This is a Per­ma­nent Full Time or Per­ma­nent Part Time appointment.

Ever con­sid­ered a career in the coun­try? 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.

Posi­tion Pro­file: Respon­si­ble to the DON/HSM for the day-to-day man­age­ment and coor­di­na­tion of the Acci­dent and Emer­gency, The­atre and Cen­tral Ster­il­is­ing Sup­ply Depart­ment of the Katan­ning Health Service.

To be suc­cess­ful in this role, you will have:

• Demon­strat­ed excel­lent clin­i­cal nurs­ing knowl­edge and skills par­tic­u­lar­ly in Acci­dent & Emergency.
• Work­ing knowl­edge of the Oper­at­ing the­atres and Cen­tral Ster­il­i­sa­tion and Sup­ply Department.
• Demon­strat­ed advanced lev­el of com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills (oral and written).
• Demon­strat­ed com­mit­ment to pro­fes­sion­al development.
• Demon­strat­ed advanced lead­er­ship skills.
• Com­pre­hen­sive knowl­edge of qual­i­ty man­age­ment and accred­i­ta­tion processes.

To learn more about the role, please refer to the attached Job Descrip­tion Form and con­tact Tina Jones on 9821 6200.

About Us

The WA Coun­try Health Service’s core busi­ness is the pro­vi­sion of qual­i­ty, acces­si­ble health ser­vices to peo­ple from large region­al cen­tres to those in small remote communities.

Our vision is to be glob­al leader in rur­al and remote healthcare.

Our val­ues of Com­mu­ni­ty, Com­pas­sion, Qual­i­ty, Integri­ty, Equi­ty and Curios­i­ty shape who we are, how we behave, how we inter­act with each oth­er, how we make deci­sions and how we pro­vide care to our patients.

About the REGION

Work­ing with WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice — Great South­ern

Learn more about liv­ing and work­ing in coun­try WA by vis­it­ing our web­site at WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice — Liv­ing and work­ing in coun­try WA

Why work for us? The West­ern Aus­tralian Coun­try Health Ser­vice offer our employ­ees a great salary as well as an amaz­ing range of benefits:

• Heav­i­ly sub­sidised hous­ing Gov­ern­ment Region­al Offi­cer Housing
• Paid Study Leave
• Gen­er­ous Salary Pack­ag­ing Benefits
  • Up to $9010 on a range of ben­e­fits includ­ing mort­gage, rent, every­day liv­ing expenses
  • Up to $2650 on meals and entertainment
  • Access to novat­ed vehi­cle leas­ing and pre-tax vehi­cle expenses
• Flex­i­ble work and leave arrangements
• Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment opportunities
• 11.5% Super­an­nu­a­tion Guarantee
• 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.

Appli­ca­tion Instruc­tions: Appli­cants are request­ed to apply online via the ​‘apply for job’ at https://​search​.jobs​.wa​.gov​.au/… Please pro­vide the fol­low­ing doc­u­ments and infor­ma­tion as part of your application:

• A detailed cov­er let­ter out­lin­ing your expe­ri­ence and a response to the fol­low­ing questions:
• 1. What Clin­i­cal Nurse knowl­edge and skills par­tic­u­lar­ly in Acci­dent & Emer­gency can you bring to this role?
  2. Pro­vide your expe­ri­ence rel­e­vant to the run­ning of The­atre and the Cen­tral Ster­il­is­ing Sup­ply Department?
• A resume that clear­ly demon­strates your rel­e­vant work expe­ri­ence and achieve­ments includ­ing the con­tact details of 2 ref­er­ees (includ­ing a cur­rent line manager).

If you expe­ri­ence dif­fi­cul­ties while apply­ing online, please con­tact Employ­ee Ser­vices on 13 44 77 for imme­di­ate assis­tance dur­ing busi­ness hours.

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). Eli­gi­bil­i­ty for spon­sor­ship may be con­sid­ered for some vacan­cies. You are encour­aged to dis­cuss this with the con­tact per­son list­ed in the adver­tise­ment before com­plet­ing the appli­ca­tion as there are sev­er­al steps that are required to be com­plet­ed pri­or to pro­gress­ing any appli­ca­tion for employment.

WA Health is com­mit­ted to elim­i­nat­ing all forms of dis­crim­i­na­tion in the pro­vi­sion of our ser­vice. We embrace diver­si­ty and strong­ly encour­age appli­ca­tions from Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ples, peo­ple from cul­tur­al­ly diverse back­grounds and peo­ple with disabilities.

WA Health sup­ports flex­i­ble work­ing prac­tices with­in the con­text of a qual­i­ty health ser­vice. WA Health is com­mit­ted to a smoke free envi­ron­ment across all build­ings, grounds, and vehicles.

Oth­er Con­di­tions: WA Health engages staff in posi­tions of trust and respon­si­bil­i­ty. WA Health poli­cies require appli­cants to under­take crim­i­nal records screen­ing and integri­ty check­ing as part of the appoint­ment process. Ref­er­ees may also be asked to com­ment on an applicant’s integri­ty and past demon­stra­tion of eth­i­cal behaviour.

This vacan­cy is sub­ject to a West­ern Aus­tralian Work­ing With Chil­dren (WWC) Check. For fur­ther infor­ma­tion please refer to the WWC web­site at: https://​work​ing​with​chil​dren​.wa​.gov​.au

Please note this recruit­ment process requires com­ple­tion of sat­is­fac­to­ry Pre-Employ­ment Health Assess­ment (PEHA). Any offer of employ­ment with WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice (WACHS) is con­di­tion­al on sat­is­fac­to­ry PEHA to ensure you are able to per­form the inher­ent require­ments of the posi­tion. An unsat­is­fac­to­ry PEHA will result in the offer of employ­ment being with­drawn. Please see the attached WACHS PEHA Pol­i­cy for fur­ther information.

We are com­mit­ted to fos­ter­ing a diverse and inclu­sive work­force where every employ­ee feels val­ued and empow­ered. We believe that a diverse team brings unique per­spec­tives and dri­ves inno­va­tion to meet our community’s needs. We wel­come appli­cants of all back­grounds and expe­ri­ences to join us in shap­ing a more equi­table future and as a mea­sure to achieve equal­i­ty, under sec­tions 51, 66R and 66ZP of the Equal Oppor­tu­ni­ty Act 1984, encour­age appli­ca­tions from peo­ple liv­ing with a dis­abil­i­ty, Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple, peo­ple from cul­tur­al­ly and lin­guis­ti­cal­ly diverse back­grounds, women and youth (24 years of age and under).

Sim­i­lar Vacan­cy: Whilst this selec­tion process will ini­tial­ly be used to fill the above vacan­cy, it may also be used to fill oth­er ​“sim­i­lar” vacan­cies through­out the health ser­vice. In addi­tion to this, should the suc­cess­ful appli­cant decline or vacate the adver­tised vacan­cy, then the next most suit­able appli­cant may also be select­ed from this process. Both of these options remain valid for a peri­od of twelve (12) months from when the autho­rised del­e­gate endors­es the recruit­ment decision.

Lodge­ment is sys­tem gen­er­at­ed. Any sub­mis­sions on, or after, 4:00pm will not be accept­ed. https://​search​.jobs​.wa​.gov​.au/…

LATE OR EMAIL APPLI­CA­TIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED