Ms Rikki Fischer

Rikki is a proud Wiradjuri woman raised in Darwin on Larrakia country—Rikki is a family person and an Auntie to 8 and a Godmother to 6 children.  Rikki loves and cares for these children like her own; family is important to Rikki, as is being a strong role model for the next generation.

Rikki is a confident and highly skilled professional with over 15 years in the health sector, with a passion for seeing people grow and develop and build confidence in themselves and their career journey.

Rikki has been a member of IAHA since 2014 and was an IAHA Board director between 2018-2020, then decided to join IAHA as a staff member working in the NT Aboriginal Health Academy.  Now, working for the Northern Territory Government as the Senior Allied Health Clinical Education Officer, I get to provide Inter-professional education to the Allied Health Sector, influencing changes needed to educate Allied Health Professionals to provide better care for our patients and our Allied Health Staff across the Northern Territory.

Amongst her many significant achievements, Rikki has completed a Bachelor of Health Science (mental Health), a diploma in Quality Auditing and Alcohol and other Drugs, Training Design and Development and a Certificate IV in Human Resources.  Rikki is also the Deputy Chair of DAWIS, DAWIS is a domestic Violence shelter for women and children.

Rikki’s passion is to be an advocate and to work in a supportive way to enable those who feel that they don’t have a voice to ensure that their voice is heard and that they can contribute.  I have a strong sense of responsibility to our community and the next generation, and my interests are in supporting the need to grow the future health workforce.