This is a Recruit­ment Pool for Per­ma­nent Full Time or Fixed Term Full Time appoint­ments, with the pos­si­bil­i­ty of extension(s) and/​or permanency. 

An oppor­tu­ni­ty exists for a tal­ent­ed and enthu­si­as­tic Clin­i­cal Nurse Spe­cial­ist to join the team at Bur­ringur­rah Nurs­ing post – Midwest.

To be suc­cess­ful, you will have:

• Exten­sive clin­i­cal expe­ri­ence includ­ing assess­ment skills, emer­gency man­age­ment skills, clin­i­cal prob­lem solv­ing and under­stand­ing of chron­ic dis­ease management.
• Knowl­edge and appli­ca­tion of pri­ma­ry health care prin­ci­ples and programs.
• Abil­i­ty to work inde­pen­dent­ly or as part of a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team.
• Effec­tive inter­per­son­al, ver­bal, and writ­ten com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills includ­ing prob­lem solv­ing and nego­ti­a­tion skills.
• Under­stand­ing and com­mit­ment to cul­tur­al safe­ty and Indige­nous health issues.
• Knowl­edge of leg­isla­tive and reg­u­la­to­ry require­ments in the areas of Equal Oppor­tu­ni­ty, Dis­abil­i­ty Ser­vices and Occu­pa­tion­al Safe­ty & Health, and how these impact on employ­ment, peo­ple man­age­ment and ser­vice delivery.

Posi­tion Pro­file: Respon­si­ble for the pro­vi­sion and coor­di­na­tion of pri­ma­ry health care to the Bur­ringur­rah com­mu­ni­ty. Includes the pro­vi­sion of Nurs­ing Ser­vices encom­pass­ing emer­gency care, chron­ic dis­ease man­age­ment, child health, immu­ni­sa­tion, health pro­mo­tion, and education.

This is an ​“open-end­ed” recruit­ment pool, and as such the fol­low­ing should be noted:

• The pan­el will mon­i­tor this recruit­ment pool for appli­ca­tions and will assess on a reg­u­lar basis.
• Suit­able appli­cants will be placed in a pool from which appoint­ments may be made when sim­i­lar vacan­cies occur.
• Appoint­ments may be made from this pool until 29/08/2025.

What we offer

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 trav­el concession
  • Air-Con­di­tion­ing sub­sidy allowance (if applicable)
  • On call allowances
• 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.
• Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment opportunities 
• Con­tin­u­ous learn­ing opportunities
• 11.5% Super­an­nu­a­tion Guarantee
• WACHS sup­ports flex­i­ble work­ing prac­tices and con­sid­er­a­tion will be giv­en to flex­i­ble work/​roster options, where oper­a­tional­ly appropriate. 
• 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.

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 76 select loca­tions. Eli­gi­ble nurs­es and mid­wives can receive between $5,000 and $17,000 in sup­port over 12 months (WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice — Coun­try Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Incen­tive Pro­gram).

Area Pro­file

The WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice (WACHS) Mid­west health region of West­ern Aus­tralia cov­ers more than 470,000 square kilo­me­tres, near­ly one fifth of the State, with its pop­u­la­tion con­cen­trat­ed along the coast. The region is locat­ed in the north­ern mid­dle sec­tion of West­ern Aus­tralia and incor­po­rates three health dis­tricts — Gas­coyne, Ger­ald­ton, Mid­west and Murchi­son, is recog­nised for its unique nat­ur­al envi­ron­ment and is a cul­tur­al­ly diverse region with Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple rep­re­sent­ing 13% of the over­all population.

Want to know more about this role? We encour­age you to con­tact Karen McCum­stie on 08 9941 0302.

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).

How to Apply: Appli­cants are request­ed to apply online https://​search​.jobs​.wa​.gov​.au/…

Please pro­vide the fol­low­ing infor­ma­tion as part of your application:

• A detailed CV that clear­ly shows your expe­ri­ence rel­e­vant to this role
• A cov­er let­ter out­lin­ing their suit­abil­i­ty for this position.
• A 2 – 3‑page max­i­mum doc­u­ment address­ing the selec­tion cri­te­ria list­ed on the Job Descrip­tion Form (JDF)
• The names and con­tact details of two (2) pro­fes­sion­al ref­er­ees — prefer­able for one to be your current/​recent super­vi­sor or manager.

Selec­tion Cri­te­ria: Please see the attached Job Descrip­tion Form https://​search​.jobs​.wa​.gov​.au/…

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.