• Salaries start­ing at $112,905 p.a. (pro rata), $57.90 per hour
• Relo­ca­tion Assistance
• Accom­mo­da­tion Provided

Why Cen­tral Aus­tralian Abo­rig­i­nal Congress?

Con­gress are one of the most expe­ri­enced Abo­rig­i­nal pri­ma­ry health care ser­vices in the coun­try, a strong polit­i­cal advo­cate of clos­ing the gap on Abo­rig­i­nal health dis­ad­van­tage and a nation­al leader in improv­ing health out­comes for all Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple. As an Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty-con­trolled health ser­vice, Con­gress pro­vides com­pre­hen­sive pri­ma­ry health­care that is cul­tur­al­ly respon­sive and pro­vid­ed in con­sul­ta­tion with local health boards.

What’s in it for you?

• Salaries start­ing at $112,905 p.a. (pro rata), $57.90 per hour
• Gen­er­ous salary packaging
• A sup­port­ive, low risk nurs­ing environment
• Trav­el allowance

What’s the role?

• Pro­vide pri­ma­ry health care includ­ing emer­gency care, chron­ic dis­ease man­age­ment and pre­ven­tion for remote res­i­dents and visitors
• When fur­ther remote, par­tic­i­pate in the after-hours on-call ros­ter for after-hours med­ical emer­gen­cies accom­pa­nied by an on-call sup­port worker
• Work with­in a client cen­tred approach, tak­ing into con­sid­er­a­tion client’s cul­tur­al prac­tices and beliefs, in rela­tion to health, well­be­ing and West­ern medicine
• Sup­port chron­ic dis­ease clients in the plan­ning of care which includes self-man­age­ment goals and as nec­es­sary coor­di­nat­ed team care arrangements
• Ensure all doc­u­men­ta­tion, records and health infor­ma­tion sys­tems are main­tained on the Com­mu­ni­care patient infor­ma­tion system

Is the role right for you?

• 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

What’s it like liv­ing in Remote Cen­tral Australia?

Cen­tral Aus­tralia draws tourism due to the town of Alice Springs and impres­sive nat­ur­al attrac­tions such as Palm Val­ley Nation­al Park, the West Mac­Don­nell Ranges, the Finke Gorge and pop­u­lar events like the Camel Cup. This region is main­ly dry all year round, with tem­per­a­tures rang­ing from 20 – 35°C in sum­mer and 6 – 20°C in win­ter. Cen­tral Aus­tralia has a pop­u­la­tion of 39,317 peo­ple, approx­i­mate­ly 16% of the total NT pop­u­la­tion. Alice Springs is one of the largest region­al cen­tres in the NT, with a pop­u­la­tion of 26,390 people.

If this sounds like a role for you, we want to hear from you.

Want to find out more about this oppor­tu­ni­ty? Please con­tact Megan Den­nis on 08 8982 1002 or recruitment@​ntphn.​org.​au