• Loca­tion: Remote Com­mu­ni­ties of Jiga­long, Parn­ngurr, Pun­mu and Kunawarritji
• Employ­ment Type: Permanent 
• Employ­ment Cat­e­go­ry: Full-time (FIFO and Flex­i­ble rota­tions available)
• Remu­ner­a­tion: $121,033.12 to $140,910.90 per annum
• Enti­tle­ments and Ben­e­fits: Paid Flights & Trav­el Days, 13 weeks leave, Salary Sac­ri­fice up to $15,900
• Com­mence­ment: ASAP

The Child Health Nurse reports direct­ly to the Remote Ser­vices Man­ag­er and is account­able to the Direc­tor of Clin­i­cal Ser­vices; and is respon­si­ble for pro­vid­ing a fam­i­ly-cen­tred, com­pre­hen­sive child health and school health ser­vice to fam­i­lies and chil­dren in the four remote com­mu­ni­ties (Parn­ngurr, Jiga­long, Pun­mu and Kunawar­ritji) ser­viced by Pun­tukur­nu Abo­rig­i­nal Med­ical Ser­vice (PAMS).

This posi­tion works towards clos­ing the gap in mor­bid­i­ty and mor­tal­i­ty rates for Mar­tu peo­ple through improved access to child and mater­nal health ser­vices of excellence.

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;

• Have the South Aus­tralian Under­stand­ing Vac­cines and Nation­al Immu­ni­sa­tion Pro­gram Cer­tifi­cate and annu­al updates since com­ple­tion or be will­ing to com­plete with­in 6 weeks of com­mence­ment in the role; • Pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ence work­ing in a remote pri­ma­ry health care set­ting with a demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty to effec­tive­ly and cul­tur­al­ly appro­pri­ate­ly engage with Abo­rig­i­nal communities;

• Demon­strat­ed under­stand­ing of the unique issues effect­ing and impact­ing upon the health of Abo­rig­i­nal chil­dren and families;

• • Sound under­stand­ing of the prin­ci­ples of pri­ma­ry health care and the mod­el of Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trolled Health Service;

• Sound writ­ten and ver­bal com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills;

• Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty to work inde­pen­dent­ly and col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly in a team to achieve agreed goals and deadlines.

• Knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence in the pro­vi­sion of health programs;

• An abil­i­ty to work, reside and trav­el inde­pen­dent­ly in a remote region;

• Abil­i­ty to work as part of a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team, as well as inde­pen­dent­ly when required;

• Sound work­ing knowl­edge of com­put­er soft­ware pack­ages includ­ing Communicare;

• Will­ing­ness to assist with gen­er­al remote area nurs­ing duties across all areas of the life-span includ­ing under­tak­ing first and sec­ond on call duties as required;

• Pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ence under­tak­ing pro­gram report­ing against per­for­mance deliverables;

• Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty to com­mu­ni­cate effec­tive­ly and sen­si­tive­ly with Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peoples

DESIR­ABLE:

• The per­son iden­ti­fies as Abo­rig­i­nal and/​or Tor­res Strait Islander and is acknowl­edged as such by their community.

• Pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ence using an elec­tron­ic patient infor­ma­tion sys­tem such as Communicare;

• Pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ence work­ing with CARPA Stan­dard Treat­ment Protocols

The posi­tion involves work­ing with a mul­ti­cul­tur­al orga­ni­za­tion 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 $140,910.90 per annum

• Paid flights to and from loca­tion of origin

• Flex­i­ble ros­ter­ing arrange­ments, 6 weeks on 2 weeks off

• Accom­mo­da­tion with sub­sidised utilities

• 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 New­man and the remote com­mu­ni­ties of Jiga­long, Parn­ngurr, Pun­mu and Kunawarritji.

PAMS has over 700 reg­is­tered clients, with most being Mar­tu. Ser­vices offered include health edu­ca­tion and pro­mo­tion pro­grams and ini­tia­tives, as well as the mon­i­tor­ing and man­age­ment of ongo­ing health issues such as dia­betes, hyper­ten­sion, ante-natal & post-natal care and child health.

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;

1. 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.