Lecturer - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

IHM Australia

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Help shape how the next generation of nurses understands, respects and cares for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, families and communities. IHM is seeking an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander educator to lead the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health subject in our ANMAC-accredited

Bachelor of Nursing. Nursing registration is not required. Identified position.

Lecturer – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

School of Nursing | Identified Position |North Melbourne

Help shape how a current generation of nurses understands, respects and cares for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, families and communities.

About the Role

The Institute of Health & Management (IHM) School of Nursing is seeking an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander educator to lead the teaching of the Bachelor of Nursing's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health subject, and to help embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges, perspectives and cultural safety across the course. The subject is grounded in the Nursing and Midwifery Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Curriculum Framework.

Registration as a nurse is not required for this role. Your expertise in helathcare industry comes from your identity, community connection, cultural knowledge and professional experience. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives are also warmly encouraged to apply. You will work alongside registered nurse academics, who teach the clinical nursing content of the course,



and may also teach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content in other IHM courses, as allocated.

About IHM

IHM is a TEQSA-registered Australian higher education provider (PRV14040, CRICOS 03407G), delivering nursing, health and management courses from campuses in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Brisbane. Powered by Arizona State University (ASU), IHM combines academic rigour with simulation-based learning and contemporary digital education. Our purpose is Caring with Passion, and our values are Innovation, Caring and Excellence, underpinned by Integrity - honesty, openness and trust.

Our Bachelor of Nursing, approved by TEQSA and accredited by ANMAC, includes a discrete, compulsory subject on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' history, culture, and health, and embeds culturally safe practice throughout.

What You Will Do

Coordinate and teach the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health subject through lectures, tutorials, yarning circles, case studies and online learning, including assessment, feedback and moderation.

Create a culturally safe learning environment in which all students can reflect on their own cultural values, assumptions and biases.





Review and develop curriculum consistent with the Nursing and Midwifery Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Curriculum Framework and the ANMAC Registered Nurse Accreditation Standards 2019, and advise on embedding cultural safety across the course.

Build respectful, reciprocal relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Elders, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations and organisations such as CATSINaM, and bring community voices into teaching with appropriate cultural protocols and recognition.

Act as a point of contact and cultural support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, and contribute to strategies that attract, support and retain them.

Support cultural safety learning for staff, engage in scholarship that informs teaching, and contribute to IHM's Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander engagement initiatives.

What You Will Bring

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identity, with strong connection to and standing within community.

A qualification at AQF Level 8 or above (for example a Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Master's degree) in Indigenous studies, public health, health sciences, nursing, education, social work, social sciences or a related discipline. Applicants without a qualification at this level, but with substantial equivalent cultural, professional or academic expertise, are encouraged to apply; this will be assessed under IHM's academic staff qualifications and equivalence process (HES Framework Standard 3.2).

Deep knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories

📌 Lecturer - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (Melbourne)
🏢 CATSINaM
📍 Melbourne