Employment Type: Temporary Full Time, 38 hours per week, until 05 June 2028
Location: Liverpool Hospital, Eastern Campus
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 1
Remuneration: $1,618.21 - $2,152.81 per week
Requisition ID: REQ571312
Application Close Date: 01/06/2025
Interview Date Range: 04/06/2025 – 11/06/2025
Contact Details: Elyse Beauchamp – 0401023732 | Elyse.Beauchamp@health.nsw.gov.au

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Are you passionate about improving health outcomes for Aboriginal communities? Do you want to gain hands-on experience in public health while completing your Master of Public Health (MPH)? This unique trainee opportunity could be the next big step in your career.
South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) is seeking an Aboriginal Population Health Trainee to join our team and support culturally responsive public health strategies that address chronic disease and other key health challenges in our Aboriginal communities.

This role supports:

• The development and delivery of effective, evidence-based population health programs for the southwestern Sydney community.
• NSW Health’s commitment to Closing the Gap in Indigenous health outcomes through the five priority areas outlined in the NSW Implementation Plan.

As a trainee, you’ll rotate through a variety of placements within Population Health and Aboriginal Health while completing your MPH, gaining practical experience in surveillance, community engagement, policy development, program implementation, and more.

TRANSFORMING YOUR EXPERIENCE

Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PERMANENT APPOINTMENT TO A POSITION IN NSW HEALTH, YOU MUST HAVE AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP OR PERMANENT AUSTRALIAN RESIDENCY.

At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ️ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ️ background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
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WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

The role of the Aboriginal Population Health Trainee is to:

• Support the capacity of the South Western Sydney Local Health District to mount effective preventive health strategies to address chronic diseases within the Aboriginal population in NSW.
• Develop the surge capacity of Aboriginal public health practitioners within the District who are able to support a culturally appropriate response to a variety of public health risks.
• Contribute to NSW Health’s commitment to Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health and in particular to the five priority areas described in the NSW Implementation Plan.

This role supports:

• The development and delivery of effective, evidence-based population health programs for the southwestern Sydney community.
• NSW Health’s commitment to Closing the Gap in Indigenous health outcomes through the five priority areas outlined in the NSW Implementation Plan