PER­MA­NENT, LONG-TERM CON­TRACT AND CASU­AL ROLES AVAILABLE! 

You’ve stud­ied the prin­ci­ples of com­mu­ni­ty health, now come and put it into practice. 

We are very keen to have an Abo­rig­i­nal Health Prac­ti­tion­er join the team. Cul­tur­al induc­tion and aware­ness train­ing is some­thing that Red Lily pro­vide to both Indige­nous and non-Indige­nous health staff to ensure the best chance of suc­cess in improv­ing health out­comes for West Arn­hem communities. 

Min­ji­lang Health Cen­tre is sit­u­at­ed on Cro­ker Island 200km NE of Dar­win with a pop­u­la­tion of approx­i­mate­ly 300. It is cur­rent­ly a 3‑clinician post. Two-bed­room hous­ing is pro­vid­ed, and on-call is shared between the clin­i­cians (with a com­mu­ni­ty dri­ver in support). 

BASE SALARY: $108,160 TO $111,696 (nego­tiable based on expe­ri­ence and qualifications) 

Ben­e­fits

• Base Salary up to $111,696 + Super + Call Outs + On Call Allowance
• Gen­er­ous leave enti­tle­ments (6 weeks of leave + addi­tion­al leave accruals)
• Salary Sac­ri­fice for up to $15,900 per year (non-for-prof­it organ­i­sa­tion ATO Rebate)
• Accom­mo­da­tion pro­vid­ed includ­ing utilities
• Relo­ca­tion Assistance
• Fly Out of Iso­lat­ed Loca­tion Allowance
• Flex­i­ble model/​Job shar­ing available
• Penal­ty rates for over­time and call outs!
• On-Call Allowance

Pri­ma­ry Objective

As a part of a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary health team pro­vide a first point of con­tact for Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ple to ensure qual­i­ty pro­vi­sions of health care ser­vices are deliv­ered in a cul­tur­al­ly safe and effec­tive manner. 

About the Team

The posi­tion will be part of the Red Lily Clin­i­cal Ser­vices team that pro­vides pri­ma­ry health care in the West Arn­hem region (includ­ing home­lands). Coor­di­na­tion with oth­er com­mu­ni­ties and teams with­in Red Lily and beyond will be nec­es­sary to ensure that the com­mu­ni­ties receive high qual­i­ty ser­vices and achieve opti­mal outcomes.

Respon­si­bil­i­ties

1. Pro­vide qual­i­ty pri­ma­ry health care to indi­vid­u­als, fam­i­lies and the com­mu­ni­ty (includ­ing out­sta­tions as required) with­in own com­pe­ten­cy lev­el and endorsed poli­cies & pro­to­cols (e.g. CARPA Man­u­al), in order to meet expect­ed health outcomes
2. Par­tic­i­pate in the after­hours on-call ros­ter to meet com­mu­ni­ty emer­gency needs
3. Work with min­i­mal super­vi­sion in part­ner­ship with oth­er team mem­bers, to facil­i­tate the deliv­ery of cul­tur­al­ly safe health services
4. Pro­vide a link between Com­mu­ni­ty cul­ture and prac­tices and deliv­er health ser­vice programs
5. Par­tic­i­pate in plan­ning, deliv­ery and eval­u­a­tion of health edu­ca­tion and health pro­mo­tion pro­grams to pro­mote healthy lifestyles
6. Pro­vide or assist in the pro­vi­sion of emer­gency care with­in pro­fes­sion­al capabilities
7. Ensure all doc­u­men­ta­tion, records and elec­tron­ic health infor­ma­tion sys­tems are main­tained to ensure con­ti­nu­ity and con­fi­den­tial­i­ty of client care
8. Par­tic­i­pate in the devel­op­ment, imple­men­ta­tion and review of the local Health Cen­tre Ser­vice plan
9. Par­tic­i­pate in the organisation’s qual­i­ty improve­ment process for the pro­vi­sion of safe, effec­tive and effi­cient health care
10. Par­tic­i­pate in the devel­op­ment, imple­men­ta­tion, and review of the Organ­i­sa­tion­al plan
11. Par­tic­i­pate in per­for­mance man­age­ment and pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment pro­grams in con­sul­ta­tion with man­age­ment and pro­fes­sion­al sup­port groups
12. Par­tic­i­pate in the ori­en­ta­tion of new staff to the Organ­i­sa­tion’s phi­los­o­phy, poli­cies and pro­ce­dures and Health Cen­tre func­tions to pro­mote effec­tive teamwork.

Key Selec­tion Criteria

Essen­tial

1. Eli­gi­ble for reg­is­tra­tion with the Aus­tralian Health Prac­ti­tion­er Reg­u­la­tion Agency as a Abo­rig­i­nal and/​or Tor­res Strait Islander Pri­ma­ry Health­care Prac­ti­tion­er and rel­e­vant post grad­u­ate qualifications.
2. Hold a Cer­tifi­cate IV in Abo­rig­i­nal and /​or Tor­res Strait Islander Pri­ma­ry Health Care (Prac­tice), OR Cer­tifi­cate III in Abo­rig­i­nal Health Work (Clin­i­cal) or equiv­a­lent (or high­er) or will­ing to under­take assess­ment against the stan­dards with­in a nego­ti­at­ed time frame.
3. Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty to work effec­tive­ly with min­i­mal supervision.
4. Abil­i­ty and desire to work with­in a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team to bring about pos­i­tive change in health outcomes.
5. Covid-19 Vac­ci­na­tion certificate
6. Demon­strat­ed expe­ri­ence in the use of health IT systems.
7. Com­mit­ment to own pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and shar­ing knowl­edge and skills.
8. Under­stand­ing of the prin­ci­ples of Qual­i­ty Improve­ment process­es and their appli­ca­tion in the health care setting.
9. Under­stand­ing of issues affect­ing Abo­rig­i­nal health, remote area health, prin­ci­ples of pri­ma­ry health­care and rel­e­vant leg­is­la­tion gov­ern­ing work practice.
10. Knowl­edge of OH&S require­ments with­in the workplace.
11. Hold (or eli­gi­ble for) Police Clear­ance Cer­tifi­cate and Ochre Card.
12. Will­ing­ness to par­tic­i­pate in an on call 24-hour roster.

Desir­able skills

1. Appro­pri­ate ter­tiary and/​or post grad­u­ate qualifications.

2. Expe­ri­ence in liv­ing and work­ing in remote Abo­rig­i­nal communities.

Please note: Due to the nature of this role, appli­cants are required to be of Abo­rig­i­nal or Tor­res Strait Islander descent. This is a gen­uine occu­pa­tion­al require­ment for this posi­tion, which is exempt under Sec­tion 14 of the Anti-dis­crim­i­na­tion Act. 

Thanks for review­ing this cur­rent oppor­tu­ni­ty with Red Lily Health Board, we look for­ward to receiv­ing your appli­ca­tion. https://​jobs​.swa​gapp​.com/​jobs/…

For more info on who we are and what we do please go to: https://​redlily​.org​.au/ .