Indigenous health workers help connect Indigenous people with health care services. Health care is growing in Victoria. Indigenous health workers are in demand.
What is an Indigenous health worker?
Indigenous health workers support Indigenous people with health care. In this role you may:
- provide health education and counselling
- connect people with services
- perform community advocacy or outreach
- maintain records.
You may work in a hospital or clinic, or in a government or community organisation.
Find out more about Indigenous health workers(opens in a new window) and these related jobs on the Victorian Skills Gateway(opens in a new window):
- aged or disabled carer(opens in a new window)
- disabilities services officer(opens in a new window)
- hospital orderly(opens in a new window)
- nursing support worker(opens in a new window)
- operating theatre technician(opens in a new window)
- personal care assistant(opens in a new window)
- sterilisation technician(opens in a new window)
- therapy aide(opens in a new window).
Related training courses
Search for related VET courses on the Victorian Skills Gateway(opens in a new window):
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health(opens in a new window)
- ageing support(opens in a new window)
- allied health(opens in a new window)
- disability support(opens in a new window)
- community services(opens in a new window)
- nursing(opens in a new window).
You may be eligible for government funding to help pay for your course.
Median salary
The median weekly earnings for Indigenous health workers in Australia is $1,398.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia(opens in a new window)
Note this salary is current as of June 2024 and is indicative only. A range of salaries apply to different roles across the industry.
Resources to plan your next steps
Visit our health care industry profile to find out about:
- what it’s like to work in health care, and some of the jobs you could do
- training and skills to work in the industry, and financial assistance to help pay for your course
- help getting a job in health care, and industry job forecasts for Victoria
- other free resources and advice to plan your training and career.
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