Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Career Assessment
Occupation Code
411511List
ROL
Descriptions
Liaises with patients, clients, visitors to hospitals and other medical facilities and staff at health clinics, and works as a team member to arrange, coordinate and provide health care delivery in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community health clinics. Registration or licensing may be required.
Job Description
- Maintaining health records and statistics
- Acting as an advocate in the community they serve, and as a communicator and interpreter on behalf of clients and other health workers
- Providing clinical functions, such as case management and follow-up, independently or in consultation with other health care providers
- Providing health education to individual clients and staff in health facilities
- Providing cultural education to persons outside the cultural community and life skills education to the community they serve
- Providing counselling and referring clients to other health care providers where necessary
Types of visas you can apply for
Other visa types
494 - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (provisional) (subclass 494) - Employer sponsored stream
187 - Regional Sponsor Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
Skill Assessment
Skills Assessment Requirements
Applicants are required to have academic qualifications related to the nominated position PhD / Bachelor (including Honours Bachelor and Master) / Diploma completed in Australia / Australian Level 3 Certificate - AQFⅢ/Ⅳ compeleted in Australia 104 weeks of study time in Australia
Work requirements
Applicants are required to have: at least 52 weeks of post-graduation work experience in Australia related to the nominated position
A qualification assessed at least AQF Diploma level, with an additional qualification of at least AQF Certificate IV in a highly relevant field of study, and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant work at an appropriate skill level in the past five years; or A qualification assessed at least AQF Diploma level but without a highly relevant field of study, and at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant work at an appropriate skill level in the past five years
Assessment Agency
- VETASSES