• Salary: RN Lev­el 2 $99,431 — $105,002 p.a. (plus 11.5% superannuation)
• Loca­tion: Kar­ratha
• Unit/​Division: WACHS — Pil­bara — Pop­u­la­tion Health
• Work Type: Fixed Term — Full Time
• Posi­tion No: 00614768
• Clos­ing Date: 2024-12-16 4:00 PM (YYYY-MM-DD)

About this role: We are seek­ing a pas­sion­ate indi­vid­ual who is eager to embrace the chal­lenges and rewards of work­ing in rur­al and remote health. Work­ing in Kar­ratha will give you the oppor­tu­ni­ty to push the bound­aries of your poten­tial and unlock a world of pos­si­bil­i­ties. This posi­tion pro­motes the health and well- being of chil­dren, fam­i­lies and spe­cif­ic com­mu­ni­ty groups using a range of health pro­mo­tion, health edu­ca­tion, sur­veil­lance and ear­ly inter­ven­tion strate­gies that are based on the prin­ci­ples of pri­ma­ry health care and ser­vice priorities.

What we are look­ing for:

• Pos­ses­sion of a cer­tifi­cate, diplo­ma in Child & Ado­les­cent Com­mu­ni­ty Health Nurs­ing (or equiv­a­lent) through an accred­it­ed insti­tu­tion with demon­strat­ed expe­ri­ence and well devel­oped clin­i­cal nurs­ing skills in a Child and Com­mu­ni­ty Health setting.
• Under­stand­ing of the prin­ci­ples and prac­tice of Pri­ma­ry Health Care and the appli­ca­tion to practice.
• Demon­strat­ed effec­tive inter­per­son­al writ­ten and ver­bal com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills and abil­i­ty to com­mu­ni­cate across a diverse spec­trum of the population.
• Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty to work inde­pen­dent­ly and as a mem­ber of a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team.
• A cur­rent WA C class driver’s licence and the abil­i­ty and will­ing­ness to trav­el with­in the region with pos­si­ble overnight stays.
• Demon­strat­ed knowl­edge and under­stand­ing of cul­tur­al issues and social deter­mi­nants par­tic­u­lar­ly relat­ing to Abo­rig­i­nal and cul­tur­al­ly and lin­guis­ti­cal­ly diverse com­mu­ni­ties in regional/​rural areas.

What we offer: In addi­tion to the great salary our employ­ees enjoy an amaz­ing range of ben­e­fits including:

• Loca­tion based allowances including: 
  • Addi­tion­al North West paid leave 
  • Dis­trict Allowance — region­al specific
  • Annu­al trav­el sub­sidy (ALTC)
  • Air-con­di­tion­ing sub­sidy allowance.

• Heav­i­ly sub­sidised hous­ing Gov­ern­ment Region­al Offi­cer Housing
• Flex­i­ble work­ing and leave arrangements
• Gen­er­ous salary pack­ag­ing benefits:
  • Up to $9010 on a range of ben­e­fits such as mort­gage, your rent or oth­er every­day liv­ing expenses
  • Up to $2650 on meal enter­tain­ment, hol­i­day accom­mo­da­tion and venue hire
  • Access to novat­ed leas­ing to use pre-tax dol­lars for a car and expenses
  • Addi­tion­al Remote Area Spe­cif­ic Benefits.
• Paid study Leave assis­tance – region­al spe­cif­ic as per EBA
• Con­tin­u­ous learn­ing and Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment opportunities
• 11.5% Super­an­nu­a­tion Guar­an­tee. For fur­ther infor­ma­tion click here.
• Pri­vate Health Fund Ben­e­fits — dis­counts across some pri­vate health care funds. Please see attached flyer.

Want to know more about this role? We encour­age you to con­tact Ang­ie Han­k­in­son on 0475 952 165.

We think you’ll like it here: Our employ­ees like work­ing here, and we think you will too.

About the Area: Escape the City: Imag­ine wak­ing up to breath-tak­ing land­scapes every day, sur­round­ed by the stun­ning red earth and mes­mer­iz­ing rock for­ma­tions. Kar­ratha is an oasis in the wilder­ness, a vibrant city that com­bines rugged adven­ture with a thriv­ing com­mu­ni­ty spir­it. This is your chance to be part of some­thing tru­ly extraordinary.

Beyond work, Kar­ratha offers an incred­i­ble lifestyle that blends adven­ture, relax­ation, and a close-knit com­mu­ni­ty. If you’re into boat­ing, Dampi­er Arch­i­pel­ago is on your doorstep with it’s beau­ti­ful beach­es and marine life. With Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park- a few hours’ dri­ve away, explore its majes­tic gorges, cas­cad­ing water­falls, and ancient land­scapes. Dive into out­door pur­suits like hik­ing, camp­ing, fish­ing, beach­es and off-road dri­ving. Immerse your­self in the rich Indige­nous cul­ture and learn from the tra­di­tion­al cus­to­di­ans of this land.

There is a wealth of infor­ma­tion about liv­ing and work­ing in Kar­ratha Kar­ratha is Call­ing. The WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice (WACHS) is the largest coun­try health sys­tem in Aus­tralia and one of the biggest in the world, pro­vid­ing health ser­vices to approx­i­mate­ly half a mil­lion peo­ple, includ­ing 45,000 Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple, over a vast two and a half mil­lion square kilo­me­tre area. The organ­i­sa­tion com­pris­es sev­en regions, with a strong net­work of pub­lic hos­pi­tals, health ser­vices and health cen­tres locat­ed across rur­al and remote West­ern Aus­tralia. Our core busi­ness is the pro­vi­sion of qual­i­ty, acces­si­ble health ser­vices to coun­try WA res­i­dents and vis­i­tors Australia’s North­west.

There is a wealth of infor­ma­tion about liv­ing and work­ing in the Pil­bara Region, to learn more about a nurs­ing career with­in WA Coun­try Health and liv­ing in the North West, please click Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Careers and Australia’s North­west and to learn more about liv­ing and work­ing in coun­try WA by vis­it­ing our web­site at WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice — Liv­ing and work­ing in coun­try WA. and What’s great about work­ing for WACHS – Pilbara

How to apply: Appli­cants are required to apply online https://​search​.jobs​.wa​.gov​.au/… and your appli­ca­tion should include: 

• A state­ment address­ing the selec­tion cri­te­ria in no more than 2 – 3 pages (as out­lined in the attached JDF)

• A com­pre­hen­sive CV that clear­ly shows your expe­ri­ence rel­e­vant to this role.
• A cov­er let­ter out­lin­ing their suit­abil­i­ty for this position
• The names and con­tact details of two (2) pro­fes­sion­al ref­er­ees. It is prefer­able for one of your ref­er­ees to be your cur­rent super­vi­sor or manager

If you expe­ri­ence dif­fi­cul­ties, please con­tact Employ­ee Ser­vices on 13 44 77 for imme­di­ate assis­tance dur­ing busi­ness hours.

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty to Apply: Aus­tralian cit­i­zen­ship or per­ma­nent res­i­den­cy is an essen­tial require­ment for appli­cants to be con­sid­ered for per­ma­nent posi­tions in the pub­lic sec­tor. Eli­gi­bil­i­ty for spon­sor­ship may be con­sid­ered for some vacan­cies. You are encour­aged to dis­cuss this with the con­tact per­son list­ed in the adver­tise­ment before com­plet­ing the appli­ca­tion as there are sev­er­al steps that are required to be com­plet­ed pri­or to pro­gress­ing any appli­ca­tion for employment.

AHPRA Reg­is­tra­tion: To be con­sid­ered for this posi­tion you need to be eli­gi­ble for reg­is­tra­tion with Aus­tralian Health Prac­ti­tion­er Reg­u­la­tion Board (AHPRA). If you are not eli­gi­ble for reg­is­tra­tion, please do not con­tin­ue this appli­ca­tion and con­tact the per­son named in the advert for fur­ther advice.

Sub­se­quent Vacan­cies: Whilst this selec­tion process will ini­tial­ly be used to fill the above vacan­cy, it may also be used to fill oth­er ​“sim­i­lar” vacan­cies through­out the health ser­vice. In addi­tion to this, should the suc­cess­ful appli­cant decline or vacate the adver­tised vacan­cy, then the next most suit­able appli­cant may also be select­ed from this process. Both of these options remain valid for a peri­od of twelve (12) months from when the autho­rised del­e­gate endors­es the recruit­ment decision.

Oth­er Con­di­tions: WA Health engages staff in posi­tions of trust and respon­si­bil­i­ty. WA Health poli­cies require appli­cants to under­take crim­i­nal records screen­ing and integri­ty check­ing as part of the appoint­ment process. Ref­er­ees may also be asked to com­ment on an applicant’s integri­ty and past demon­stra­tion of eth­i­cal behaviour.

This vacan­cy is sub­ject to a West­ern Aus­tralian Work­ing With Chil­dren (WWC) Check. For fur­ther infor­ma­tion please refer to the WWC web­site at: https://​work​ing​with​chil​dren​.wa​.gov​.au

Please note this recruit­ment process requires com­ple­tion of sat­is­fac­to­ry Pre-Employ­ment Health Assess­ment (PEHA). Any offer of employ­ment with WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice (WACHS) is con­di­tion­al on sat­is­fac­to­ry PEHA to ensure you are able to per­form the inher­ent require­ments of the posi­tion. An unsat­is­fac­to­ry PEHA will result in the offer of employ­ment being with­drawn. Please see the attached WACHS PEHA Pol­i­cy for fur­ther information.

Diver­si­ty State­ment: WA Health is com­mit­ted to elim­i­nat­ing all forms of dis­crim­i­na­tion in the pro­vi­sion of our ser­vice. We embrace diver­si­ty and strong­ly encour­age appli­ca­tions from Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ples, peo­ple from cul­tur­al­ly diverse back­grounds and peo­ple with dis­abil­i­ties. WA Health sup­ports flex­i­ble work­ing prac­tices with­in the con­text of a qual­i­ty health ser­vice. WA Health is com­mit­ted to a smoke free envi­ron­ment across all build­ings, grounds and vehicles.

We are com­mit­ted to fos­ter­ing a diverse and inclu­sive work­force where every employ­ee feels val­ued and empow­ered. We believe that a diverse team brings unique per­spec­tives and dri­ves inno­va­tion to meet our community’s needs. We wel­come appli­cants of all back­grounds and expe­ri­ences to join us in shap­ing a more equi­table future and as a mea­sure to achieve equal­i­ty, under sec­tions 51, 66R and 66ZP of the Equal Oppor­tu­ni­ty Act 1984, encour­age appli­ca­tions from peo­ple liv­ing with a dis­abil­i­ty, Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple, peo­ple from cul­tur­al­ly and lin­guis­ti­cal­ly diverse back­grounds, women and youth (24 years of age and under).