Female Indigenous Health Practitioner (Sexual Health)

Job description

Your Contribution An exciting opportunity exists for an Indigenous Health Practitioner (Sexual Health). This position is responsible for supporting opportunistic and targeted patient screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, and for contributing to health promotion activities that encourage the adoption of safe sex practices. This position collates biannual STI data for reporting purposes and works with doctors to ensure timely patient follow up and tracing in relation to patients requiring immediate and ongoing medical interventions associated with sexual health care. This role also performs, but not limited to the following activities: - Assists with the planning, development and distribution of health promotion education and resources for patients with a view to encouraging the adoption of safe sex practices - Works with health services and pathology labs to collect data to enable the identification of STI / BBV / HIV testing rates, cases diagnosed, and cases treated - Activates recall and reminder systems relevant to high-risk patients for screening, follow-up and medical intervention. Duties & Responsibilities: - Monitor sexual health testing and treatment r...