• Posi­tion Num­ber: 00615239
• Divi­sion: WACHS Midwest
• Loca­tion (1 Sub­urb Only): Geraldton
• Work Type: Part Time
• Salary : $127,822 p.a. pro rata
• URL or Email for appli­ca­tions: https://​search​.jobs​.wa​.gov​.au/…
• Clos­ing Date: 10 Novem­ber 2025

An oppor­tu­ni­ty exists for a tal­ent­ed and enthu­si­as­tic Clin­i­cal Nurse Spe­cial­ist to join the Com­mu­ni­ty Health Team in the Mid­west.

To be suc­cess­ful, you will have…

 Sig­nif­i­cant clin­i­cal knowl­edge, expe­ri­ence, and lead­er­ship in Com­mu­ni­ty health
nurs­ing.

 Demon­strat­ed knowl­edge of cul­tur­al fac­tors and social deter­mi­nants par­tic­u­lar­ly
relat­ing to Abo­rig­i­nal health.

 Advanced inter­per­son­al and com­mu­ni­ca­tion (writ­ten and ver­bal) skills in a 
mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team.

Posi­tion Pro­file:

The Clin­i­cal Nurse Spe­cial­ist – Com­mu­ni­ty Health is respon­si­ble for the coor­di­na­tion of pri­ma­ry health care for vul­ner­a­ble chil­dren and fam­i­lies with­in the com­mu­ni­ty set­ting, col­lab­o­rates and advo­cates with key stake­hold­ers with­in and out­side the region. Col­lects data and pre­pares reports for spe­cif­ic child health projects. Acts as a role mod­el and con­sul­tant to nurs­es and oth­er health ser­vice providers pro­vid­ing knowl­edge, clin­i­cal exper­tise and best prac­tice with­in area of responsibility.

Want to know more about this role? We encour­age you to con­tact Suzie Rayn­er on 08 9956 2325.

Selec­tion Cri­te­ria: Please see the attached Job Descrip­tion Form.

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 onlinehttps://​search​.jobs​.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 your suit­abil­i­ty for this position. 
• A 2 – 3 page max­i­mum doc­u­ment address­ing the selec­tion cri­te­ria list­ed on the Job Descrip­tion Form (JDF)
• The names and con­tact details of two (2) pro­fes­sion­al ref­er­ees — prefer­able for one to be your current/​recent super­vi­sor or manager. 

What we offer

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

• Loca­tion based allowances (if applic­a­ble) 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. 
• Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment opportunities 
• Con­tin­u­ous learn­ing opportunities 
• 12% 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.

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://workingwithchildren.wa…

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.

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).