Overview
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.
Skills
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below. AQF Associate Degree, Advanced Diploma or Diploma (ANZSCO Skill Level 2)
Tasks
- 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
Related Occupations
Source: 1220.0 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, First Edition.
Note: The tasks associated with the occupation are to be used as guidance only. The tasks listing may include tasks associated with the grouping/category to which the occupation belongs.
Training Pathways
67 courses found.
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HLT60121: Advanced Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Management
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HLT50221: Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Management
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HLT50121: Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Practice
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HLT46115: Certificate IV in Indigenous Environmental Health
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HLT40221: Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Practice
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HLT40121: Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care
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HLT36115: Certificate III in Indigenous Environmental Health
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HLT30121: Certificate III in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care
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HLT26120: Certificate II in Indigenous Environmental Health
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HLT26015: Certificate II in Population Health
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HLT20121: Certificate II in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care
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91209NSW: Certificate IV in Indigenous Therapies
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91083NSW: Certificate III in Counselling Skills for Pastoral Care
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91082NSW: Diploma of Counselling Skills for Pastoral Care
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91081NSW: Certificate IV in Counselling Skills for Pastoral Care
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69782: Course in Peer Support for Breastfeeding in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Communities
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5957: Certificate I in Health (Aboriginal Communities)
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52501WA: Diploma of Counselling and Psychotherapy
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51936: Certificate IV in Health Science Foundations
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51427: Certificate II in Watiku (Mens) Health
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51426: Certificate II in Lifestyle and Chronic Disease
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51408: Diploma of Aboriginal Mental Health Care
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51323: Certificate II in Indigenous Family Health and Wellbeing
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51060: Advanced Diploma of Aboriginal Primary Health Care Practice
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51023: Course in Cardiovascular Health For Aboriginal Health Workers
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50968: Course in Aboriginal Primary Health Care Program Work
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50966: Certificate IV in Aboriginal Primary Health Care Practice
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50965: Certificate III in Aboriginal Health Work
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50724: Diploma of Aboriginal Mental Health Care
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50723: Diploma of Aboriginal Primary Health Care
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50593: Certificate III in Aboriginal Primary Health Care Work
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50592: Certificate IV in Aboriginal Primary Health Care Work
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4946: Certificate II in Aboriginal Primary Health Care
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4533: Diploma of Aboriginal Mental Health
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40653SA: Course in Burn Prevention, Management and Rehabilitation for Aboriginal Health Workers
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40323SA: Certificate III in Aboriginal Primary Health Care
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40322SA: Certificate IV in Aboriginal Primary Health Care
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40321SA: Diploma of Aboriginal Primary Health Care
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40315SA: Diploma of Narrative Approaches for Aboriginal People (Counselling, Group & Community)
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39021QLD: Advanced Diploma of Indigenous Primary Health Care
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39020QLD: Diploma of Indigenous Primary Health Care
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39019QLD: Certificate IV in Indigenous Primary Health Care
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39006QLD: Certificate III in Indigenous Community Services and Primary Health Care
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30735QLD: Certificate IV in Operational Safety
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30677QLD: Certificate IV in Child and Youth Health (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
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30569QLD: Diploma of LMNT Neurotherapy
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22191VIC: Course in Service Co-ordination
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22056VIC: Course in Health (HIV and Hepatitis C Test Advisor)
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22024VIC: Course in Emergency Management of Asthma in the Workplace
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21976VIC: Diploma of Indigenous Spiritual and Emotional Well-being
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21947VIC: Certificate IV in Indigenous Women's and Babies' Health
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21922VIC: Certificate II in Continence Promotion and Care
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21921VIC: Course in Continence Awareness and Promotion
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21884VIC: Certificate IV in Arts for Health & Well-being
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21141VIC: Certificate IV in Indigenous Women's and Babies' Health
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13831WA: Course in Diabetes Prevention and Control for Aboriginal Health Workers
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1255: Course in Aboriginal Health Work (Aboriginal Communities)
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11295NAT: Certificate IV in Stolen Generations Family Research and Case Management
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11094NAT: Course in Providing Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Palliative Care Support
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11049NAT: Course in Health Coaching for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples with Chronic Conditions
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11037NAT: Certificate IV in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Theory and Practice
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10998NAT: Certificate IV in Breastfeeding Education
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10740NAT: Certificate IV in Women's Advocacy
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10739NAT: Certificate III in Women's Advocacy
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10681NAT: Course in Immunisation Training for Aboriginal Health Workers and Aboriginal Health Practitioners
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10506NAT: Certificate IV in Stolen Generations Family Research and Case Management
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10321NAT: Certificate IV in Business Practices for the Community Controlled Health Sector
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