Kanggawodli - Aboriginal Health Practitioner Renal Dialysis Service - Adelaide, Australia - SA Health

Description

About the role

The Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) has a strong commitment to the provision of accessible, effective and meaningful services to the Aboriginal communities, families and individuals from metropolitan, rural and remote areas. It also acknowledges the cultural determinants and particular complexities affecting the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people and the need for a holistic and multi-faceted health approach to service design and delivery.

SA Health is leading significant reform designed to improve the health of all South Australians and meet future challenges, in accordance with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan and Close the Gap initiatives. The CALHN Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Hub is implementing new approaches to Aboriginal health. This includes; opportunistic screening and early detection of chronic conditions support for culturally safe acute and ongoing care, and improved discharge planning to improve outcomes, quality and general health care experiences for all Aboriginal patients. This is governed by the CALHN Aboriginal Health Executive Committee.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner (Acute Specialist in Training) will work within the hospital setting to assist in implementing and embedding a stronger and more sustainable approach to support of Aboriginal patients in hospital, or attending outpatients and emergency departments, through providing an 'Aboriginal lens' to health care and delivering cultural safe care. In collaboration with the multidisciplinary teams will assist in assessment and providing clinical intervention to Aboriginal patients, including those with complex needs. They will assist multi-disciplinary team members on culturally appropriate interventions. The service they provide will aim to reduce the risk of Aboriginal patients disengaging with treatment and care plans. They will provide acute and sub-acute health responses, support hospital avoidance and advise on length of stay in the acute sector and closer to home services.

The Practitioner (Acute Specialist in Training) will provide clinical intervention, assessment, care planning and education within their scope of practice.

About CALHN

The Central Adelaide Local Health Network includes South's Australia's major quaternary facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, and the Repat Health Precinct. We also deliver mental health services at Glenside Health Services and at a range of other locations across the metropolitan and regional areas.

We're looking for talented staff to join us and help us to shape the future of health through and and achieve our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.

What we offer

Essential Requirements:

Diversity and inclusion: At CALHN we support and foster a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.