Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker

Your new role:

As an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker in Cardiology, you will play a key role in improving access, equity, and health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. Working within the Heart, Lung and Critical Care division, you will deliver culturally appropriate support, education, and advocacy across cardiac care services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting patients, families, and carers during cardiac care journeys, including discharge and follow-up
• Providing health education, case management, and culturally safe advocacy
• Liaising with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community groups and organisations
• Attending appointments with patients and linking them to community or primary health services
• Promoting and facilitating access to cardiac services and supporting patient self-management
• Contributing to quality improvement, governance, and community consultation initiatives

This is an identified vacancy with a genuine occupational requirement for the position to be filled by a candidate indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community. Candidates not meeting this criteria will not be considered.

About you:

We are seeking a committed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker who can combine cultural knowledge with health expertise to support better outcomes in cardiac care.

To succeed in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Lived experience and cultural knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, health providers, and community organisations
• Knowledge of the social determinants of health and barriers to accessing cardiac services
• Strong liaison, negotiation, and advocacy skills to support patient-centred care
• Certificate IV or Diploma in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care

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What we can offer you:

• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.

We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.

We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.