• One of Australia’s largest providers of Abo­rig­i­nal healthcare
• We’re engag­ing with Abo­rig­i­nal health issues
• Com­pet­i­tive salary of $131,379 — $137,268 per annum + super

Your oppor­tu­ni­ty. Be part of some­thing bigger.

In this role, you will pro­vide strate­gic direc­tion, clin­i­cal gov­er­nance, and pro­gram sup­port to ensure the safe­ty and effec­tive­ness of child and ado­les­cent health ser­vices with­in Miwatj’s Pri­ma­ry Health Care sec­tor. You will work close­ly with Abo­rig­i­nal Health Prac­ti­tion­ers, Com­mu­ni­ty Work­ers, and remote PHC teams to strength­en child and ado­les­cent health programs.

This posi­tion requires reg­u­lar trav­el by 4WD or light air­craft for up to five days at a time with­in the Miwatj Region.

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

• Com­pet­i­tive salary of $131,379 — $137,268 per annum + 11.5% superannuation
• Abil­i­ty to Salary Pack­age up to $15,900pa plus a fur­ther $2,650pa on Meals and Entertainment
• 5 Weeks annu­al leave + 17.5% Leave Loading
• 12 Days Per­son­al and 5 Days Com­pas­sion­ate Leave
• Pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and study leave
• Study Assis­tance of up to $1,800

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About Miwatj Health Abo­rig­i­nal Corporation

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

The ide­al can­di­date will have a strong under­stand­ing of and com­mit­ment to Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trol and self-deter­mi­na­tion, along with an aware­ness of the chal­lenges faced by Yol­ngu peo­ple in remote com­mu­ni­ties. A min­i­mum of five years of broad nurs­ing expe­ri­ence post-reg­is­tra­tion is required, with rel­e­vant ter­tiary or post-grad­u­ate qual­i­fi­ca­tions in Pae­di­atrics or Child/​Adolescent Health. The can­di­date must hold a cur­rent NT Work­ing with Children’s Check (Ochre Card) and an NT-recog­nised Immu­ni­sa­tion Provider Cer­tifi­cate (SA DoH cer­tifi­cate). Demon­strat­ed expe­ri­ence in devel­op­ing con­tin­u­ous qual­i­ty improve­ment pro­grams with­in Pri­ma­ry Health Care, along with knowl­edge of Indige­nous health, cul­ture, and social deter­mi­nants of health in remote set­tings, is essen­tial. A strong com­mit­ment to team­work, knowl­edge-shar­ing, and reg­u­lar trav­el to remote areas by 4WD or light air­craft is also required.

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, please con­tact Recruit­ment at recruitment@​miwatj.​com.​au

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Appli­ca­tion clos­ing date: 23 Feb­ru­ary 2025