• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Health Service – Various Locations
• Salary: $84,522 - $94,003 p.a. – ASO5 - Ongoing Full-Time 

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services. NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.

With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.

Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

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.

Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

About You:

Are you dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic, looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as the Aboriginal Workforce Engagement Officer within NALHN's Aboriginal Health Strategy and Community Engagement Team.

The Aboriginal Workforce Engagement Officer aims to improve attraction and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce. Underpinned by the NALHN Aboriginal Workforce Plan 2023-2031, this includes strategic planning, policy implementation, event coordination, data management, evaluation and reporting. Work at this level is undertaken by employees with highly developed project, analytical and written communication skills. 

The Aboriginal Workforce Engagement Officer is also the lead facilitator of NALHN's well known "Deadly Team. Deadly Communities." Aboriginal Employee Network.

Locations include Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care sites at Muna Paiendi (Elizabeth Vale), Maringga Turtpandi (Hillcrest), Wonggangga Turtpandi (Port Adelaide) and Kanggawodli (Dudley Park) as well as the Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals.

A requirement of this role is that the applicant is Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander pursuant to the exemption from the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (SA). The role requires Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander expertise, cultural knowledge and life experience. Only Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants will be considered for the role.

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 Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

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: 870326

Enquiries

Toni Shearing

Manager, Aboriginal Health Strategy and Research

Phone: (08) 8240 9611

E-mail: toni.shearing@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

12 July 2024 - 11.55PM

Attachments

 870326 - Aboriginal Workforce Engagement Officer - ASO5 - role description.pdf

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.