.
Advocate for appropriate service delivery for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, their families/extended families and staff, and identify opportunities for improvement.

Our Values

Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

What We Offer

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance. As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

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