Job No: 284419 Loca­tion: APY Lands, SA

• Are you a Reg­is­tered Nurse seek­ing a new chal­lenge and the oppor­tu­ni­ty to work as part of a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team of health professionals?
• Do you have recent acute med­ical, A&E, or clin­i­cal experience?
• Salary pack­age equiv­a­lent to $250,107 — $271,090, com­men­su­rate with remote area experience
• Mod­ern accom­mo­da­tion with util­i­ties pro­vid­ed and 12 weeks leave per year to explore the Aus­tralian out­back and return home for holidays!

About the Organisation

Nganam­pa Health Coun­cil is an Abo­rig­i­nal-owned and con­trolled health organ­i­sa­tion oper­at­ing on the Anan­gu Pit­jan­t­jat­jara Yankun­yt­jat­jara (APY) Lands in the far north­west of South Aus­tralia. Nganam­pa Health oper­ates six major clin­ics and var­i­ous health pro­grams, includ­ing sex­u­al health, envi­ron­men­tal health, den­tal, wom­en’s health, chron­ic dis­eases, eye health, child health, and men­tal health.

The health ser­vice enjoys a strong nation­al rep­u­ta­tion for best-prac­tice clin­i­cal ser­vices, lead­ing-edge col­lab­o­ra­tive pro­gram research and devel­op­ment, and the use of out­come data for con­tin­u­ous eval­u­a­tion. The organisation’s clin­ics are AGPAL-accred­it­ed, mod­ern facil­i­ties staffed by a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team com­pris­ing Anan­gu Liai­son Offi­cers, On-Call Sup­port Work­ers and Nurs­es, sup­port­ed by Pro­gram Coor­di­na­tors and expe­ri­enced Med­ical Officers.

Nganam­pa Health Coun­cil is recog­nised as an exem­plar of Abo­rig­i­nal health ser­vices. Its suc­cess­es include reduc­ing sex­u­al­ly trans­mit­ted infec­tion rates, increas­ing birth weights through ante­na­tal pro­grams, and con­sis­tent­ly main­tain­ing child­hood immu­ni­sa­tion rates above 90%.

Fur­ther infor­ma­tion can be found at www​.nganam​pa​health​.com​.au Apply Now!

Life in the Anan­gu Pit­jan­t­jat­jara Yankun­yt­jat­jara Lands

The APY Lands are locat­ed in the far north-west­ern region of South Aus­tralia, cov­er­ing approx­i­mate­ly 103,000 square kilo­me­tres with a pop­u­la­tion of approx­i­mate­ly 3,000 Anan­gu peo­ple. The region is free­hold land owned and man­aged by the Anan­gu people.

Liv­ing and work­ing in this beau­ti­ful region pro­vides the chance to expe­ri­ence the true Aus­tralian out­back while get­ting paid!

About the Opportunities 

Nganam­pa Health Coun­cil is seek­ing clin­ic-based Reg­is­tered Nurs­es and Reg­is­tered Mid­wives (dual reg­is­tra­tion required) to join their ded­i­cat­ed teams in South Aus­tralia.

In these high­ly var­ied roles, you will deliv­er pri­ma­ry health­care in accor­dance with the CARPA Stan­dard Treat­ment Man­u­al, and assist in the ear­ly detec­tion and man­age­ment of chron­ic ill­ness as part of a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team.

Work­ing under the direc­tion of the Med­ical Direc­tor and Clin­i­cal Ser­vice Man­ag­er, your respon­si­bil­i­ties will include:

• Col­lab­o­rat­ing with med­ical offi­cers, pro­gram staff, Anan­gu staff, and oth­er health per­son­nel to pro­vide pri­ma­ry healthcare
• Treat­ing acute ill­ness­es and chron­ic med­ical con­di­tions, man­ag­ing com­put­erised recalls, and con­duct­ing patient fol­low-up care
• Child health mon­i­tor­ing and immunisations
• Admin­is­ter­ing adult and COVID-19 vac­ci­na­tions across all age groups
• Deliv­er­ing patient health education
• Assess­ing and refer­ring social wel­fare issues
• Con­duct­ing pub­lic health screen­ings for com­mu­ni­ca­ble dis­eases includ­ing STIs, HIV/AIDS, Hepati­tis A, B, and C
• Man­ag­ing ante­na­tal and post­na­tal care
• Sup­port­ing job spe­cif­ic edu­ca­tion for train­ing Anan­gu staff
• Per­form­ing day-to-day clin­ic admin­is­tra­tion tasks

About You

We are look­ing for expe­ri­enced RNs or RN-Mid­wives pas­sion­ate about equal qual­i­ty care for all. The abil­i­ty to com­mu­ni­cate and par­tic­i­pate effec­tive­ly with­in a cross-cul­tur­al, mul­ti-dis­ci­pli­nary health team and a demon­strat­ed under­stand­ing of issues affect­ing Abo­rig­i­nal health will be beneficial.

Our suc­cess­ful can­di­dates will:

• Be a Reg­is­tered Nurse or an RN and Reg­is­tered Mid­wife, reg­is­tered with the Nation­al Board of Nurs­ing and Midwifery
• Have at least 3 years of post-grad­u­a­tion work expe­ri­ence, with recent acute medical/A&E exposure
• Have demon­strat­ed expe­ri­ence work­ing in a clin­i­cal envi­ron­ment and hos­pi­tal-based gen­er­al nurs­ing expe­ri­ence in the past 3 years (both of which are essential)
• Hold post-basic nurs­ing qual­i­fi­ca­tions in emer­gency care, advanced nurs­ing, or rural/​remote area nurs­ing (desir­able but not essential)
• Be high­ly com­put­er lit­er­ate, as health records are ful­ly digital
• Dis­play strong cul­tur­al aware­ness and respect
• Have advanced clin­i­cal skills and con­fi­dence in man­ag­ing diverse patient pre­sen­ta­tions, includ­ing trau­ma, acute, and chron­ic con­di­tions across all age groups

Mid­wives must have sig­nif­i­cant expe­ri­ence in acute gen­er­al work with­in the past 5 years.

These posi­tions are based in busy com­mu­ni­ty clin­ics that are open from 9 am to 5:30 pm Mon­day to Fri­day. Nurs­es do pro­vide an after-hours on-call ser­vice, and you will require advanced nurs­ing clin­i­cal skills includ­ing excel­lent clin­i­cal assess­ment skills and con­fi­dence in man­ag­ing diver­si­ty in pre­sen­ta­tions — trau­ma, acute and chron­ic med­ical con­di­tions — across all age groups. 

Nganam­pa Health Coun­cil is seek­ing adapt­able and flex­i­ble indi­vid­u­als who can dis­play the ini­tia­tive, dis­cre­tion and cul­tur­al sen­si­tiv­i­ty need­ed to sup­port and dri­ve the organ­i­sa­tion’s objec­tives and val­ues. The abil­i­ty to com­mu­ni­cate and par­tic­i­pate effec­tive­ly with­in a cross-cul­tur­al, mul­ti-dis­ci­pli­nary health team will be required.

Can­di­dates who are open to change, accept­ing of Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple, com­fort­able liv­ing in a remote envi­ron­ment and who are will­ing to learn the ways of the peo­ple will be well suit­ed to this position.

The abil­i­ty to work under Abo­rig­i­nal man­age­ment and con­trol will be high­ly regard­ed, as will a demon­strat­ed under­stand­ing of issues affect­ing Abo­rig­i­nal health, the prin­ci­ples of Pri­ma­ry Health Care and rel­e­vant leg­is­la­tion. No two days will be the same and as a result, high­ly resource­ful can­di­dates will thrive here!

Please note: Suc­cess­ful can­di­dates must under­go a Police Check and a Work­ing With Chil­dren Check. A man­u­al dri­ver’s licence is essen­tial, and famil­iar­i­ty with 4WD vehi­cles is advan­ta­geous (4WD train­ing is pro­vid­ed dur­ing orientation).

About the Benefits

Your ded­i­ca­tion will be reward­ed with an attrac­tive salary pack­age equiv­a­lent to $250,107 — $271,090 (depend­ing on remote expe­ri­ence), includ­ing non-cash ben­e­fits of $13,000 and tax sav­ings of approx­i­mate­ly $19,278.

The pack­age comprises:

• Base salary
• Dis­trict and work allowances
• Super­an­nu­a­tion
• Annu­al reten­tion bonus
• Leave load­ing
• Annu­al airfare
• Recre­ation leave allowance
• Assis­tance with relo­ca­tion costs
• Tax sav­ings from salary-sacrificing
• 12 weeks of leave per year
• Rent-free mod­ern hous­ing, with util­i­ties and inter­net included
• 12 days of study leave for career planning
• Full team support

Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ple are encour­aged to apply.

If you have a diverse clin­i­cal back­ground, includ­ing acute med­i­cine, A&E, pae­di­atrics, and/​or Abo­rig­i­nal health­care expe­ri­ence, we want to hear from you – Apply Now!

Appli­ca­tions close at 5:00 pm on Fri­day, 3 Jan­u­ary 2025.