About Kather­ine West Health Board

Kather­ine West Health Board is a child-safe organ­i­sa­tion, com­mit­ted to child safe­ty and well­be­ing in accor­dance with the Nation­al Prin­ci­ples for Child Safe Organ­i­sa­tions. KWHB is striv­ing to ensure a sup­port­ive work­ing envi­ron­ment which places child safe­ty and well­be­ing at the fore­front of our ser­vice deliv­ery. We are com­mit­ted to embed­ding child safe­ty prac­tices through­out our organ­i­sa­tion and under­tak­ing con­tin­u­ous improve­ment to pri­ori­tise the safe­ty of all chil­dren who come into con­tact with our organ­i­sa­tion, staff, and services.

Estab­lished in 1998, Kather­ine West Health Board (KWHB) is an Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trolled organ­i­sa­tion that pro­vides a range of clin­i­cal, pre­ven­ta­tive and pub­lic health ser­vices to clients in the Kather­ine West Region of the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry. With four major health care cen­tres and a range of satel­lite cen­tres, KWHB ser­vices an area over two times the size of Tas­ma­nia (162,000km²), help­ing to improve the health and well­be­ing of some of the most remote com­mu­ni­ties in Australia.

KWH­B’s vision acknowl­edges the dis­tinct and diverse iden­ti­ty of their peo­ple and com­mu­ni­ties, ensur­ing mem­ber com­mu­ni­ties are involved in the plan­ning, devel­op­ment and imple­men­ta­tion of their health pro­grams. Our holis­tic ser­vices are designed to pro­mote the phys­i­cal, men­tal, emo­tion­al and spir­i­tu­al well-being of the per­son and their community.

Remote Area Nursing 

Posi­tion Description

Kather­ine West Health Board (KWHB) is cur­rent­ly look­ing for a Remote Area Nurse to join their team for an oppor­tu­ni­ty in the Kather­ine West region in the NT. Remote Area Nurs­es work as part of a dynam­ic, mul­ti-dis­ci­pli­nary team in a remote health care cen­tre and pro­vides the high­est stan­dard of nurs­ing care for clients through the pro­vi­sion of com­pre­hen­sive pri­ma­ry health care services. 

Your respon­si­bil­i­ties will include (but are not lim­it­ed to):

• Pro­vide qual­i­ty pri­ma­ry health care to indi­vid­u­als, fam­i­lies, and the com­mu­ni­ty
  (includ­ing out­sta­tions as required) with­in own com­pe­ten­cy lev­el, KWHB endorsed
  pro­to­cols and the CARPA Man­u­al in order to meet expect­ed client needs. 
• Par­tic­i­pate in the after-hours on-call ros­ter to meet com­mu­ni­ty emer­gency needs.
• Pro­mote and sup­port Abo­rig­i­nal Health Prac­ti­tion­ers (AHP’s) as the pri­ma­ry health
  providers in com­mu­ni­ty to facil­i­tate the deliv­ery of cul­tur­al­ly appro­pri­ate health care
• Sup­port and par­tic­i­pate in Qual­i­ty Improve­ment activ­i­ties with­in the Health Cen­tre to
  enhance the safe­ty and effec­tive­ness of care.
• Main­tain infor­ma­tion sys­tems required for the effec­tive man­age­ment of clients.

About the Benefits

This is an amaz­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty to utilise your skills and pas­sion to make a gen­uine dif­fer­ence to some of the most remote com­mu­ni­ties in Australia.

In return for your hard work and ded­i­ca­tion, the suc­cess­ful can­di­dates will enjoy an attrac­tive remu­ner­a­tion RAN 1 – 3 (nego­tiable based on your skills and expe­ri­ence) PLUS super and a range of ben­e­fits, including: 

• Salary sac­ri­fic­ing.
• 6 weeks annu­al leave.
• Dai­ly trav­el allowance when away from Katherine.
• Fan­tas­tic pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment & ongo­ing training.
• Flex­i­ble work and leave options.
• Relo­ca­tion assis­tance.

Progress at your own pace with our online learn­ing sys­tem and encour­aged pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment opportunities. 

This is an excel­lent oppor­tu­ni­ty to devel­op your skills, advance your career and enhance your cul­tur­al knowl­edge whilst mak­ing a pos­i­tive difference.

Apply at https://​kwhb​.apply​now​.net​.au/j…