Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer in Adelaide

An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as an Aboriginal Liaison Officer within the Kumangka Padninthi Health and Wellbeing Unit. At the Kumangka Padninthi Health and Wellbeing Unit, genuine, culturally grounded care is at the heart of everything. This is your opportunity to walk alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and families, ensuring their voices are heard and their cultural needs are met throughout their healthcare journey in Adelaide's northern metro.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Act as a cultural liaison between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, their families, and clinical teams across NALHN facilities.
• Support patients to navigate hospital systems, appointments, and discharge planning with confidence and dignity.
• Work collaboratively within the Kumangka Padninthi Health and Wellbeing Unit to deliver culturally safe, person-centred care.
• Build and maintain relationships with community organisations, Elders, and support services to strengthen continuity of care.

What You'll Bring:

• Lived experience and a deep understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, communities, and health needs.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate sensitively and effectively across diverse cultural and clinical environments.
• Experience working within a health, community services, or social support setting.
• Sound understanding of the barriers Aboriginal patients face when accessing mainstream healthcare.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team within NALHN's Primary Health Care framework.

To be eligible for this position, you must have a Cert III in Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Certificate III (Practice or Community Care) and or Equivalent/relevant community-based qualifications.

About You:

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

You will be joining a dynamic and expanding Local Health Network that is committed to delivering contemporary, innovative and high‑quality health services within modern facilities. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

• Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
• Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
• NALHN supports and fosters 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.
• SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.