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Kristie Taylor
Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Health Care Group
Kristie was born and raised in southwest WA and has links to Yued, Balladong, and the Ngadju people.
Kristie has been working in health for the past 17 years in both training and clinical fields and has been working as an AHLO since 2011.
Kirstie loves to make a positive impact in patients' hospital experience and has been involved in projects over the years to develop culturally appropriates resources for Aboriginal people.
“I enjoy working with patients from all different walks of life and the challenges and rewards the role provides on a daily basis”.
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Rebecca Collard
Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Health Care Group
Rebecca was born in Noongar Boodjah (Perth WA) and is a proud Noongar Yorga (woman) with connections to Whadjak (Perth) and Ballardong country (Wheatbelt).
Rebecca has been working in Health for nearly two years and enjoys supporting and helping to educate Aboriginal people about the importance of looking after their health and wellbeing to maintain a strong and healthy mind and body.
Rebecca loves everything about being an AHLO.
“It can be very demanding at times but this role gives me a sense of achievement and satisfaction, knowing that I can help and support my people”.
Rebecca recently narrated a new speech pathology video resource.
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Jay Ryder
Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Health Care Group
Jay was born in Perth (Whadjak country) and has links to Ballardong, Whadjak, Yued, Ngadju and the Bibbulmun people.
As part of a military family Jay moved around Australia while he was growing up. Jay has been working in health since 2015 and as an AHLO since 2019. He is passionate about supporting Aboriginal people through their health journey.
“I enjoy helping our patients during their stay in SCGH and providing support after discharge”.
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Robyn Tommy
Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Health Care Group
Robyn is a proud Yinhawangka/Bunjima woman from the Pilbara region with family links to Yinhawangka, Bunjima, Nyiyaparli and Yinjabarndi and is married to a Noongar man from Ballardong country.
Robyn has been in health for approximately five years, completing her Cert IV in ATSI Primary Health in December 2016.
Robyn loves to support patients on their individual health journeys and provide links within the community to reach and maintain their health and wellbeing goals.
“There is so much about this role I enjoy but what stands out for me the most is being able to help patients and their families through what can be a very emotional and challenging time in their lives”.
Robyn also recently had the opportunity to be involved in the making of a resource video with SCGH Speech Pathology and a patient who required a laryngectomy.
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Marissa Thompson
Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Health Care Group
Marissa is a Whadjuk Noongar woman (from Perth) and has connection down south to Katanning, Albany and all the way up through to Shark Bay and Carnarvon.
Marissa has worked in Health for about seven years and only recently started work as an AHLO. Marissa enjoys finding opportunities to connect with other services and constantly looks for new ways to improve on the service we deliver, creating more awareness regarding the needs of patients and she particularly loves the relationships built with the patients.
“I have always loved helping people, especially my community and family members. With health being such an important issue within the Aboriginal communities, I knew I wanted to broaden my skills in this area. For some Aboriginal people there are barriers, I guess we are trying to bridge the gap, if we get that right, I think we will be able to close the gap for the future”.
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Lorraine Penny
MHPHDS - Metropolitan Communicable Disease Control
Lorraine grew up in the Perth and lower Great Southern area and before becoming an AHLO three years ago, worked in disability services for a year and completed a Diploma in Enrolled Nursing. Lorraine enjoys meeting a wide range of families in the metropolitan area and working with families within the community to provide the support that’s needed. Lorraine has recently been involved with the Aboriginal childhood immunisation project.
“My passion in health is the sense of satisfaction by helping families within the community that are in need, while assisting in closing the gap with Aboriginal families”.
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Roberta Mongoo
MHPHDS - Metropolitan Communicable Disease Control
Roberta is a Yamitiji nyarlu (woman) from Geraldton in the Midwest Region of WA and has family connections to the Wongutha people of the Goldfields and has family throughout WA, Northern Territory and New South Wales, and has been living on Noongar Country since 2017.
Roberta has been working in the health industry as an Aboriginal Health Worker for the past 22 years and has dedicated her time to educating, supporting and encouraging Aboriginal people to look their health, sexual health and social and emotional wellbeing.
Roberta came from Marr Mooditj training as a primary health care educator in March 2021 to work with our team at Public Health on the syphilis outbreak.
“The best part about my job is, sitting back yarning with everyone especially the homeless population about syphilis and the complications it can cause, to men, women and especially the pregnant women’s unborn baby if they haven’t been treated and I encourage everyone to get tested for syphilis.”
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Rekisha Eades
Women and Newborn Health Service
Rekisha is calm, professional and approachable in the workplace creating a welcoming environment for staff to source knowledge and guidance on Aboriginal culture resulting in WNHS staff feeling culturally confident with Aboriginal families and a subsequent increase in meaningful, positive and productive relationships, with our Aboriginal families which are pivotal to positive outcomes.
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Amanda Campbell
Women and Newborn Health Service
Amanda is a Yawuru and Jaru ( Broome and Halls Creek) woman and completed her midwifery training at KEMH, before becoming an AHLO.
Our AHLOs at Joondalup Health Campus are Hayley Nelson, Tina Garlett and Justin Martin.
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Hayley Nelson
Joondalup Health Campus
Hayley Nelson was born in Merredin and grew up in Riverton and Manning. She has worked in health for 20 years and as an AHLO on and off over the years but more recently since 2016.
Hayley said, “I am very passionate about Aboriginal Health and I love helping Aboriginal people with their health and coordinating their health holistically”.
Her passion is to provide sustainable health to Aboriginal people and be there to support the patients with good and bad news. “I enjoy networking with our health workforce across WA, providing health promotion information to our patients to teach them to self-manage and sharing my knowledge on Aboriginal health with staff at JHC.”
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Tina Garlett
Joondalup Health Campus
Tina Garlett is from Wadjerri Cue Yamitji and Country Tammin Balladong Nyoongar.
Tina’s mum is an Aboriginal Liaison Officer in Broome and her father works for Country Health Connection in Bayswater. Tina has worked in Health for nearly three years and as an AHLO for two and a half years.
Tina said, “I enjoy seeing our patients receiving the best care from our staff and seeing patients feeling safe, comfy and happy to just have a yarn”. She has recently been involved with NAIDOC events and cultural awareness training.
Tina’s passion within Health is to create a safe environment for our Aboriginal people, to break the stigma of racism.
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