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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker - Palliative Care

Metro South Health Service
Woolloongabba, QLD
A$37.87 p/h
Community Services & Development → Indigenous & Multicultural Services
Part-time
On-site

Posted 6 days ago


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.

Your new Role:

Through care coordination, advocacy, education, and collaboration with communities and service providers, we provide culturally safe, consumer-centered palliative care that supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and their families while respecting their culture and the Metro South Health iCare Values.

About You:

We are looking for someone who enjoys working with the community and is passionate about improving the lives of people. Join our welcoming team that celebrates diversity and inclusivity.

  • A desire to improve patient outcomes
  • The capacity to collaborate with others in a diverse team
  • A dedication to excellence in all that you do
  • The ability to manage workload to provide prompt patient care

What we can offer you:

  • We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
  • 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.

Princess Alexandra Hospital:

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.

Princess Alexandra Hospital, a place of countless opportunities to learn and grow your career!

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 Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.


About Metro South Health Service

Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia

Metro South Health is the major provider of public health services, and health education and research, in the Brisbane south side, Logan, Redlands and Scenic Rim regions.

We serve an estimated population of 1 million people, 23 per cent of Queensland’s population. We employ more than 10,000 staff and have an annual operating budget of $1.6 billion.

Our catchment spans 3,856 square kilometres and covers the area from the Brisbane River in the north to Redland City in the east, south to Logan and the eastern portion of the Scenic Rim to the border of New South Wales.

We have five major hospitals in addition to a number of health centres throughout the region.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

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