Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Health Worker

About Us

Children's Health Queensland is a specialist statewide hospital and health service dedicated to caring for children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

We are committed to collaborating with all of our healthcare partners, most importantly families, to ensure we consistently deliver safe, high-quality patient and family-centred care.

A recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, education and research, Children's Health Queensland delivers a full range of clinical services, tertiary level care and health promotion programs.

• We provide an integrated network of services through

The Queensland Children's Hospital

The Child and Youth Community Health Service

The Child and Youth Mental Health Service

Statewide services and programs, including specialist outreach and telehealth services

Partnerships with other hospital and health services and non-government organisations

Children's Health Queensland provides services from key locations in the Brisbane metropolitan area and works with the 15 other hospital and health services as well as NGOs and charity partners in Queensland to deliver an integrated network of healthcare services and support across the state.

The position of Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander Advanced Health Worker will :

Function as a member of the EBFC to deliver holistic, effective, clinically relevant, and culturally safe care in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families.

Works alongside the EBFC team supporting family centred, culturally safe, responsive, and appropriate service pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. This includes triage, admission, discharge and linking families back into local resources within their own communities.

What CHQ HHS can offer

Apart from contributing to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, you will also benefit from a competitive remuneration package and a working environment which embraces professional development, builds capabilities and supports staff to maximise their health and wellbeing. Additional benefits include :

Up to 12.75% employer superannuation contribution

5% annual leave loading

Salary packaging

Employee Assistance Program

Work / life balance, variety and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.

Some roles within Queensland Health are designated as 'Vaccination Preventable Disease (VPD) risk roles'. A VPD risk role is a role in which the incumbent may be exposed to the risk of acquisition and / or transmission of a VPD. Please refer to the attached Role Description for more information and what requirements may exist.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.