The Mid­wife and Child Health Nurse pro­vides clin­i­cal care and advice and the Mater­nal and Child Health Abo­rig­i­nal Health Work­er trans­lates this infor­ma­tion to ensure the health mes­sages are under­stood, and helps facil­i­tate the inter­ac­tion between indi­vid­u­als, fam­i­ly groups, and the community.

Some of your key respon­si­bil­i­ties will include:

• Devel­op rela­tion­ships and improve com­mu­ni­ca­tion between clients and ser­vice providers
• Facil­i­tate the con­ti­nu­ity of care and care coor­di­na­tion for Bea­gle Bay and Bidyadan­ga clients access­ing mater­nal and child health services.
• Facil­i­tate and par­tic­i­pate in the deliv­ery of health edu­ca­tion and sup­port groups.
• Com­ply with the orga­ni­za­tion­al require­ments of the positio

The ide­al can­di­date will be a Abo­rig­i­nal Health Work­er — Cer­tifi­cate IV, who is reg­is­tered or is eli­gi­ble for reg­is­tra­tion with, AHPRA. 

Expe­ri­ence with clin­i­cal data­base sys­tems and pro­fi­cien­cy with Microsoft Word and Excel will be high­ly regard­ed. Due to the nature of this role, a cur­rent man­u­al driver’s licence with the capac­i­ty to dri­ve a 4WD is required. 

Please note: It is a require­ment that suc­cess­ful can­di­dates hold a cur­rent, or be will­ing to under­go a Nation­al Police Check pri­or to employ­ment with KAMS.

About the Benefits

KAMS is an organ­i­sa­tion that tru­ly val­ues its team, and is com­mit­ted to improv­ing employ­ee knowl­edge, skills and expe­ri­ence. In addi­tion, staff devel­op­ment pro­grams are not only encour­aged but are often paid for by KAMS. This role is a high­ly attrac­tive oppor­tu­ni­ty for some­one with a desire to devel­op their pro­fes­sion­al knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence in the area of Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander health!

While you will face diverse new chal­lenges in the role, you will also enjoy an attrac­tive salary pack­age includ­ing a base salary of $81,599 (Abo­rig­i­nal Health Work­er) or $83,537 (Abo­rig­i­nal Health Prac­ti­tion­er) plus super and a fur­ther host of ben­e­fits, including:

• Dis­trict allowance $3,042 p.a (sin­gle), $6,083 (depen­dant);
• Accom­mo­da­tion Allowance $13,000
• Elec­tric­i­ty Allowance $1,440
• Annu­al air­fares sub­sidy to the val­ue of $1,285 p.a. (after 12 months of service);
• 5 weeks leave p.a. (pro rata)

This is an excel­lent oppor­tu­ni­ty to devel­op your skills, advance your career and enhance your cul­tur­al knowl­edge in stun­ning out­back loca­tions. Make a pos­i­tive difference!

Please note: KAMS reserves the right to close this vacan­cy pri­or to clos­ing date so be quick!

Please note: Peo­ple of Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander descent are strong­ly encour­aged to apply.

For fur­ther queries: please con­tract KAMS HR 08 9194 3200

Appli­ca­tions close on the 6^th Novem­ber 2024. 

Apply here : https://​kam​sc​-iframe​.apply​now​.net​.au/​j​o​b​s​/​K​A​M​S1316

OR vis­it KAMS Web­site- https://​kams​.org​.au/​t​r​a​i​n​i​n​a​g​-​e​m​p​l​o​y​m​e​n​t​/​e​m​p​l​o​y​ment/