The Aboriginal Health Practitioner is responsible for providing support to the community to maintain and promote health care. The position provides this support by addressing the health needs of individual community members and the community.
Position:
- Provide culturally appropriate health care to meet the needs of the community.
- Participate in relevant projects and groups that aim to increase general health awareness.
- Conduct opportunistic and scheduled health assessments, immunisations and treatment of clients within own scope of practice and delegation of clinical authority at home visit/clinic or group.
- Provide flexible support, guidance and advice to individuals, families, and carers to assist address their social, emotional and physical needs.
- Safely and proficiently undertake a range of simple clinical assessments (Health Checks, GPMP and TCA), tests and procedures as a member of a primary health care team.
- Contribute to the effective management of the patient care plan systems, including participating in-patient care conferences, managing patient follow-up procedures, and maintaining appropriate and adequate documentation in accordance with established guidelines.
- Actively encourage client/family/community to engage in practices conducive to optimising health.
- Actively maintain knowledge of the application of the MBS relevant to your job role and ensure information about completed MBS items is effectively captured for accurate processing of claims.
- Collect and record data from clients which assist in the diagnosis and management of common medical problems and medical emergencies.
- Liaise with Indigenous agencies, health clinics, hospitals and welfare providers, and other staff members (particularly the Program Team) to ensure clients have access to information and are referred to relevant services and programs as required.
- Collect and prepare reports and statistics as required by the Practice Manager and other service reporting requirements (e.g. Operational Plan Development).
- Undertake regular Information Technology (IT) training to ensure useful and accurate data entry relevant to whole of service reporting requirements.
- Collect and prepare reports and statistics as required by the Practice Manager.
- Participate in quality improvement processes to improve patient and Centre outcomes.
Essential
- Certificate IV or Diploma in Primary Health Care or equivalent industry experience.
- Certificate in Pathology Collection or the equivalent or willingness to obtain.
- Demonstrated knowledge in the principles of primary health and the associated skills to perform assessments, plan and implement health care strategies.
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills in dealing with the community, patients, and staff members.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in using computers and particularly the Microsoft Office Suite and a demonstrated understanding of medical software.
- A knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander societies and cultures and an understanding of the issues, particularly in the health area which are affecting Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people and a demonstrated ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people.
- Current NSW Drivers Licence
- Current Criminal History check
- Current Working with Children check.
Desirable
- Willing to undertake further studies.
- A local understanding of the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander communities in the area
For further information, please contact Jessica on 02 4924 8082 or email jyuen@rdnhealth.org
