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Remote Area Nurses/Remote AHPs

Nursing, Other Health Care

Posted: 29 Jan 2024

Location: Central Australia

Are you an experienced RAN or Remote AHP looking for your next contract?

We have current vacancies in our remote communities.

There’s nev­er been a bet­ter time to go remote.

Help sup­port peo­ple from the world’s old­est liv­ing cul­ture while expe­ri­enc­ing work and life in a small remote com­mu­ni­ty in one of the most spec­tac­u­lar regions of Australia. 

Con­gress offers oppor­tu­ni­ties in remote nurs­ing, com­plete with tran­si­tion to pri­ma­ry and remote support. 

The role:

  • Pro­vide pri­ma­ry health care includ­ing emer­gency care, chron­ic dis­ease man­age­ment and pre­ven­tion for remote res­i­dents and visitors
  • Par­tic­i­pate in the after-hours on-call ros­ter for after-hours med­ical emer­gen­cies accom­pa­nied by on-call sup­port worker
  • 3‑month con­tracts are avail­able, but 6 months or more are preferred
  • We will also con­sid­er casu­als for short­er term relief of per­ma­nent staff

You’ll need:

  • A cur­rent AHPRA RN or AHP reg­is­tra­tion with at least 3 years’ post grad experience
  • A cur­rent dri­ver’s licence
  • Work­ing with Chil­dren Clear­ance & recent Police Clearance
  • Crit­i­cal care or remote expe­ri­ence an advantage
  • We do not have the abil­i­ty to pro­vide sponsorship

We’ll pro­vide:

  • Flights and accom­mo­da­tion costs. Your accom­mo­da­tion in the com­mu­ni­ty is also provided
  • Salaries start­ing at $112,905 p.a. (pro rata), $57.90 per hour
  • Gen­er­ous salary pack­ag­ing and Remote Area Leave
  • A sup­port­ive, low COVID-19 risk nurs­ing environment

As an Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty-con­trolled health ser­vice, Con­gress pro­vides com­pre­hen­sive pri­ma­ry health­care that is cul­tur­al­ly respon­sive and pro­vid­ed in con­sul­ta­tion with local health boards. 

Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ple are strong­ly encour­aged to apply. 

If you have any queries please phone Lin­da Keat­ing Senior Man­ag­er — Remote Ser­vices on 0459 637 179

Sub­mit your appli­ca­tion by click­ing on the Apply now” but­ton at https://​caac​.expr3ss​.com/​j​o​b​D​e​t​a​i​l​s​?​s​e​l​e​c​t​J​o​b​=​230&s=12