Salary: RN Lev­el 2 $99,431 — $105,002 p.a. pro rata (plus 11.5% superannuation)

Loca­tion: Kar­ratha WA

Unit/​Division: Pil­bara — Ambu­la­to­ry Care — Nurs­ing & Mid­wifery Services

Work Type: Per­ma­nent — Part Time

Posi­tion No: 00615084

Clos­ing Date: 16/01/2025 4:00 PM 

Coun­try Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Incen­tive Program

The Coun­try Nurs­ing & Mid­wifery incen­tive pro­gram is avail­able to new and exist­ing nurs­es and mid­wives — across a broad range of patient-fac­ing roles — on fixed term or per­ma­nent con­tracts at eli­gi­ble loca­tions. Eli­gi­ble nurs­es and mid­wives can receive between $5,000 and $17,000 in sup­port over 12 months. Please refer to the WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice — Coun­try Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Incen­tive Pro­gram web­site for eli­gi­bil­i­ty cri­te­ria.

Posi­tion Pro­file: The pri­ma­ry respon­si­bil­i­ty of the Clin­i­cal Nurse Ambu­la­to­ry Care is to man­age, coor­di­nate and deliv­er com­pre­hen­sive evi­denced based nurs­ing care and qual­i­ty out­pa­tient ser­vices, using lead­er­ship, organ­i­sa­tion­al and advanced nurs­ing skills and knowl­edge rel­e­vant to the Ambu­la­to­ry Care Prac­tice set­ting. The Clin­i­cal Nurse pro­vides clin­i­cal super­vi­sion for Reg­is­tered Nurs­es, Enrolled Nurs­es, Assis­tants in Nurs­ing and students.

To be suc­cess­ful, you will have:

• Clin­i­cal knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence in the deliv­ery of evi­denced based nurs­ing care with­in an Ambu­la­to­ry Care Prac­tice setting
• Advanced skills in plan­ning, coor­di­na­tion and deci­sion making
• Well-devel­oped team lead­er­ship and mem­ber­ship skills
• High lev­el com­mu­ni­ca­tion (writ­ten and ver­bal) and inter­per­son­al skills

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

• Loca­tion based allowances including:
  • addi­tion­al North West paid leave
  • Dis­trict Allowance — region­al specific
  • Annu­al trav­el sub­sidy (ALTC)
  • Air-con­di­tion­ing sub­sidy allowance
  • Coun­try Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Incen­tive Pro­gram (For fur­ther infor­ma­tion see attached Flyer)
• Heav­i­ly sub­sidised hous­ing Gov­ern­ment Region­al Offi­cer Housing
• Paid study Leave assis­tance – region­al spe­cif­ic as per EBA
• 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
  • Plus, Addi­tion­al Remote Area Spe­cif­ic Benefits.
• Flex­i­ble work­ing and leave arrangements 
• Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment opportunities 
• Con­tin­u­ous learn­ing opportunities
• HECS-HELP incen­tive (For fur­ther infor­ma­tion see attached Flyer)
• 11.5% Super­an­nu­a­tion Guar­an­tee. For fur­ther infor­ma­tion click here.
• As a WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice employ­ee you’re enti­tled to dis­counts across some pri­vate health care funds. Please see attached fly­er for fur­ther details.

Want to know more about this role? We encour­age you to con­tact Nico­la Mitchell on Tel: (08) 9144 7574.

We think you’ll like it here: Our employ­ees like work­ing here, and we think you will too. Watch this video to find out what they have to say.

About the Area: 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 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 Work With Us/​In Their Words

How to apply? Appli­cants are required to apply online and your appli­ca­tion should include: 

1. A com­pre­hen­sive CV clear­ly list­ing your pro­fes­sion­al achievements
2. A state­ment address­ing the selec­tion cri­te­ria in no more than 2 – 3 pages (as out­lined in the attached JDF)
3. The names and con­tact details of two (2) pro­fes­sion­al ref­er­ees (one of your ref­er­ees should 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: To be eli­gi­ble for appoint­ment, appli­cants must have a valid work­ing visa (for fixed term appoint­ments) or be an Aus­tralian cit­i­zen, per­ma­nent res­i­dent, or have a visa to live and work indef­i­nite­ly in Aus­tralia (for per­ma­nent appoint­ments). 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).

Lodge­ment is sys­tem gen­er­at­ed. Any sub­mis­sions on, or after, 4:00pm will not be accepted.

LATE OR EMAIL APPLI­CA­TIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.