• Salary: RN SRN Lev­el 4 $135,851 p.a. (plus 11.5% superannuation)
• Loca­tion: Broome
• Unit/​Division: WACHS Kimberley
• Work Type: Per­ma­nent — Full Time
• Posi­tion No: 00614083
• Clos­ing Date: 2025-02-10 4:00 PM (YYYY-MM-DD)

This is for a per­ma­nent full-time appoint­ment at 80 hours per fortnight.

• Great ben­e­fits includ­ing loca­tion allowance, annu­al trav­el allowance and an addi­tion­al week annu­al leave
• Gen­er­ous Salary Pack­ag­ing Benefits
• The Coun­try Nurs­ing & Mid­wifery Incen­tive Program
• 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

To be suc­cess­ful, you will have…

• Eli­gi­bil­i­ty for reg­is­tra­tion in the cat­e­go­ry of Reg­is­tered Nurse by the Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Board of Australia.
• Demon­strat­ed sig­nif­i­cant knowl­edge, expe­ri­ence and lead­er­ship in acute men­tal health, includ­ing demon­strat­ed knowl­edge appli­ca­tion of the Men­tal Health Act 2014 (WA).
• High­ly devel­oped ver­bal, writ­ten, inter­per­son­al and nego­ti­a­tion skills, includ­ing the abil­i­ty to liaise and con­sult with peo­ple in a vari­ety of contexts.
• Well-devel­oped con­cep­tu­al, ana­lyt­i­cal, and eval­u­a­tion skills, includ­ing the abil­i­ty to pro­vide inno­v­a­tive solu­tions to com­plex and sen­si­tive problems.
• Demon­strat­ed com­mit­ment to self-devel­op­ment and the review and devel­op­ment of the per­for­mance of team members.
• Demon­strat­ed sig­nif­i­cant knowl­edge and appli­ca­tion of research and best prac­tice prin­ci­ples and an expe­ri­ence under­tak­ing activ­i­ties util­is­ing the qual­i­ty review cycle and aligned with the Nation­al Safe­ty and Qual­i­ty Health Ser­vices Standards.
• Cur­rent knowl­edge of leg­isla­tive and reg­u­la­to­ry require­ments in the areas of Equal Oppor­tu­ni­ty, Dis­abil­i­ty Ser­vices and Occu­pa­tion­al Safe­ty & Health, and how these impact on employ­ment, peo­ple man­age­ment and ser­vice delivery.

Posi­tion Profile:

The Nurse Unit Man­ag­er pro­vides lead­er­ship and direc­tion to the mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team of the Men­tal Health Inpa­tient Unit. The posi­tion is account­able for improv­ing and main­tain­ing stan­dards, devel­op­ing solu­tions and deliv­er­ing out­comes con­sis­tent with ser­vice and organ­i­sa­tion­al imper­a­tives and tar­gets. As a key leader the Nurse Unit Man­ag­er will ensure that the unit meets the require­ment for deliv­ery of a patient cen­tred ser­vice against key per­for­mance indi­ca­tors: qual­i­ty, bud­get and human resource. The posi­tion pro­vides clin­i­cal exper­tise and clin­i­cal lead­er­ship for men­tal health ser­vices to rel­e­vant inter­nal and exter­nal customers.

What we offer

In addi­tion to the great salary eli­gi­ble employ­ees may 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.
• Heav­i­ly sub­sidised hous­ing Gov­ern­ment Region­al Offi­cer Housing
• 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.
• Flex­i­ble work­ing and leave arrangements 
• 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. 

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 (WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice — Coun­try Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Incen­tive Pro­gram).

Area Pro­file

WACHS Kim­ber­ley is the most north­ern health region of WACHS. The Kim­ber­ley region has approx­i­mate­ly 200 Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ties, over 34 dif­fer­ent Abo­rig­i­nal lan­guage groups and 45 per­cent of the pop­u­la­tion are Abo­rig­i­nal and/​or Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ple. WACHS Kim­ber­ley con­sists of six hos­pi­tals, an inpa­tient men­tal health unit, three Com­mu­ni­ty Direc­torates and a Cor­po­rate Office. WACHS Kim­ber­ley pro­vides hos­pi­tal, com­mu­ni­ty health, pub­lic health, remote area health, com­mu­ni­ty aged care, and men­tal health ser­vices across the region through a ded­i­cat­ed team of med­ical, nurs­ing, Abo­rig­i­nal health, allied health, and sup­port staff.

Want to know more about this role?

We encour­age you to con­tact Mil­lie Stew­art on 9194 2852.

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​.au/

Please pro­vide the fol­low­ing infor­ma­tion as part of your application:

• A detailed CV that clear­ly shows your expe­ri­ence rel­e­vant to this role
• A cov­er let­ter out­lin­ing their suit­abil­i­ty for this position
• A doc­u­ment address­ing the selec­tion cri­te­ria list­ed on the Job Descrip­tion Form (JDF) max­i­mum 2 – 3 pages
• The names and con­tact details of two (2) pro­fes­sion­al ref­er­ees — prefer­able for one to be your current/​recent super­vi­sor or manager.

Selec­tion Cri­te­ria: Please see the attached Job Descrip­tion Form

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

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.

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.

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

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).

Lodge­ment is sys­tem gen­er­at­ed. Any sub­mis­sions on, or after, 4:00pm will not be accepted.

LATE OR EMAIL APPLI­CA­TIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

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.