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The recruitment, retention and development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff is a key opportunity that will help us close social, economic and health gaps.
The recruitment, retention and development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff is a key opportunity identified in our Reconciliation Action Plan that will help us close social, economic and health gaps.
In recent years, increased support and resourcing has seen the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff employed by NSW Health Pathology grow from 0.40% in July 2017 to 1.46% in August 2022.
This puts us on track to meet our target of 3% of overall workforce.
But We’re not stopping there.
“Creating a nation, strengthened by respectful relationships between the wider Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is something that NSW Health Pathology is passionate about,” our Aboriginal Employment Coordinator Colin Gibson said.
“As an organisation, we believe this starts from within.”
NSW Health Pathology’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Recruitment and Retention Program supports our organisation to grow and develop our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce.
“Our focus is to put Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at the centre and build a strong workforce grounded in our shared history,” Colin said.
“We want to provide a culturally safe and respectful workplace and position ourselves as an employer of choice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
We’re actively working towards being an organisation that has respectful, responsive and culturally sensitive services for our community.”
The program’s successes included hosting our inaugural Aboriginal Workforce Forum, piloting an Aboriginal traineeship program at Westmead, and increasing promotion of targeted job vacancies through external Aboriginal employment networks.
It has also ensured that our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff are included in leadership development opportunities. We’re proud that three of our Aboriginal staff were selected and successfully completed our intensive Emerging Leaders program.