Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advanced Health Worker
6 days ago
Are you a culturally grounded health professional with strong communication and mentoring skills? Join Darling Downs Health as an Advanced Health Worker – Sexual Health in Toowoomba. Use your voice, knowledge, and lived experience to support community, lead change, and empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities through holistic, respectful care. Be part of a team that respects culture, values connection, and walks alongside community.
Strong Culture, Strong Youth, Our Legacy, Our Future
What your day will look like….
You'll spend your time building trusted relationships with patients and families, offering support that goes beyond clinical care. Whether you're coordinating case plans, conducting home visits, or facilitating health education sessions, your work will be grounded in cultural respect and community connection. You'll collaborate with other health professionals, advocate for better access to services, and empower individuals to make informed decisions about their health. Alongside this, you'll contribute to health promotion, mentor fellow Health Workers, and help shape the way Darling Downs Health delivers care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Every interaction is an opportunity to create impact, foster understanding, and promote wellbeing.
Let's talk about you
Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:
- Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
- Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
- Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
- Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
- Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.
Why Us?
Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.
Benefits
- Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
- A diverse work culture
- Career development
- Professional development opportunities
- Education opportunities, Study and Research
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounted Private Health Insurance
- Fitness Passport
- Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
- Generous Salary Sacrificing
Next step….
Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.
Find out more about us
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