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Are you a skilled, collaborative professional, passionate about supporting and improving the lives of LGBTIQ+ people living with intellectual disability?

We are now recruiting for an appropriately qualified Project Coordinator to support an exciting new project, Accessible Pride, which is based in our Head Office in Abbotsford, Melbourne.

The Accessible Pride project aims to improve the lives of LGBTIQ+ people with intellectual disability by building the capacity of service sectors and communities around them to be more welcoming, accessible, inclusive and affirming of their intersectional identities and experiences.

The Project Coordinator will have demonstrable skills in community development work, stakeholder engagement and project management, as well as knowledge of the issues relevant to the project including the complex and intersectional barriers experienced by LGBTIQ+ people with intellectual disability.

By facilitating the meaningful engagement of LGBTIQ+ people with intellectual disability in all aspects of the project, the Project Coordinator will play a key part in ensuring the project activities truly embody and demonstrate best-practice in codesign and codelivery.

Click here for full Position Description with Key Selection Criteria.

We offer generous salary packaging and a commitment to quality improvement and professional development.

For further enquiries please contact: Matthew Parsons, Project Manager, Accessible Pride on 0488 227 326 or matthew.parsons@thorneharbour.org

All applicants should have experience working on intellectual and/or cognitive disability focused support services, health promotion, community development, supported employment or adult education projects in a dynamic professional office environment.

How to Apply

Written applications addressing the selection criteria and including a resume and the names and contact details of three professional referees should be sent to recruitment@thorneharbour.org

Applications close: Sunday 5th January 2025.

Important: it is essential that applicants specifically address the selection criteria. Where selection criteria have not been addressed, applications will not be considered.

Thorne Harbour Health is committed to child safety. We have zero tolerance of child abuse. Our robust human resources, recruitment and vetting practices are strictly adhered to during the application and interviewing process. Applicants should be aware that we carry out working with children, police records and reference checks for all roles.

Equinox is a Thorne Harbour Health (THH) operated health service that caters exclusively to our Trans and Gender Diverse (TGD) communities. The primary objective of Equinox is to reduce the barriers that TGD people face in accessing primary health care services and to contribute to the health and wellbeing of these communities. We offer mental health, sexual health, hormone management and a full range of GP services. Equinox is currently AGPAL Accredited.

PRONTO! is a peer driven, community-based shop front approach to reduce barriers to testing and early HIV detection. PRONTO! was established to reduce the barriers faced by gay and other men who have sex with men (MSM) communities. PRONTO! services include peer-delivered rapid HIV testing and STI screening as well as medical practitioner facilitated Pre–Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) access clinics. Medical practitioners interpret STI test results and offer treatment services on-site.

We are currently seeking contractor General Practitioners/Sexual Health Physicians who are interested in working in this unique space. Our existing team of GPs are happy to provide mentoring and support to interested medical practitioners who are interested in developing their skills and working with TGD and/or gay/MSM communities.

Our current team consists of GPs that provide services to both Equinox and PRONTO! clients, and some who just work with the PRONTO! program. We have an urgent need for more doctors to work in our Equinox program and priority will be given to applicants willing to work primarily in this service.

We offer bulk-billing services to clients of both programs. Clients without Medicare are billed at the Medicare Rebate Schedule rates. We offer our contractor GPs a fee split of 70% of all income received.

Click here for the full Contract Role Description.

For further information, contact Program Manager, Peter Locke on 0419 913 062 or peter.locke@thorneharbour.org.

Qualifications

Applicants must have a tertiary qualification enabling eligibility for registration with the Medical Board of Victoria. Fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners or Royal Australian College of Physicians (Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine) is required.

The Centre Clinic is a Thorne Harbour Health (THH) operated health service that caters to the LGBTI community and people living with HIV. We are keen to hear from suitably qualified general practitioners and/or sexual health physicians who are interested in working in our AGPAL Accredited General Practice.

The Centre Clinic provides General Practice services including HIV testing, treatment and prevention, mental health, sexual health, hormone management, vaccinations and preventative health care and chronic disease management to the LGBTI community.

We are currently seeking contractor General Practitioners/Sexual Health Physicians who are interested in working in this unique space. Our existing team of GPs are happy to provide mentoring and support to interested medical practitioners who are willing to develop their skills and working with the LGBTI community.

We offer mixed billing services to our patients and those without Medicare are billed at the Medicare Rebate Schedule rates. We offer our contractor GPs a fee split of 70% of all income received.

Click here for the full Contract Role Description.

For further information, contact Program Manager, Clinical Services, Peter Locke on 0419 913 062 or peter.locke@thorneharbour.org.