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Milingimbi Primary and Population Health Manager

Executive/Management Roles

Posted: 5 Nov 2024

Location: East Arnhem Land

The Primary & Population Health Centre Manager will provide effective and sustainable management of all Milingimbi Primary and Population Health Centre operations including determining, developing, and implementing strategies to manage gaps and risks associated with all aspects of both operational and clinical services.

  • We’re one of the lead­ing providers of Indige­nous health­care in Australia.
  • Pro­vid­ing pri­ma­ry health­care in remote East Arn­hem Land.
  • Com­pet­i­tive salary of $144,820 — 150,615 per annum + 11.5% Superannuation

Your oppor­tu­ni­ty. Be part of some­thing bigger.

The Pri­ma­ry & Pop­u­la­tion Health Cen­tre Man­ag­er will pro­vide effec­tive and sus­tain­able man­age­ment of all Milingim­bi Pri­ma­ry and Pop­u­la­tion Health Cen­tre oper­a­tions includ­ing deter­min­ing, devel­op­ing, and imple­ment­ing strate­gies to man­age gaps and risks asso­ci­at­ed with all aspects of both oper­a­tional and clin­i­cal ser­vices. The man­ag­er will sup­port the Direc­tor of Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery (DONM) to imple­ment strate­gic direc­tions, con­tem­po­rary mod­els of care and con­tin­u­ous qual­i­ty improve­ment activ­i­ties with a fo health­care to a rich­ly diverse com­mu­ni­ty. cus on change man­age­ment, ser­vice inte­gra­tion and com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment. This role is respon­si­ble for clin­i­cal lead­er­ship, oper­a­tions, per­for­mance, and con­tin­u­ous qual­i­ty improve­ment whilst work­ing with­in a cul­tur­al­ly safe framework.

Suc­cess­ful appli­cants will have access to a range of ben­e­fits, including:

  • Attrac­tive salary rang­ing from $144,820 to $150,615 per year
  • 11.5% super­an­nu­a­tion contributions
  • Relo­ca­tion sup­port of up to $10,400 (con­di­tions apply)
  • Fur­nished accom­mo­da­tion provided
  • Abil­i­ty to Salary Pack­age up to $15,900pa plus a fur­ther $2,650pa on Meals and Entertainment

Dis­cov­er East Arn­hem Land! Immerse your­self in Yol­ngu cul­ture, pris­tine beach­es, and breath­tak­ing land­scapes. Vis­it East Arn­hem Land Web­site to find out more https://​www​.eas​t​arn​hem​land​.com​.au/

About Miwatj

Miwatj Health is an inde­pen­dent Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty-Con­trolled Health Ser­vice. Estab­lished in 1992, we’re com­mit­ted to secur­ing qual­i­ty health care ser­vices across the East Arn­hem and enabling Yolŋu pow­ered com­mu­ni­ty health and well­be­ing. Miwatj pro­vides cul­tur­al­ly appro­pri­ate, com­pre­hen­sive pri­ma­ry health care to over 6,000 remote Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander res­i­dents across 3 East Arn­hem wards. With a Head Office in Nhu­lun­buy, Miwatj also man­ages a Cor­po­rate Office in Dar­win, 7 fixed clin­ics across the East Arn­hem region, and ded­i­cat­ed out­reach teams who trav­el to 3 addi­tion­al locations.

Essen­tial Requirements

The ide­al can­di­date must have an under­stand­ing of and com­mit­ment to Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trol and self-deter­mi­na­tion; An under­stand­ing of the issues faced by Yol­ngu peo­ple liv­ing in remote set­tings; Knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence work­ing in an Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trolled Health Ser­vices; Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty to pro­vide effec­tive high-lev­el lead­er­ship, man­age­ment and organ­i­sa­tion­al skills includ­ing a high lev­el of com­pre­hen­sive ana­lyt­i­cal and prob­lem-solv­ing skills to ensure effec­tive clin­i­cal and pro­gram man­age­ment; Min­i­mum of 5 years’ expe­ri­ence as a Reg­is­tered Nurse/​Health Pro­fes­sion­al /​Practice Man­ag­er and in a sim­i­lar role with a sim­i­lar com­mu­ni­ty pop­u­la­tion demo­graph­ic and ser­vice profile. 

To view the full require­ments, please click on the Job Descrip­tion. and to APPLY : https://miwatj.jobs.subscribe-…

Vac­ci­na­tion & Immu­ni­ty Screening

Miwatj Health is com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing a safe and healthy work­ing envi­ron­ment for all work­ers and users of its health­care cen­tres. 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 Staff Vac­ci­na­tion and Immu­ni­ty Screen­ing Pol­i­cy (to be sup­plied to all suc­cess­ful candidates).

Please address your appli­ca­tion in accor­dance with the attached Job Descrip­tion and Essen­tial Selec­tion Criteria.

For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact the Gen­er­al Man­ag­er Health at helen.​mobbs@​miwatj.​com.​au