Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Liaison Officer

**Description**

**Employment Type** - Permanent, Full and Part Time Positions

**Classification** - Administrative Service Officer 5

**Title**:

- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Liaison Officer

**Position Number**: 603112+

**Salary**- $92,855 - $97,987 (Plus Super) pro rata

**Location** - North Canberra Hospital Bruce, ACT

**Section** - Aboriginal Liaison Service

**Closing Dat**e - 6th February 2025

**Join a small and supportive team of Aboriginal Liaison officers who are committed to making a difference to the health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Full time and part time opportunities available to help you balance work, family and community opportunities.**

**What can we offer you**:

- City living without the traffic - click her to see why you should live in Canberra.
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- 11.5% Superannuation.

We are seeking experienced Aboriginal Liaison Officers who will be based at North Canberra Hospital. There will be a requirement to travel to other locations including Clare Holland House to support operational need and to attend meetings and professional development.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Liaison Service at North Canberra Hospital is responsible for supporting high quality, culturally safe care of Aboriginal patients and families across a range of critical and acute care areas of North Canberra Hospital and Clare Holland House. These include the Medical and Surgical inpatient wards, Intensive Care Unit, Coronary Care Unit, the Emergency Department, Adult and older person mental health inpatient wards, Maternity and Special Care Nursery wards and a range of adult outpatient clinics.

This position will also participate in quality initiatives that enhance service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities both locally and southern NSW.

**This is a designated position and only open to Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander People.**Confirmation of Aboriginality will be required before appointment to this position.**

**About the Hospital**:
North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary Public Hospital Bruce) and Clare Holland House are now run and operated by Canberra Health Services (CHS)

This is a significant milestone as the ACT Government moves towards delivering a new billion-dollar hospital on Canberra’s Northside.

The current North Canberra Hospital is a level 4 hospital that provides a range of acute and sub-acute services including community based care to the residents of the northside of Canberra and Southern NSW. North Canberra Hospital (NCH) is a 270 public hospital located in Canberra’s expanding northside. North Canberra Hospital operates a 24 hour Emergency Department. Inpatient services include general medicine, surgery, maternity, mental health and critical care.

Other service modalities include day surgery, specialist outpatient clinics, Hospital in the Home and the Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation service that reaches into aged care facilities across the ACT.

The new Northside Hospital will be built on the existing Calvary Hospital campus in Bruce. It will be a modern, state-of-the-art hospital for patients, visitors and its workforce and will provide more beds and increased services. Until then, it's business as usual at the NCH, and we'll keep providing high-quality care to our patients and community.

**About the role**:
This is a great opportunity to make a difference and to grow your Aboriginal Health career.

We are a small team working in a supportive and flexible Department with close links to our community and colleagues. We have a proven track record in supporting career progression and professional development, with opportunities to grow your career in many different directions through access to profession specific and interdisciplinary education and opportunities, access to cultural supervision and to participate in quality and research activities. In the past few years we have proudly supported our staff to complete their university qualifications in nursing, midwifery, paramedicine and radiography and to commence Certificate 3 qualifications in Aboriginal Primary Health Care.

Right now the Aboriginal Liaison Service is looking for experienced Aboriginal Liaison Officers to full both fulltime and part time opportunities. These are permanent roles working within and across our teams to support operational need. This position works in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team to deliver services, supporting safe patient flow and maximising patient outcomes.

Previous hospital experience is desirable.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the **_Position Description_**_._

**How to apply**:

- Applications must include a copy of a current CV and details for at least 2 professional referees.
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