• Loca­tion: New­man
• Employ­ment Type: Permanent 
• Employ­ment Cat­e­go­ry: Full-Time 
• Remu­ner­a­tion: $121,033.12 to $140,910.90 per annum plus super­an­nu­a­tion + salary sacrifice
• Com­mence­ment: ASAP

About the Opportunity

The Child Health Nurse is account­able to the Clin­i­cal Lead – New­man and is account­able to the Direc­tor of Clin­i­cal Ser­vices and is pri­mar­i­ly respon­si­ble for pro­vid­ing a fam­i­ly-cen­tred, com­pre­hen­sive child health ser­vice to clients of the New­man Clin­ic ser­viced by Pun­tukur­nu Abo­rig­i­nal Med­ical Ser­vices (PAMS).

For fur­ther job relat­ed infor­ma­tion please refer to the Job Descrip­tion form by click­ing here.

About You

To be con­sid­ered for this posi­tion, you must have:

Cur­rent Reg­is­tra­tion as a Reg­is­tered Nurse with Aus­tralian Heath Prac­ti­tion­er Health Agency;

• Rel­e­vant ter­tiary qual­i­fi­ca­tion in Child and Fam­i­ly Health nurs­ing and/​or min­i­mum of two years pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ence work­ing in a Child, Fam­i­ly and School Health Nurse or sim­i­lar role;
• Com­ple­tion of the SA Under­stand­ing Vac­cines and Nation­al Immu­ni­sa­tion Pro­gram course and annu­al updates since com­ple­tion or be will­ing to com­plete with­in 6 weeks of com­mence­ment in the role. Pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ence work­ing in a mul­ti-dis­ci­pli­nary pri­ma­ry health care team with a demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty and desire to effec­tive­ly engage with Abo­rig­i­nal chil­dren and their families
• Sound under­stand­ing of the prin­ci­ples of pri­ma­ry health care and the mod­el of Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trolled Health Service;
• Knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence in the pro­vi­sion of child health programs.
• Expe­ri­ence in elec­tron­ic patient infor­ma­tion man­age­ment systems

DESIR­ABLE:

• The per­son is of Abo­rig­i­nal and/​or Tor­res Strait Islander decent and is acknowl­edged as such by their community.
• Post Grad­u­ate qual­i­fi­ca­tions in Child Health.
• Cur­rent reg­is­tra­tion with the Aus­tralian Health Prac­ti­tion­er Reg­u­la­tion Agency as a Reg­is­tered Midwife
• An advanced knowl­edge of Com­mu­ni­care includ­ing the abil­i­ty to pro­duce reports and recall lists

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 strong­ly encour­aged to apply.

Please note: In addi­tion to the above skills and expe­ri­ence, the suc­cess­ful can­di­date will require to pro­vide evi­dence of licens­es and reg­is­tra­tions as out­lined in the ​“About You” sec­tion above. 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 Benefits

While you will face diverse new chal­lenges in the role, you will also enjoy an attrac­tive remu­ner­a­tion pack­age includ­ing a base salary. You’ll also gain access to gen­er­ous enti­tle­ments and fan­tas­tic ben­e­fits which includes:

• Remu­ner­a­tion: $121,033.12 to $136,145.80 per annum
• Accom­mo­da­tion with sub­sidised utilities
• 6 weeks annu­al leave
• 11.5% Super­an­nu­a­tion
• Salary Sac­ri­fic­ing up to $15,900 plus enter­tain­ment benefits;
• Sup­port to fur­ther invest in your career through addi­tion­al training;
• Employ­ee Assis­tance Pro­gram; and
• 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.

PAMS oper­ates five sites, four of which are remote and man­aged by a team of clin­i­cians and a range of ancil­lary work­ers. Although the suc­cess­ful can­di­dates will have a sub­stan­tive loca­tion in Jiga­long they must be pre­pared from time to time to work across any one of these sites should they be required.

PAMS oper­ates in some of the most remote parts of Aus­tralia and staff are required to be pro­fi­cient at dri­ving a 4WD vehi­cle and will­ing to fly in light aircraft.

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.

Appli­ca­tion Process 

How to apply:

Please ensure you review the attached Job Descrip­tion Form (JDF) for fur­ther infor­ma­tion about the require­ments of the posi­tion. https://​apply​now​.net​.au/​j​obs/P…

We require you to submit:

1. A cur­rent com­pre­hen­sive CV includ­ing the con­tact details of two cur­rent ref­er­ees and;
2. A cov­er let­ter no more than 2 pages that clear­ly out­lines the skills and expe­ri­ence you have gained to make you suit­able for this position.

Short­list­ing will com­mence immediately.

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion includ­ing, please con­tact Peo­ple and Cul­ture Team on 08 9177 8307 or pamshr@​puntukurnu.​com.