Remuneration: $109,857 - $129,624 +12% Super + Salary Packaging
Location: Gomeroi Country – Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital
Closing Date: Sunday 12th of October
If you are passionate about walking alongside your community, supporting healing, and making a real difference in the lives of Aboriginal people living with stroke, we would love to hear from you.
This is a position identified for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people on the basis of a genuine occupational qualification under section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants must demonstrate Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status in addition to addressing the below questions that will be included with your cover letter.
About Us
Hunter New England Health's Hunter Stroke Team is dedicated to delivering culturally responsive and person-centred care. This role offers a unique opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team and Community-led research team while fostering strong relationships with Aboriginal communities, and local Aboriginal Medical Services (AMS) and other community services delivering culturally safe care.
The Hunter Stroke Service is working with the Gomeroi/Gamilaraay Community in the Yarning up After Stroke Project, to develop, implement and evaluate a culturally responsive model of stroke care. The Stroke Navigator role is an important element of this model of care.
Hunter Stroke Service members Ms Simone Owen and Dr Heidi Janssen will provide mentorship and supervision to the Stroke Navigator Role. The Hunter Stroke Service and the Yarning up After Stroke Project Team which include community Elders and community members while partnering Aboriginal communities and local health services to ensure that people living with stroke receive care that is culturally safe and empowering.
About the Role
This is a community-led and developed role, designed to support Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people living with stroke, their families, and communities. The Stroke Navigator will work closely with patients from their initial hospital visit in the Emergency Department (ED) through a 12-week recovery journey, ensuring they receive culturally safe, integrated care. This is an innovative and first-of-its-kind role within NSW Health, offering an opportunity to lead the way in delivering person-centred, culturally safe stroke recovery services.
For more information on the role click here for a copy of the Position Description
A Typical Day Might Involve
- Providing direct support to Aboriginal stroke patients and their families along their recovery journey
- Acting as a key advocate, ensuring patients receive culturally safe and appropriate care throughout their hospital stay and beyond.
- Working closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT), including GPs, AMSs, and health service providers, to coordinate comprehensive self-determined stroke recovery plans
- Educating clinicians on culturally responsive stroke recovery care.
- Facilitating access to services and referrals for a three-month period within the first 6 months post-stroke.
- Leading community engagement efforts to strengthen stroke awareness and promote cardiovascular health within Aboriginal communities.
Who We Are Looking For
We are seeking a passionate and community-connected individual who is committed to ensuring Aboriginal people living with stroke can self-determine their stroke recovery and do so within an environment that is culturally safe. Essential Skills & Attributes:
- Lived experience and/or experience working with stroke patients.
- Robust and respected community relationship with the community of Tamworth, country and other communities within Gomeroi Land.
- Must be living on Gomeroi/ Gamilaraay land.
- Experience collaborating with local Aboriginal Medical Services (AMS).
- Ability to develop and maintain relationships with patients, families, and healthcare providers.
- Strong advocacy and leadership skills, supporting self-determination in health care.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to have meaningful and culturally appropriate conversations.
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team and both provide and receive mentorship.
- Ability to engage with community members including at community events to promote the role and raise awareness of stroke and stroke services.
- A current driver's license is required with the ability to travel, with overnight stays when needed.
How You Will Be Supported
- Comprehensive orientation and training, ensuring you feel confident stepping into this role.
- One-on-one clinical and cultural mentorship to develop skills in stroke recovery care.
- Access to ongoing professional development and networking opportunities within NSW Health.
- A supportive, culturally safe work environment, where you can receive mentorship in a way that is comfortable for you.
AtHunter New England Health
- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Monthly Allocated Days Off (for full-time employees)
- 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
- Salary packaging options - up to $11,600 plus novated leasing
- Fitness Passport for health and well-being - discounted gym options for you and your family\\
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family membersOpportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals
📌 Aboriginal Stroke Navigator
🏢 Hunter New England Local Health District
📍 Tamworth