Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Liaison Officer Each day will be a dynamic mix of engaging with patients, families, and healthcare professionals to ensure culturally safe and compassionate care. You'll advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, helping them navigate hospital processes, treatment plans, and discharge pathways. You'll work closely with the multidisciplinary team, offering advice and facilitating communication, translating medical procedures into culturally relevant frameworks. You'll also play a key role in educating staff about cultural needs, fostering understanding, and ensuring that all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients feel respected and supported throughout their healthcare journey. Whether liaising with government and community groups or contributing to internal priorities, you'll be making a real difference in the lives of your community every day.
Let's talk about you! Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:
Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding. Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do. Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do. Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better. Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up. Why Us? Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.
Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements Education opportunities, Study and Research Paid parental leave Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Discounted Private Health Insurance Fitness Passport Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility Generous Salary Sacrificing Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.
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