About the Role:
Walk alongside families to shape better health outcomes for the next generation.
Aboriginal communities in Adelaide's north deserve health care that meets them where they are. Care that feels safe, respectful, and grounded in culture. As an Aboriginal Health Navigator with the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN), you'll be the connection. You’ll walk with patients and families, help them feel confident in a system that can be hard to navigate alone, and make a real difference in the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and mothers birthing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
What You'll Be Doing
Based within the NALHN Continuity of Care Program (within the Women and Children's Division), and working across Adelaide's northern metro region, you'll support Aboriginal patients to access, understand, and engage with health services during pregnancy, and through early years of a child's life (0 - 4 years). This is a full-time role, long-term contract role through to 30 June 2027 (part time hours considered).
- Provide culturally responsive navigation support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and their families, ensuring they feel safe, respected and understood
- Build strong relationships with clinical teams, community organisations, and external services to coordinate care pathways
- Walk alongside families to help them attend appointments, understand their care plans, and stay connected with follow-up services
- Promote cultural safety across NALHN sites and community settings, helping shape a health system where Aboriginal families feel culturally safe, respected and supported
What You'll Bring
- This is an Identified position: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage is a genuine requirement
- Understanding of community needs and the health and social challenges facing Aboriginal communities in South Australia
- Strong interpersonal and yarning skills with the ability to build trust and connect with people from all walks of life
- Experience working in health, community, or social services setting (paid or volunteer)
- Ability to work independently while collaborating with multidisciplinary clinical teams
- Current driver's licence and willingness to travel across the northern Adelaide metro area
About You:
You bring lived experience, cultural knowledge, and a deep understanding of what helps Aboriginal families feel safe, heard and supported when engaging with health services.
You have strong interpersonal and communication skills that help you yarn with people from all walks of life, build trust quickly, and navigate sensitive or difficult conversations with care. Your ability to hold space for families, advocate for their needs, and walk alongside them through complex systems is a real strength.
You’re someone who can juggle multiple priorities while staying grounded, resilient and focused — even in busy or challenging environments. Your cultural insight, community ties, and commitment to improving health outcomes for Aboriginal children and mothers will make you a vital part of our team.
You’ll be joining a dynamic and expanding Local Health Network that genuinely values Aboriginal voices, perspectives and leadership. We’re committed to delivering contemporary, innovative and high‑quality health services — and we recognise that culturally strong, and respectful staff are essential to achieving this.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven and progressive team, while making a meaningful difference for families across Adelaide’s north.
About Adelaide:
Adelaide is consistently recognised as a city that artfully combines its compact charm and world-class cuisine with picturesque nature escapes. Ranked one of the worlds “Most Liveable Cities” and “Most Beautiful Cities”, Adelaide provides something for everyone combining a wonderful mix of nature with nearby beaches, rolling hills and wildlife and culinary delights with fine dining restaurants, award-winning cafes, bustling food markets and booming boutique bars. Events like the LIV Golf, SANTOS Tour Down Under, Adelaide Fringe and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival add extra appeal to living here.
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.
NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.
With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.
With over 7,000 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:
NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide’s north and north-eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.
Lyell McEwin Hospital – the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.
Modbury Hospital – a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.
Mental Health Services – adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.
Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services – provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.
Primary Health Care Services – including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.
Benefits of working at NALHN:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.
Check(s):
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for vulnerable person-related employment screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.
- Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances)
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 938801
Enquiries:
Sarah Pratt
Principal Project Consultant
Phone: 0432 781 879
E-mail: sarah.pratt@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
10 July 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
938801 - Aboriginal Health Navigator - ASO5 - Womens & Childrens - Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
