Champion Cultural Excellence - This is your opportunity to be an influential advocate for positive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health outcomes across the Torres and Cape HHS!
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Health Worker Advanced (Identified) | Permanent Full Time | Cairns & Weipa
Ready for a meaningful role that starts with a yarn? Emma Pickering, *** would love to hear your story and answer any questions you may have about the role.
Tell me more... With 2 locations available, you have the opton of choosing your preferred location of either Cairns or Weipa.
Weipa is a relaxed coastal town where red dirt, blue water, and golden sunsets create the perfect backdrop for balancing rewarding work with a laid‑back lifestyle. With friendly locals, great fishing, and a warm community feel, it's easy to settle into a rhythm that feels both productive and peaceful.
Cairns is set between the Great Barrier Reef and lush mountain ranges, Cairns blends energetic city living with relaxed tropical charm. Its easy pace, friendly community, and stunning natural surrounds offering a lively city feel wrapped in palm‑fringed calm. With vibrant cafés, ocean breezes, and endless outdoor adventures makes balancing work and play feel effortless.
The Advanced Health Worker – Sexual and Reproductive Health is part of a diverse and dedicated team providing specialised outreach services to nine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and three towns across Cape York. Working within the Public Health Unit, the service focuses on accessible, culturally informed care delivered in partnership with local primary health teams. In this role, you will collaborates closely with the Clinical Nurse Consultant to deliver high‑quality, community‑centred sexual and reproductive health support throughout the Cape York Peninsula.
Professional and personal motivators!
As an Indigenous Health Worker, your advocacy for local Torres and Cape patients is vital in ensuring culturally sensitive and effective health care.
You'll work in diverse and supportive environments that offer attractive lifestyle opportunities and experiences and enable you to make a valuable contribution in small communities. These communities will help you grow, connect, learn and create life-defining experiences that will shape who you are as a health professional and a person.
Torres and Cape will give you a career with purpose, plus excellent benefits and allowances;
* Base salary comprising between $77,342- $106,358 p.a – you may be eligible for additional benefits – refer to Workplace benefits | Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
* Competitive salary packaging: Generous employer superannuation contribution of 12.75% and salary packaging options Salary and benefits | Careers (health.qld.gov.au)
* Generous leave entitlements including 17.5% loading on annual leave
* Professional Development: Our training is recognised as some of the best in the world
Liing within the Torres and Cape region means you will be able to enjoy:
* Immersing yourself in nature, from the outback to tropical rainforests, coral reefs and extraordinary landscapes.
* Short commute to work, allowing greater work/life balance
* Rich Indigenous Culture
* Imagine yourself here? Find out about Torres and Cape HHS and the Torres Strait and Cooktown and Cape York regions on the Tropical North Queensland website.
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Torres and Cape HHS Values - Courage | Accountability | Respect | Engage
How do I apply? Applications should be submitted ONLINE via the Smart Jobs and Careers website.
Please no unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.