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• We’re one of the lead­ing providers of Indige­nous health­care in Australia.
• 6 weeks annu­al leave, accom­mo­da­tion, relo­ca­tion, study assis­tance + more
• Com­pet­i­tive salary of $131,739 to $137,268 per annum

Your oppor­tu­ni­ty. Be part of some­thing bigger.

A Reg­is­tered Nurse for the Mater­nal Ear­ly Child­hood Sus­tained Home-vis­it­ing (MEC­SH) Pro­gram, you will play a vital role in imple­ment­ing and deliv­er­ing the MEC­SH pro­gram accord­ing to its estab­lished sched­ule. Your respon­si­bil­i­ties will include pro­vid­ing com­pre­hen­sive assess­ment, screen­ing, and sup­port to vul­ner­a­ble and at-risk moth­ers, fam­i­lies, and car­ers with chil­dren up to the age of 3 years. Addi­tion­al­ly, you will offer advice and refer­ral ser­vices to ensure the well-being and devel­op­ment of these fam­i­lies. This is a full-time, per­ma­nent role from Decem­ber 2024 and based in Galiwin’ku, North­ern Territory.

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

• Com­pet­i­tive salary of $131,739 — $137,268 per annum
• 11.5% Super­an­nu­a­tion
• Hous­ing and Flights Included
• 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

This role will see you work­ing in a remote Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty. All appli­cants must have an under­stand­ing and com­mit­ment to Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trol, self-deter­mi­na­tion, and the issues faced by Yolŋu peo­ple liv­ing in remote set­tings. To apply, please ensure you have a cur­rent prac­tic­ing cer­tifi­cate from The Aus­tralian Health Prac­ti­tion­ers Reg­u­la­tion Agency (AHPRA); Demon­strat­ed 5 years remote health expe­ri­ence; Demon­strat­ed under­stand­ing of issues per­tain­ing to Abo­rig­i­nal pri­ma­ry health care and expe­ri­ence work­ing in part­ner­ship with vul­ner­a­ble fam­i­lies and knowl­edge of the social deter­mi­nants of Abo­rig­i­nal health. For more detailed Selec­tion Cri­te­ria, please click to view the full Job Description.

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).

For more infor­ma­tion regard­ing the Vac­ci­na­tion & Immu­ni­ty Screen­ing require­ments, please con­tact recruitment@​miwatj.​com.​au

For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact the MEC­SH Pro­gram Coor­di­na­tor at katherine.​taylor@​miwatj.​com.​au

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