About Us?

The Institute for Urban Indigenous Health Ltd was established by its founding members to provide a coordinated/integrated approach to the planning, development and delivery of comprehensive primary health care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations within the Southeast Qld Region.

The Australian Family Partnership Program (AFPP) is a home visiting program for first time mothers of Indigenous babies. AFPP Nurse Home Visitors, together with Indigenous Family Partnership Workers, support women from pregnancy through to children’s second birthdays. During the program, women have an opportunity to build parenting capacity, explore strategies for achieving identified goals, and feel empowered to manage their lives. The underlying objective of the AFPP is to improve the health, wellbeing and self-sufficiency of parents and their children.

About the Role?

The AFPP Nurse Home Visitor (NHV) works in partnership with the Family Partnership Worker to provide a culturally safe, comprehensive home visiting service to women pregnant with an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander baby and their families. The Nurse Home Visitor is responsible for maintaining the highest standards in nursing practice, meet AFPP model requirements and observe the Primary Health Care Service’s policies and guidelines. The Nurse Home Visitor reports to the AFPP Operations Manager.

Your day-to-day duties may include:

• Works collaboratively with teams and uses Reflective Practice in supervision to improve skills in delivering care in line with the Program model.
• Utilizes the nursing process and delivers content at home visits in a way that maintains alignment with the client centred principles including modelling therapeutic relationships, change theory, self-efficacy, client centred, strength based and solution focused approaches.
• Carries a case load of up to 20 clients.
• Maintains accurate client service data, timely input of the data into the Data Collection system and participates in team driven regular review and analysis of data reports to ensure Continuing Quality Improvement (CQI).
• Provides education, support and referral resources when assisting women and their families to identify and achieve their stated goals and evaluate AFPP outcomes.

About You?

• AHPRA Registration
• Current Criminal History Check or willingness to obtain
• Qualification in Nursing
• Current C Class Drivers Licence (Qld)

Desirable, but not mandatory:

• Demonstrated experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and /or communities

What Can we Offer?

At IUIH we recognise that we operate in a diverse community and welcome and encourage applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans, refugees, and people with disabilities.

• At IUIH ‘Our Collectivity is Our Strength’.
• We are a diverse and inclusive workplace that invites applications from all people.
• Be part of Australia’s largest community controlled Aboriginal Health Service.
• Access to “Growing Our Own Opportunities” through in-house training and programs.
• Weekly Staff Wellness activities and all staff ‘Gather and Grow’ yarns and award ceremonies.
• Opportunities to attend community events such as NAIDOC, Rugby League Carnivals and more.
• Onsite Presto’s Café at our Windsor Office providing a range of hot and cold beverages and healthy breakfast and lunch options.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Midday Monday 2nd June