Hi, I'm Jacob.
I'm proud Gomory man from Tamworth.
My family's from a little mission known as Corona mission, about 40 minutes from Tamworth and I'm an Aboriginal health worker here in Tamworth.
So how I got into this role, I'm actually at school, I did a school based traineeship for my HSC years in business administration on the medical side.
So I was able to work at the hospital with that.
This job sort of presented itself to me about 3 1/2 years ago and I was again able to train.
So I started to search for in Aboriginal Primary Health care practise, you know when I started this job and I'm still in it today.
I think the big inspiration for me is my mum and my nan, so they're both Aboriginal health workers as well.
My Nan's since passed on, but she actually started the the health post out on the mission where she was born and I actually get to work out there once a month and do my clinics out there, which I think's really close to home for me.
My mum as well has also been working in health for 25 plus years.
So something that's great about my role is being able to sort of get out in the community, attend events such as Maydock events, do outreach clinics and have the flexibility to return stuff like sorry business, which is I think really important for MOB.
I think it's one of the most important things for MOB to see MOB when they're attending healthcare facilities, you know, having that first sort of sort of connection for people, I think really for a client or a patient perspective, put people at ease and, you know, you can open up about things that you wouldn't otherwise open up to a mainstream service about.
I think my career as an Aboriginal health worker is really rewarding.
You know, I get to go to work every day working with MOB, working with people, you know, and hopefully making an impact on their health journey.
I've seen them from the start to the finish.
I think yeah, it's the most rewarding part for anyone looking to get into primary care.
I say get started, you know, get into it.
You can make an impact for your mob, for our mob, and you can leave a legacy, a long lasting legacy.