Health Workers who take up employment with Queensland Health from intrastate, interstate or overseas may be eligible for incentive payments under the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/working-for-us/workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme ). For further information regarding the Scheme and to verify eligibility, please refer to the guideline(PDF) ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/190415/Workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme-guideline.pdf ).

About us: 

We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services. Our values were developed by our staff, patients, and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About you: 

You are a qualified Health Worker with demonstrated ability to combine your lived experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family structures, culture, practices, and protocols with mental health and/or addictions knowledge and understanding of historical practices to deliver culturally responsive MHAOD services. You have evidence of ability to broker culturally secure services by using your cultural expertise and ability to establish community connections to create strong relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the Hospital and Health Service. 

Your opportunity: 

The purpose of the role is to improve health outcomes by ensuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are engaged and consulted in the development and delivery of person centred culturally safe Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drug services.

Your role: 

• Utilise your understanding and lived experience to provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, groups, and communities with a culturally informed approach to addressing Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drug (MHAOD) issues. Performed under direction these activities may include but are not limited to:
• Person centred cultural support encompassing the values and beliefs of the individual participating in screening assessments, early identification and intervention, counselling, support health promotion and education and training programs.
• Linking community outreach and primary health/Social and Emotional Wellbeing pathways.
• Linking with traditional healing practices.
• Accessing language and interpreting support.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland )