Doomadgee Cultural Immersion Program

North West HHS has been working to provide an increase in opportunities and activities to support staff in their cultural responsiveness across our facilities.

North West HHS has become more proactive in ensuring staff are culturally inducted including participation in Doomadgee Shire Council’s Cross-Cultural Awareness Program that sets the agenda for cross-cultural awareness and community protocols relating to service delivery in Doomadgee, and also by supporting a cultural immersion program provided by a member of the Doomadgee Health Council that has been endorsed by the Shire Council.

The most recent immersion program occurred on 14 February 2023, and was attended by North West HHS Executive Director Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Christine Mann, Chief Executive Officer Gidgee Healing, Director Corporate Services Gidgee Healing, Officer in Charge Doomadgee Queensland Ambulance Service, NWHHS Cardiac Generalist Clinical Nurse, and five North West Remote Allied Health Clinicians (podiatrist, occupational therapists, speech pathologist, and exercise physiologist).

We look forward to seeing more staff participate in these important programs.