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Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Advanced Health Worker (Identified)

Other Health Care

Posted: 7 Apr 2025

Location: MT Isa QLD

The NWHHS Community Palliative Care team provides comprehensive and compassionate care to address Palliative Care needs for clients and their families living in the Northwest region.

  • Loca­tion: Mount Isa
  • Remu­ner­a­tion: $75,090 — $103,261 per annum (Base Salary)
  • Per­ma­nent full-time role avail­able, 76 hours per fortnight.

Work­ing with us

  • Base salary ranges between $75,090 — $103,261 per annum (HWF3).
  • For 1 year will get you an iso­la­tion bonus of AUD$3,500. If you stay for 2 years you will get AUD$10,500… and for your 3rd year (and every year after that) you will get AUD$7,000.
  • Pro­vid­ing 2 return air­fares p.a. (inc. spouse/​dependents) to the near­est east coast provin­cial city in con­junc­tion with your recre­ation leave.
  • 12.75% employ­er super­an­nu­a­tion contribution.
  • Long Ser­vice Leave and Sick Leave accrual.
  • Tax sav­ings through salary sac­ri­fic­ing options are also available.

Pro­fes­sion­al­ly, our HHS val­ues pro­fes­sion­al­ism, lead­er­ship capa­bil­i­ty, excel­lence and resilience in our staff. We are com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing extra­or­di­nary oppor­tu­ni­ties for career devel­op­ment includ­ing in-house train­ing, devel­op­ment and men­tor­ing programs.

The lifestyle in Mount Isa is fam­i­ly friend­ly; it is a vibrant city with an out­back com­mu­ni­ty feel. You will fall in love with the nat­ur­al splen­dour of the North West Queens­land region, the expe­ri­ence of a rural/​urban com­mu­ni­ty and the oppor­tu­ni­ty to make a real and pos­i­tive dif­fer­ence… and want to stay.

Once a raw fron­tier town built in the heart of North West Queens­land around the vast min­er­al resources, Mount Isa has grown into a thriv­ing indus­tri­al and com­mer­cial cen­tre renowned for its friend­ly and wel­com­ing nature.

Affec­tion­ate­ly known as the ​‘oasis of the out­back,’ Mount Isa rep­re­sents over 50 nation­al­i­ties which give the city a unique cos­mopoli­tan flavour. Peo­ple enjoy liv­ing in this mod­ern com­mu­ni­ty, with restau­rants, excel­lent health care, shop­ping, church­es, clubs, ser­vice clubs and social activ­i­ties. You will love the year­ly car­ni­val of fes­tiv­i­ties and cel­e­bra­tions includ­ing the Mount Isa Rodeo.

The Tra­di­tion­al Own­ers of the area are the Kalka­doon people.

Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!

About the role

The NWHHS Com­mu­ni­ty Pal­lia­tive Care team pro­vides com­pre­hen­sive and com­pas­sion­ate care to address Pal­lia­tive Care needs for clients and their fam­i­lies liv­ing in the North­west region.

Pro­vide a cul­tur­al­ly respon­sive pri­ma­ry health­care ser­vice to Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ple and their families.

Assist clients by act­ing in a liai­son and sup­port role to ensure that they under­stand and can active­ly par­tic­i­pate in their own health care.

Require­ments

  • Under s25 of the Anti-Dis­crim­i­na­tion Act 1991 (Qld), there is a gen­uine occu­pa­tion­al require­ment for the incum­bent to be Indige­nous to the Abo­rig­i­nal or Tor­res Strait Islander Community.
  • Cer­tifi­cate IV in Abo­rig­i­nal and/​or Tor­res Strait Islander Pri­ma­ry Health; or Diplo­ma of Abo­rig­i­nal and/​or Tor­res Strait Islander Pri­ma­ry Health Care (Appli­cants who do not hold the manda­to­ry qual­i­fi­ca­tion require­ments, and will com­mit to com­plet­ing the qualification(s) with­in an agreed time­frame, are encour­aged to apply for this vacan­cy). Please refer to the Role Descrip­tion for fur­ther infor­ma­tion regard­ing the qual­i­fi­ca­tions and requirements.
  • C Class Motor Vehi­cle Licence.
  • Pre-employ­ment screen­ing will be con­duct­ed for the suc­cess­ful appli­cant, includ­ing Crim­i­nal His­to­ry / Aged Care checks.
  • Poten­tial appli­cants are advised that the Com­mis­sion for Chil­dren and Young Peo­ple and Child Guardian Act 2000 requires Queens­land Health to seek a ​‘work­ing with chil­dren check, from the Com­mis­sion for Chil­dren and Young Peo­ple and Child Guardian pri­or to appoint­ment to this position.
  • This is a VPD risk role and may require evi­dence of vac­ci­na­tion or immu­ni­ty to: Hepati­tis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubel­la, Vari­cel­la, Per­tus­sis, and Tuberculosis.
  • A peri­od of pro­ba­tion may apply.

Enquiries: Don­na McGre­gor (07) 4744 7982

Job Ad Ref­er­ence: MI627678

Appli­ca­tion Details: https://​smartjobs​.qld​.gov​.au/​j​o​b​s​/​Q​L​D​-​M​I​6​27678

Clos­ing Date: Thurs­day, 17 April 2025