Aboriginal Public Health Officer

**Enterprise Agreement / Classification**
- Individual Contracts - VARIOUS - XXXX
- Individual Contracts - VARIOUS - XXXX

**Hours per Fortnight**

**Position Summary**

**Work in an environment that offers**:

- A supportive environment for career progression and development
- An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
- An ability to live and work close to home

**The Position**

**Position Title**: Aboriginal Public Health Officer
- **Classification**: as per award
- **Salary per hour (exc. super)**: as per award
- **Hours per fortnight**: 76
- **Employment Status**: Fixed term - full time, Fixed term - part time
- **Other requirements**: COVID-19 Vaccination

**Role Description**
- The Aboriginal Public Health Officer (PHO) protects public health by helping prevent, investigate, respond and manage cases and outbreak breaks of communicable disease in the community.
- Reporting to a team leader, the PHO provides the operational response to notifications of infectious disease in the Loddon-Mallee. They conduct case and contact interviews in order to establish acquisition links, identify high risk individuals, groups and facilities, and provide public health advice and recommendations. They may also provide health monitoring and support to people throughout their infectious period, and provide advice and referral arrangement for other service providers. The PHO enables effective outbreak management through collaborative engagement with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and agencies.
- The Loddon-Mallee Public Health Unit utilises a blended working model in Bendigo and across the Loddon-Mallee region with staff working in the office and remotely as required.
- The Aboriginal Public Health Officer will focus on providing a culturally safe journey for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders through our service, with a specific focus on communicable disease including COVID-19. The purpose of this position is to improve access and equity to health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This role:

- Provides a service to promote a culturally welcoming and sensitive environment at Bendigo Health to help support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community navigate and transition through the service.
- Provides public health education and program delivery to improve health and wellbeing.
- Assists in improving identification, access and availability of appropriate health care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Engages with Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHO), the Primary Health Network and other relevant sectors

**Bendigo Health**
- Our 700 bed state of the art hospital was built in 2017. We are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture. We have all of the latest technologies allowing our 5000 staff to deliver
- _Excellent Care to Every Person, Every Time._ Remuneration is in accordance with Victorian Public Health Enterprise Agreements and generous salary packaging arrangements are offered to all staff. Bendigo Health offer:

- Flexible Working Arrangements
- Salary Packaging
- Financial relocation support available for eligible applicants
- Reimbursements for the cost of obtaining any required pre-employment checks (Police Check, WWCC and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check)
- Staff health and wellbeing programs
- Access to recommended immunisations
- Smoke free environment
- If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

**The Team**
- The Community and Public Health Services Division has a primary focus on improving the health outcomes of the communities in our region. With a range of local and regional programs supporting place-based health promotion, prevention, care and support, they work collaboratively with other Divisions and regional partnerships and networks to support quality outcomes. The Division has a strong leadership role in the Loddon Mallee Region and is committed to ensuring processes are in place to deliver on our Division.

**Bendigo Region**
- Bendigo is one of Victoria’s fastest growing regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 300,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

**Diversity and Inclusion**
- Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

**Selection Criteria**
- Essentia