Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 5th May 2021
Make a real difference by assisting newly arrived refugee and asylum seeker clients to access primary health care in a culturally safe environment.
Part time 0.4 EFT (Fixed term 6-month contract)
DPV Health is a leading healthcare services provider operating out of Melbourne’s northern growth corridor. Our professional staff deliver a wide variety of clinical, community health and wellbeing services.
At DPV Health we strive ourselves on being inclusive and celebrating the diversity of all people within our communities. We are passionate about helping to support people to lead happy healthy lives. We are dedicated to working with people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people with a disability, our LGBTIQ+ community, and people from cultural and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
Individually and together, we bring our values of Inclusion, Integrity, Excellence, Innovation and Collaboration to life.
On arrival Australia's Health system often appears confusing and complex especially when the client is from a language background other than English. This role enables you to assist newly arrived refugee and asylum seeker clients who access primary health care services as required and consented to by the client. Your role is supported by a team of Refugee Health Nurses and further supported by refugee specific social worker along with a qualified Arabic interpreter and Arabic speaking bicultural worker.
Your role will include:
If this role sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!
If you would like more information about this role please contact Maree Kendall, Team Leader at [email protected], using the subject line: Refugee Health Nurse enquiry via EthicalJobs.
DPV Health is committed to Equal Opportunity, ethical practice and the principles of cultural diversity and social inclusion. We are committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.