Typical tasks and duties

Aboriginal Health Worker may perform the following tasks:

• treat diseases or injuries
• maintain health records and statistics
• act as a communicator and/or interpreter on behalf of clients and other health workers
• take part in case management and follow-up, independently or with other healthcare providers
• provide health education to individual clients and health staff
• provide cultural education to people outside the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community
• provide life skills education to the community they serve
• provide counselling and referrals for problem cases
• contribute to the planning, development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of all health programmes in the community
• carry out administrative duties, including budgeting and correspondence.
• Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years; Or
• Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level with an additional qualification at least AQF Certificate IV in a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years; Or
• Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level without a highly relevant field of study and at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years;