Your oppor­tu­ni­ty. Be part of some­thing bigger.

The posi­tion sits with­in the Health Ser­vices Sec­tion and leads a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team of Reg­is­tered Nurs­es, Doc­tors, Abo­rig­i­nal Health Prac­ti­tion­ers and Allied Health Pro­fes­sion­als. This full-time per­ma­nent posi­tion is based in Ramingin­ing, North­ern Territory. 

There are a range of ben­e­fits in the role, including:

• A com­pet­i­tive base salary of $131,739 — $137,268 per annum + 11% Superannuation
• Ful­ly sub­si­dized hous­ing and electricity
• 6 weeks annu­al leave
• Study Assis­tance
• Miwatj Annu­al Leave Trav­el Assis­tance (MAL­TA) of $2,179.89 gross per annum
• Reten­tion bonus start­ing at $10,000 per year (sub­ject to meet­ing the eli­gi­bil­i­ty criteria)
• Relo­ca­tion assis­tance up to $10,712.00
• Abil­i­ty to salary pack­age up to $15,900 per annum plus a fur­ther $2,650 per annum on Meals and Entertainment
• Three return air­fares from Ramingin­ing to either Dar­win or an alter­na­tive des­ti­na­tion that incurs a cost equiv­a­lent to or less than a return air­fare to Darwin.
• Plus more!

About Miwatj

Miwatj Health is an inde­pen­dent Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty-Con­trolled Health Ser­vice. Estab­lished in 1992, we’re com­mit­ted to secur­ing qual­i­ty health care ser­vices across the East Arn­hem and enabling Yolŋu pow­ered com­mu­ni­ty health and well­be­ing. Miwatj pro­vides cul­tur­al­ly appro­pri­ate, com­pre­hen­sive pri­ma­ry health care to over 6,000 remote Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander res­i­dents across 3 East Arn­hem wards. With a Head Office in Nhu­lun­buy, Miwatj also man­ages a Cor­po­rate Office in Dar­win, 7 fixed clin­ics across the East Arn­hem region, and ded­i­cat­ed out­reach teams who trav­el to 3 addi­tion­al locations.

Essen­tial Requirements

The Health Cen­tre Man­ag­er will be respon­si­ble for Pri­ma­ry Health Care oper­a­tions includ­ing clin­i­cal and per­son­nel man­age­ment to the PHC team. This role also pro­vides sup­port to Miwatj pro­gram inte­gra­tion and vis­it­ing health providers, ensure that the clin­ic oper­ates in a safe and effi­cient way and ensur­ing rel­e­vant leg­is­la­tion, guide­lines, safe­ty, and qual­i­ty stan­dards are adhered to by all staff.

Can­di­dates must have reg­is­tra­tion with AHPRA as a Reg­is­tered Nurse, min­i­mum of 5 years’ expe­ri­ence as a reg­is­tered nurse with a min­i­mum of 2 years’ expe­ri­ence work­ing in a remote or region­al com­mu­ni­ty and will also have an under­stand­ing of and com­mit­ment to Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trol, self-deter­mi­na­tion, and the issues faced by Yolŋu peo­ple liv­ing in remote settings.

Vac­ci­na­tion & Immu­ni­ty Screening

Miwatj Health is com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing a safe and healthy work­ing envi­ron­ment for all work­ers and users of its health­care cen­tres. In accor­dance with the Nation­al Health and Med­ical Research Coun­cil (NHM­RC) Guide­lines, Nation­al Safe­ty and Qual­i­ty Health Care Ser­vice Stan­dards, and oth­er local poli­cies, guide­lines and pro­ce­dures, we man­date that all staff abide by our Staff Vac­ci­na­tion and Immu­ni­ty Screen­ing Pol­i­cy (to be sup­plied to all suc­cess­ful candidates).

Please address your appli­ca­tion in accor­dance with the attached Job Descrip­tion and Essen­tial Selec­tion Cri­te­ria. https://miwatj.jobs.subscribe-…

For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact the Direc­tor of Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery at joy.​pascall@​miwatj.​com.​au

Appli­ca­tion close date: 17 Decem­ber 2023.