NSW Health: Enhancing Aboriginal Workforce in Sydney Local District

This presentation provides recommendations for integrating principles related to advancing policies for Aboriginal healthcare within the Sydney Local Health District (SLHD). It emphasizes collaborative committee processes, autonomy, and engagement to enhance service value, particularly focusing on medical, nursing, allied health, and technical aspects. The presentation highlights the importance of addressing disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people through culturally safe environments and promoting health careers in community settings. Key strategies include investigating work experience programs for young Aboriginal people, managing funding issues, and strengthening midwifery nursing values through manager training. The presentation also underscores the need to support Aboriginal employees' development, promote the NSW Health Aboriginal Impact Statement Policy, and focus on training and development, inclusion in decision-making, feedback from patients, health campaigns, and awareness creation. It references relevant theories, models, and documents, including the 'Closing the Gap' initiative and the NSW Health Aboriginal Workforce Strategic Framework.

Presentation

Recommendation
Integration of the principle in relation to moving policy
forward together
The above depicted aspect can be fulfilled
through the means of following aspects:
•Collaborative committee processes
•Autonomy
•Engagement
•Moving forward initiates

Continued …..
Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) Progress towards
Target (2.6%)

Continued …..
Table which in mentioned in previous slide entails that
focus should be laid on medical, nursing, allied health
professionals, scientific and technical aspects so that the
value of services can be enhanced.
Health care entities must adequately address disparities
between Aboriginal and non - Aboriginal people in the
NSW strategic alliance, which leads to building,
implementing and ensuring association for a culturally safe
environment.
At the same time, emphasis is also required on increasing
promotion of health 17 careers and traineeships at schools
so that community settings can be encouraged accordingly.

Continued …..
•According to the development plan, there should be a
proper investigation into the opportunities for work
experience programs which specifically target young
Aboriginal people in adopting work experience within
SLHD.
•However, the issue of funding is also required to be
managed in this area through the NSW Ministry of Health
and for allied health.
•In addition, midwifery nursing values and clinical
practices can be strengthened by supporting training for
managers, which includes specific education about the
Aboriginal workforce.

Continued …..
•In order to derive outcomes like employee engagement,
improved workplace culture and enhanced organizational
performance, it is crucial for healthcare practitioners to
support Aboriginal employees in seeking opportunities to
develop to their full potential.
•It is also necessary for health care entities to ensure that
all employees promote the use of the NSW Health
Aboriginal Impact Statement Policy.
•This policy aids in identifying the priority roles which
appropriately meet the needs of clients.

Continued …..
By taking into account aspects mentioned in
previous slides it can be said that emphasis need to be
placed on allied health and technical aspect. In addition to
this, recommendation in relation to offering employment
opportunity to aboriginals who are seeking for job in such
sector.
Applications
Applications’
By following such proposed recommendation disparities among
both indigenous and non-indigeneous people can be avoided to a
great extent.
 In addition to this, by providing training to individuals
awareness among Aboriginals regarding health aspect can be
developed.

Strategies focus on Sydney local
health district
Training and development’
 Inclusion of personnel in decision
making
 Feedback from patients and their
family members
 Organizing health campaign
 Creation of awareness regarding
disease

Outline
Theories and models regarding health care leadership: Trait and
transactional theory
 Current issues related to contemporary health care leaders and
professional practice: Different disease areas and multidirectional goals.
Impact of ongoing colonization: Such aspect closely influences the
quality of service
 Elements of effective career and succession planning: by placing
emphasis on innovation and training & development aspect of personnel
health care firm would become able to offer benefit to both patients as
well as employees to the significant level.
Synthesizing complex information and concepts to enable effective
responses to recent developments to enhance health care: By taking
feedbacks from patients and their family members care home can take
significant action for improvement purpose.

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