Aboriginal Health Worker - Aboriginal maternal infant health service

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Aboriginal Health Worker
Remuneration: $ 62,512.00 - $ 90,357.00 pa (+ superannuation + salary packaging options)
Hours per week: 38
Requisition: REQ552848
Location: Dubbo, NSW- Find out more
Applications Close: 20 March 2025 – 11:59pm

                                         Aboriginal Health Worker – Aboriginal Maternal Infant Health Service (AMIHS)

                              Dubbo Primary & Community Health

About the role:

The Aboriginal Maternal Infant Health Service (AMIHS) aims to improve the health and wellbeing of mothers and aboriginal babies. AMIHS (Aboriginal Maternal Infant Health Service) is a community based midwifery service.

The Aboriginal Health Worker is a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, providing flexible primary health care services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities. This includes activities that address their holistic and cultural needs to improve health access and outcomes. The Aboriginal Health Worker will support women, their families, and their babies by providing a safe environment from conception up to 8 weeks postnatal, ensuring that the women's pregnancy journey is both culturally and clinically safe.

This community based role works within a primary health care model to enhance the woman’s pregnancy journey. 

Western NSW LHD encourages suitably qualified female Aboriginal people to apply for this position.  Being female is considered a genuine occupational qualification as per Section 31 of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).

This is a targeted position in accordance with GSE Rule 26: Employment of eligible persons.​Whereby Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply and, where found suitable, will be given higher priority under affirmative action in order to improve access to employment and career opportunities. In the event there are no suitable Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants, then applications from non-Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants will be considered.

To find out more about the role click to view the Position Description


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