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Nurse Practitioner - Complex Care/Rheumatic Heart Disease

Nursing

Posted: 3 Sep 2024

Location: Alyangula NT

An opportunity has become available within the East Arnhem Population Primary Health Care team to work as part of a multidisciplinary health team and engaging closely with other service providers.

  • Nurse Lev­el 6 — Remu­ner­a­tion Pack­age Range $170,016 — $176,751
  • Pop­u­la­tion and Pri­ma­ry Health 
  • Groote Eylandt — Alyan­gu­la, Angu­rugu, Umbakumba 
  • Fixed vacan­cy for 2 years

The posi­tion will be respon­si­ble for over­see­ing and man­ag­ing the Rheumat­ic Heart Dis­ease –RHD- pro­gram on the 4 com­mu­ni­ties in the Groote Eylandt Arch­i­pel­ago, requir­ing close col­lab­o­ra­tion with the RHD unit in Dar­win as well as agen­cies such as NT Cardiac.

The NP will work close­ly with the Remote Area Clin­ic staff includ­ing Remote Area Nurs­es- RANs, Clin­ic Man­agers and GPs to pro­vide a proac­tive and pre­ven­ta­tive approach to ser­vice deliv­ery in this High Pri­or­i­ty Program

Employ­ee ben­e­fits include:

  • Great Career and Lifestyle opportunities
  • Com­pet­i­tive wages and Salary Packaging
  • 6 weeks annu­al leave
  • Fares out of Iso­lat­ed Loca­tion (FOIL) 3 per year
  • Fur­nished Accom­mo­da­tion Supplied
  • Uplift at begin­ning and end of contract
  • Freight allowances

Hous­ing for this posi­tion is based in Alyan­gu­la, Groote Eylandt (Australia’s third largest Island) which has a pop­u­la­tion of approx. 1,500. It has all essen­tial ser­vices includ­ing a school, a pri­ma­ry health care clin­ic, shop­ping com­plex, child­care cen­tres, recre­ation club, nine-hole golf course and sport­ing facilities. 

Alyan­gu­la is a fan­tas­tic place to live, learn and work. It is known for its pris­tine nat­ur­al and marine envi­ron­ment, spec­tac­u­lar scenery, Abo­rig­i­nal art and cul­ture. Groote Eylandt (north​ern​ter​ri​to​ry​.com)

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion about this vacan­cy please con­tact: Trevor Marks Pop­u­la­tion Health Man­ag­er East Arn­hem on 0428 013 869 or trevor.​marks@​nt.​gov.​au

Quote vacan­cy number: 43106

Clos­ing date: 29/09/2024

Appli­ca­tions should con­sist of a one page sum­ma­ry sheet, resume / CV and copies of rel­e­vant qualifications.

For a copy of the Job Descrip­tion or to view career oppor­tu­ni­ties in the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Gov­ern­ment please vis­it https://​jobs​.nt​.gov​.au/​H​o​m​e​/​J​o​b​D​e​t​a​i​l​s​?​r​t​f​I​d​=​302945