Job No: PAMS0312

Loca­tion: New­man, WA with reg­u­lar trav­el to the remote Com­mu­ni­ties of Jiga­long, Parn­ngur, Pun­mu and Kunawarritji

Employ­ment Type: Permanent

Employ­ment Cat­e­go­ry: Full Time

Remu­ner­a­tion: $110,564.61 — $136,145.80 per annum + super­an­nu­a­tion + salary sacrifice

Com­mence­ment Date: ASAP

About the Opportunity

Pun­tukur­nu Abo­rig­i­nal Med­ical Ser­vice (PAMS) invites you to become a vital part of the Jiji Pro­gram, an inno­v­a­tive ini­tia­tive enhanc­ing the lives of chil­dren and fam­i­lies in the West­ern Desert region.

About the Jiji Pro­gram: The Jiji (Kids) Pro­gram is a trans­for­ma­tive, com­mu­ni­ty-dri­ven ini­tia­tive that empow­ers chil­dren and fam­i­lies by blend­ing neu­ro­science, poly­va­gal the­o­ry, and child devel­op­ment. This pro­gram focus­es on trau­ma heal­ing, reg­u­la­tion, and capac­i­ty build­ing in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Mar­tu com­mu­ni­ties. By work­ing close­ly with local fam­i­lies and employ­ing cul­tur­al­ly informed prac­tices, the pro­gram deliv­ers ther­a­py ses­sions and work­shops that fos­ter resilience, heal­ing, and com­mu­ni­ty growth.

As an Occu­pa­tion­al Ther­a­pist, you will:

• Work col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly with a Speech Pathol­o­gist to pro­vide indi­vid­ual and group therapy.
• Deliv­er pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment work­shops for edu­ca­tors and fam­i­lies, incor­po­rat­ing cul­tur­al­ly tai­lored approaches.
• Sup­port chil­dren with atten­tion, speech, trau­ma, and fine motor chal­lenges using inno­v­a­tive and holis­tic methods.
• Trav­el to remote com­mu­ni­ties to build rela­tion­ships and ensure access to high-qual­i­ty care. 

About You

To be con­sid­ered you will meet the fol­low­ing criteria:

• Bach­e­lor of Occu­pa­tion­al Ther­a­py or equiv­a­lent ter­tiary qual­i­fi­ca­tions and eli­gi­ble for reg­is­tra­tion with the Occu­pa­tion­al Ther­a­py Board of Australia.
• At least 3 years post grad­u­ate expe­ri­ence in Occu­pa­tion­al Ther­a­py, demon­strat­ing a sound pro­fes­sion­al com­pe­ten­cy in plan­ning, imple­ment­ing and eval­u­at­ing occu­pa­tion­al ther­a­py services.
• Strong under­stand­ing and a com­mit­ment to the prin­ci­ples of Com­mu­ni­ty Development.
• Under­stand­ing of the prin­ci­ples of the mod­el of Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trolled Health Services.
• A demon­strat­ed under­stand­ing of the unique issues affect­ing and impact­ing on the health and well­be­ing of Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander people.
• An abil­i­ty to work, reside and trav­el inde­pen­dent­ly in a remote region.

Desir­able:

• Iden­ti­fy­ing as Abo­rig­i­nal and/​or Tor­res Strait Islander will be high­ly regarded.

The posi­tion involves work­ing with a mul­ti­cul­tur­al organ­i­sa­tion where the major­i­ty of staff, clients and stake­hold­ers iden­ti­fy as Abo­rig­i­nal or Tor­res Strait Islander. Can­di­dates must be able to demon­strate an under­stand­ing of the issues affect­ing Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ple and their abil­i­ty to com­mu­ni­cate sen­si­tive­ly and effec­tive­ly with Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander people.

As per sec­tion 51 of the Equal Oppor­tu­ni­ty Act 1984 (WA) PAMS active­ly seeks to increase the diver­si­ty of our work­force to bet­ter meet the dif­fer­ing needs of our clients and stake­hold­ers and to improve equal oppor­tu­ni­ty out­comes for our employ­ees. Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ple are encour­aged to apply.

Please note: In addi­tion to the above skills and expe­ri­ence, the suc­cess­ful can­di­date will require an unre­strict­ed WA ​“C” Class Driver’s Licence, and be required to sub­mit a Nation­al Police Clear­ance (dat­ed with­in 3 months) and Work­ing With Chil­dren Check (where applic­a­ble) pri­or to appoint­ment, in order to be eli­gi­ble for the position.

Appli­cants for this posi­tion must be legal­ly enti­tled to work in Aus­tralia and will be required to pro­vide evi­dence of this enti­tle­ment. Accept­able evi­dence includes an Aus­tralian or New Zealand pass­port, birth cer­tifi­cate, or for­eign pass­port with rel­e­vant visa.

About the Organisation

With an admin­is­tra­tive hub based in New­man, in the Pil­bara region of West­ern Aus­tralia, The Pun­tukur­nu Abo­rig­i­nal Med­ical Ser­vice (PAMS) pro­vides holis­tic pri­ma­ry health care to the indi­vid­u­als and fam­i­lies with­in the remote com­mu­ni­ties of Jiga­long, Parn­ngurr, Pun­mu and Kunawarritji.

PAMS aims to improve the stan­dard of health of the Mar­tu peo­ple and all Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple liv­ing in the East Pil­bara region of West­ern Aus­tralia through the pro­vi­sion of com­mu­ni­ty based, com­pre­hen­sive pri­ma­ry health care ser­vices. We exist to pro­mote the health and well-being of indi­vid­ual com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers and to relieve sick­ness and the suf­fer­ing of the indige­nous com­mu­ni­ty as a whole. We are pas­sion­ate about pro­vid­ing the high­est stan­dard of patient care whilst incor­po­rat­ing a holis­tic approach toward diag­no­sis and man­age­ment of illness.

Why Join Us?

• Cul­tur­al Immer­sion: Work in part­ner­ship with Mar­tu Elders and com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers to ensure cul­tur­al­ly appro­pri­ate ser­vice delivery.
• Pro­fes­sion­al Growth: Engage in spe­cialised train­ing and devel­op­ment programs.
• Gen­er­ous Ben­e­fits: Enjoy attrac­tive salary pack­ag­ing, remote area allowances, and sub­sidised housing.
• Work-Life Bal­ance: Expe­ri­ence the unique land­scapes of the West­ern Desert while main­tain­ing a man­age­able workload.
• Impact­ful Work: Be part of a pro­gram fund­ed to sus­tain and grow its oper­a­tions, backed by sig­nif­i­cant gov­ern­ment investment.

While you will face diverse new chal­lenges in the role, you will also enjoy an attrac­tive remu­ner­a­tion pack­age includ­ing a base salary of $110,564.61 — $136,145.80 per annum plus super­an­nu­a­tion. You’ll also gain access to gen­er­ous salary pack­ag­ing options, which will great­ly increase your take home pay.

In addi­tion, you will have access to a num­ber of fan­tas­tic ben­e­fits including:

• 5 weeks annu­al leave
• Rental assistance/​accommodation with pow­er subsidy
• Year­ly return air­fare subsidy
• Mobile phone allowance
• Sup­port to fur­ther invest in your career 
• Employ­ee Assis­tance Program
• Reten­tion Ini­tia­tives in accor­dance with the PAMS Employ­ee Remu­ner­a­tion Policy

This posi­tion offers the oppor­tu­ni­ty to work close­ly with remote Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ties and make a dras­tic impact to the health and well-being out­comes of these communities.

As this role is based in remote com­mu­ni­ty loca­tions you must be will­ing and able to trav­el long dis­tances by 4WD car or in light aircraft.

Please note there is no clos­ing date for this adver­tise­ment. Appli­ca­tions will be assessed as received and inter­views sched­uled accord­ing­ly. PAMS reserves the right to with­draw this adver­tise­ment with­out fur­ther notice, there­fore we encour­age inter­est­ed can­di­dates to sub­mit their appli­ca­tion with­out delay.

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion about this posi­tion please call Aimable Nday­iz­eye, Direc­tor of Com­mu­ni­ty Health on (08) 9177 8307.

Occu­pa­tion­al Ther­a­pist | Pun­tukur­nu Abo­rig­i­nal Med­ical Service