Chief Aboriginal Health Advisor

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time, Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 57132

**Chief Aboriginal Health Advisor**

**This is a designated position under s.12 Special Measures of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010. Only Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are eligible to apply.**

**_ Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful_**

**Who we are - The Aboriginal Health and Engagement Team**

The Aboriginal Health and Engagement Team plays a key role in supporting Monash Health to better meet the health and well-being needs of our local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and their communities more broadly.

**About the Role**

The Chief Aboriginal Health Advisor provides strategic cultural advice and leadership across the organisation to ensure that Monash Health is providing culturally appropriate healthcare across the spectrum of our services and a culturally inclusive workplace for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will also be working with the broader Executive team to strengthen cultural capabilities, drive the development and delivery of Monash Health’s Reconciliation Action Plan and Cultural Safety Plan and build engagement relating to Aboriginal health and wellbeing with employees, management, and stakeholders.

**This is an Ongoing Position working primarily from our Clayton site, with flexibility to work a hybrid model.**

**_ Some of the key responsibilities in this role will include:_**
- Promoting reconciliation with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and to provide access to culturally appropriate healthcare to improve the health outcomes our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
- Leading the development of a strategic approach to Aboriginal Health and Engagement at Monash Health
- Chair the Aboriginal Health Strategic Partnership Committee of the Monash Health Board,
- Chair the Aboriginal Health Working Group and report activities and priorities regularly to the Aboriginal Health Strategic Partnership Committee
- Promote and contribute to the development of a culture of learning and evidence-based practice to achieve excellence in service delivery within the Aboriginal Health and Engagement directorate and more broadly across the organisation
- To be a key point of contact for Aboriginal employees for advice, feedback, and suggested improvements to employment arrangements

**About You**
- Bringing with you the ability to lead and influence, you will also demonstrate the ability to provide cultural strategic advice relating to health service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and communities
- Experience working for or with Aboriginal organisations, government agencies and Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities
- Highly developed written skills, including the ability to prepare complex, sensitive reports and papers, develop policy and contribute to the preparation of strategic and communications documents for a range of audiences

**_ On a Personal Level, You: _**
- Identify and be accepted as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person
- Cultivate relationships that sustain a positive and productive inter-professional working environment
- Are focused on providing quality, patient-centred services by working with our stakeholders and exceeding expectations

**In Return**

Ours is a connected team with strong shared values and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Ours is also a highly skilled, collaborative, and welcoming team where the only limit in your career is you.

**_ There is no better time to join us and here’s just a few rea_**_sons why:_**
- An attractive salary and salary packaging
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing programs available to employees, their families and volunteers
- Flexible working arrangement upon negotiation
- On-site fitness centre at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton and attractive membership rates
- Cost effective private health insurance cover through Monash Health partnerships with Medibank Private and HCF
- Care for children from six months to six years in a small, nurturing environment at Kanooka Community Childcare Centre, conveniently located within the grounds of Monash Medical Centre, Clayton

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service and proudly provides healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 22,000 people work at over 40 care locations across south-eastern Melbourne.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding pri