• Posi­tion Number: 00613570
• Divi­sion: WACHS — Midwest
• Loca­tion (1 Sub­urb Only): Carnarvon
• Work Type: Full Time
• Salary : RN SRN Lev­el 2 $121,497 p.a.
• Clos­ing Date: 3 Feb­ru­ary 2025

This is for a Per­ma­nent, Fixed Term or Casu­al appoint­ment at var­i­ous hours per fort­night, with the pos­si­bil­i­ty of extension(s) and/​or permanency.

To be suc­cess­ful, you will have…

• Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty as a leader/​coordinator in a diverse team environment.
• Advanced clin­i­cal prac­tice in a vari­ety of acute set­tings includ­ing the abil­i­ty to per­form under pressure.
• High­ly devel­oped inter­per­son­al and nego­ti­a­tion skills, oral and writ­ten com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills and proven abil­i­ty to build and main­tain relationships.
• Under­stand­ing of con­tin­u­ous qual­i­ty improve­ment pro­grams and risk management.
• Com­put­er lit­er­a­cy and an abil­i­ty to utilise infor­ma­tion systems.
• Well-devel­oped con­cep­tu­al, ana­lyt­i­cal and eval­u­a­tion skills includ­ing the abil­i­ty to pro­vide inno­v­a­tive solu­tions to com­plex and sen­si­tive problems.
• Abil­i­ty and will­ing­ness to par­tic­i­pate in an after-hours shift work ros­ter, includ­ing week­ends, pub­lic hol­i­days, nights, after­noons and day shifts as required.

Posi­tion Profile:

Pro­vides after hours admin­is­tra­tion and bed man­age­ment for Carnar­von Hos­pi­tal. Demon­strates lead­er­ship and role mod­el­ling. Pro­motes and ensures main­te­nance of clin­i­cal stan­dards of qual­i­ty of care.

What we offer

In addi­tion to the great salary our employ­ees enjoy an amaz­ing range of benefits:

• Loca­tion based allowances including:
  • Addi­tion­al North West paid leave.
  • Dis­trict Allowance — region­al specific
  • Annu­al trav­el sub­sidy (ALTC)
  • Air-con­di­tion­ing sub­sidy allowance.
• Paid study Leave assis­tance – region­al spe­cif­ic as per EBA.
• Gen­er­ous salary pack­ag­ing benefits:
  • Up to $9010 on a range of ben­e­fits such as mort­gage, your rent or oth­er every­day liv­ing expenses
  • Up to $2650 on meal enter­tain­ment, hol­i­day accom­mo­da­tion and venue hire
  • Access to novat­ed leas­ing to use pre-tax dol­lars for a car and expenses.
• Plus, Addi­tion­al Remote Area Spe­cif­ic Benefits.
• Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment opportunities 
• Con­tin­u­ous learn­ing opportunities
• 11.5% Super­an­nu­a­tion Guarantee
• WACHS sup­ports flex­i­ble work­ing prac­tices and con­sid­er­a­tion will be giv­en to flex­i­ble work/​roster options, where oper­a­tional­ly appropriate. 
• As a WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice employ­ee, you’re enti­tled to dis­counts across some pri­vate health care funds. Please see attached fly­er for fur­ther details.

The Coun­try Nurs­ing & Mid­wifery incen­tive pro­gram is avail­able to new and exist­ing nurs­es and mid­wives — across a broad range of patient-fac­ing roles — on fixed term or per­ma­nent con­tracts at eli­gi­ble loca­tions. Eli­gi­ble nurs­es and mid­wives can receive between $5,000 and $17,000 in sup­port over 12 months. Please refer to the WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice — Coun­try Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Incen­tive Pro­gram web­site for eli­gi­bil­i­ty criteria.

Area Pro­file

The WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice (WACHS) Mid­west health region of West­ern Aus­tralia cov­ers more than 470,000 square kilo­me­tres, near­ly one fifth of the State, with its pop­u­la­tion con­cen­trat­ed along the coast. The region is locat­ed in the north­ern mid­dle sec­tion of West­ern Aus­tralia and incor­po­rates three health dis­tricts — Gas­coyne, Ger­ald­ton, Mid­west and Murchi­son, is recog­nised for its unique nat­ur­al envi­ron­ment and is a cul­tur­al­ly diverse region with Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple rep­re­sent­ing 13% of the over­all population.

Want to know more about this role? We encour­age you to con­tact Karen McCum­stie on 08 9941 0302.

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty to Apply: To be eli­gi­ble for appoint­ment, appli­cants must have a valid work­ing visa (for fixed term appoint­ments) or be an Aus­tralian cit­i­zen, per­ma­nent res­i­dent, or have a visa to live and work indef­i­nite­ly in Aus­tralia (for per­ma­nent appointments).

How to Apply: Appli­cants are request­ed to apply online http://​www​.jobs​.health​.wa​.gov.…;