Aboriginal Cancer Care Coordinator

4 days ago

Lismore, Australia Northern NSW Local Health District Full time

Make a new start in your career and life. Join a welcoming, supportive healthcare community, with professional development opportunities + more

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time / Part Time (95 weeks)
**Position Classification**: Health Mgr Lvl 1
**Remuneration**: $84,436 - $112,331 per annum, pro rata
**Hours Per Week**: up to 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ589640

Two temporary positions available with Cancer Institute NSW and Cancer Australia.

**About the role**

The Aboriginal Cancer Care Coordinator provides support, guidance and referral of Aboriginal clients, family members and carers to access timely and appropriate Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) services for cancer management.

**About Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD)**

We are a healthcare community, caring for the people of the Northern Rivers. We understand that high quality healthcare and quality of life go hand in hand. Our hospitals, and our community health and multipurpose services are a well-balanced modern network truly connecting the communities we serve across the Tweed, Richmond, and Clarence Valleys.

If you care about high quality healthcare and quality of life, we encourage you to join us.

**You care. We care**. Learn more about NNSWLHD here.

**Relocating to the region?**

The Welcome Experience in the Northern Rivers connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.

The Aboriginal Cancer Care Coordinators will support, guide, and refer Aboriginal clients, family members and carers to access timely and appropriate services for cancer prevention and management utilising Optimal care pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer.

The positions aim to improve access, equity, and health care for Aboriginal people with cancer, promoting patient centred care and a holistic approach to health and wellbeing, facilitating 'closing the gap' between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cancer outcomes.

The roles will ensure care coordination for each person is informed by factors such as connection to land, gender, kinship, inter-generational trauma, family ties, language barriers and socio-economic issues.

Applicants must be of Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander descent. Aboriginality is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorised by section 14(d) of the Anti
- Discrimination Act 1977.

**Join our team and you’ll enjoy**:

- Salary packaging and novated leasing - increase your take-home pay
- Fitness discounts - focus on your health and wellbeing
- Growth - access to professional and personal development
- Team culture - work in a collaborative, flexible and supportive team environment
- Opportunities to start or build a career, or re-enter the workforce

Need more information?

Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day.

**Applications Close: 31 July 2025**

NNNSWLHD embraces the diverse skills and perspectives that our people bring to the workplace. We foster inclusiveness and diversity to help us deliver quality care to our community.

Applicants must be of Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander descent. Aboriginality is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorised by section 14(d) of the Anti
- Discrimination Act 1977.

This recruitment may be used to fill future positions for permanent, temporary and casual positions.

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