As a Medicare Coor­di­na­tor you will coor­di­nate all ser­vices asso­ci­at­ed with the Medicare claim­ing process to ensure that claim­ing is at an opti­mal level.

The posi­tion requires fre­quent trav­els to Man­ingri­da, so there would be pref­er­ence for Dar­win based appli­cants who can work from Mala’la Parap Office.

The suc­cess­ful appli­cant will have access to a range of ben­e­fits, including:

• Attrac­tive Salary of $93,000 — $110,000 per annum depend­ing on qual­i­fi­ca­tions and experience
• 11.5% Super­an­nu­a­tion
• 6 weeks annu­al leave with 17.5% leave loading
• Abil­i­ty to salary pack­age up to $15,900 per annum, plus a fur­ther $2,650 per annum on Meals and Entertainment
• Return trav­el to Man­ingri­da with access to dai­ly Trav­el Allowance while on-site in Maningrida
• Work with a com­mit­ted and pas­sion­ate team

About Mala’la

Mala’la Health Ser­vice is a respect­ed & accred­it­ed Abo­rig­i­nal Cor­po­ra­tion pro­vid­ing ser­vices to the sea­side com­mu­ni­ty of Man­ingri­da (520 km east of Dar­win), with a pop­u­la­tion of approx­i­mate­ly 3,500 peo­ple. These ser­vices include Pri­ma­ry Health Care, Aged & Com­mu­ni­ty Care, Fam­i­ly & Com­mu­ni­ty Well­ness, Drugs & Alco­hol Ser­vices. Mala’la Health Ser­vice pro­vides Pri­ma­ry Health Care ser­vices to Man­ingri­da and sur­round­ing home­lands under a Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trol model. 

Essen­tial Requirements

The role will see you work­ing in a remote Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty. All appli­cants must have an under­stand­ing of, and com­mit­ment to Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trol, self-deter­mi­na­tion, and the issues faced by Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple liv­ing in remote settings.

To apply, please ensure that you have the following:

• Full work­ing rights in Australia
• Rel­e­vant qual­i­fi­ca­tions and or expe­ri­ence with cur­rent Medicare claim­ing and change imple­ment­ed by Medicare Australia 
• Expe­ri­ence with Medicare billing process­es includ­ing Prac­tice Incen­tives Pro­gram (PIP) and Prac­tice Nurse Incen­tives Pro­gram (PNIP)
• Work­ing knowl­edge of Medicare HPOS and PRO­DA systems
• Well-devel­oped com­pe­ten­cy in com­put­er skills with sound work­ing knowl­edge of Microsoft Office Pro­grams and data­base systems
• Sat­is­fac­to­ry Crim­i­nal His­to­ry Check
• Cur­rent NT Work­ing with Chil­dren Clear­ance OCHRE card

Vac­ci­na­tion & Immu­ni­ty Screening

Mala’la Health Ser­vice is com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing a safe and healthy work­ing envi­ron­ment for all staff and clients of our Health Care Cen­tre. In accor­dance with the Nation­al Health and Med­ical Research Coun­cil (NHM­RC) Guide­lines, Nation­al Safe­ty and Qual­i­ty Health Care Ser­vice Stan­dards, and oth­er local poli­cies, guide­lines and pro­ce­dures; we man­date that all staff abide by our Work­er Immu­ni­sa­tion Against Spe­cif­ic VPD Pol­i­cy, which will be sup­plied to the suc­cess­ful candidate.

For more infor­ma­tion regard­ing the Vac­ci­na­tion & Immu­ni­ty Screen­ing require­ments, please con­tact: hr@​malala.​com.​au

For more detailed Selec­tion Cri­te­ria, please click here to view the full Posi­tion Description.

How to apply?

For more infor­ma­tion and to apply, please con­tact Les­ley Woolf, Exec­u­tive Health Man­ag­er. Appli­ca­tions to be for­ward­ed to Lesley.​Woolf@​malala.​com.​au

Appli­cants may be required to dis­close any pre-exist­ing ill­ness or injury which may impact on their abil­i­ty to per­form the role. Details are avail­able in sec­tion 571 of the Work­ers’ Com­pen­sa­tion and Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Act 2003

Appli­ca­tions clos­ing date: 12^th Jan­u­ary 2025.