Taikurrinthi Aboriginal Liaison Officer

**Job no**: 891731
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Adelaide CBD
**Categories**: Administration, Business and Management
- **Women's and Children's Health Network, Taikurrinthi Aboriginal Liaison Unit, North Adelaide (5006)**:

- **Salary**- **ASO5 - Administrative Services Officer L5 - $85,790 to $95,413**
- **Full time - Term Contract**

**About the Opportunity**

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the **Taikurrinthi Aboriginal Liaison Unit**as an** Aboriginal Liaison Officer,**where you will be responsible for:

- Enhancing the health and well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in metropolitan Adelaide and rural and remote communities.
- Providing practical support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and their families for non-medical care needs at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH).
- Collaborating with Aboriginal communities and other service providers to offer positive and culturally sensitive support for Aboriginal families.
- Ensuring access to health service information through diverse and culturally appropriate methods of education.
- Coordinating access to various services, including social work, disability services, transport services, and Aboriginal and community agencies.
- Offering expert advice on cultural considerations and specific Aboriginal patient issues to WCH staff.
- Communicating medical and treatment information to patients and families in a culturally appropriate manner.
- Liaising with external service providers to address patients' practical and cultural needs.

**About You**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Holds or is working towards a Cert IV in Aboriginal Primary Health Care Certificate IV (Practice or Community Care): or
- Equivalent Lived experience and a willingness to undertake the Cert IV in Aboriginal Primary Health Care
- Proven ability to engage and interact effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and health professionals from diverse cultures in remote and urban locations
- Ability to communicate effectively with Aboriginal people to be able to support them in their health care journey and advocate their needs to others.
- Demonstrated high level of communication skills relating to liaising and advocating effectively with and on behalf of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and their families in a culturally appropriate manner.
- Ability to work independently and manage own time effectively and ensure that deadlines are met

**What WCHN Can Offer You**
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
- Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
- Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

**About Us**

The **Women’s & Children’s Health Network** is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

- specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
- state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
- community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
- specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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**Special Conditions**

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

**Application Instructions**

**Other Important Information**

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islande