Please note: The clos­ing date to sub­mit appli­ca­tions has now been extend­ed to Mon­day 6 Octo­ber 2025.

• Salary: RN SRN Lev­el 2 $127,822 p.a. (plus 12% superannuation)
• Loca­tion: Eucla
• Unit/​Division: WACHS — Goldfields
• Work Type: Per­ma­nent — Full Time
• Posi­tion No: 00617918
• Clos­ing Date: 2025-10-06 4:00 PM (YYYY-MM-DD)

This is an excit­ing new­ly cre­at­ed posi­tion where you will pri­mar­i­ly be based at one of the newest WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice sites – Eucla!

Oth­er sites for this posi­tion include Kal­go­or­lie, Esper­ance, Norse­man, Laver­ton and Leonora.

Eucla is the east­ern­most local­i­ty in West­ern Aus­tralia, locat­ed in the Gold­fields-Esper­ance region along the Eyre High­way, approx­i­mate­ly 11 kilo­me­tres west of the South Aus­tralian bor­der that sees more than 120,000 vehi­cles enter through the road check­points each year.

It is the only West­ern Aus­tralian loca­tion on the Eyre High­way that has a direct view of the Great Aus­tralian Bight due to its ele­vat­ed posi­tion imme­di­ate­ly next to the Eucla Pass – where the high­way moves out and above the basin known as Roe Plains that occurs between the Madu­ra and Eucla passes.

Eucla has a hotel and restau­rant, a police sta­tion, a golf club (7 km to the north), a muse­um ded­i­cat­ed to the Old Tele­graph Sta­tion, and a mete­o­ro­log­i­cal sta­tion. These, togeth­er with fish­ing, are the major activ­i­ties in the locality. 

Overview of the Role:

As a Clin­i­cal Nurse Spe­cial­ist — Remote Area Nurse Prac­ti­tion­er, you will play a cru­cial role in pro­vid­ing and coor­di­nat­ing pri­ma­ry health care ser­vices to com­mu­ni­ties, includ­ing those in remote loca­tions. Your respon­si­bil­i­ties will encom­pass emer­gency care, chron­ic dis­ease man­age­ment, child health, immu­ni­sa­tion, health pro­mo­tion, and edu­ca­tion, ensur­ing that our com­mu­ni­ties receive the high­est stan­dard of care.

Ide­al Candidate:

We are look­ing for a ded­i­cat­ed and expe­ri­enced Clin­i­cal Nurse Spe­cial­ist who pos­sess­es the fol­low­ing qualities:

• Exten­sive clin­i­cal expe­ri­ence with strong assess­ment, triage, and emer­gency man­age­ment skills
• In-depth under­stand­ing of chron­ic dis­ease man­age­ment and pri­ma­ry health care principles
• Excel­lent lead­er­ship, organ­i­sa­tion­al, and super­vi­so­ry skills
• Abil­i­ty to work inde­pen­dent­ly and with­in a mul­ti-dis­ci­pli­nary team, par­tic­u­lar­ly in cross-cul­tur­al settings
• Strong com­mu­ni­ca­tion and inter­per­son­al skills to fos­ter rela­tion­ships with com­mu­ni­ty stakeholders
• Proven capa­bil­i­ty in coor­di­nat­ing med­ical evac­u­a­tions and respond­ing to emer­gency sit­u­a­tions
  - Com­mit­ment to ongo­ing pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and adher­ence to WACHS poli­cies and procedures

Key Respon­si­bil­i­ties:

• Pro­vide clin­i­cal lead­er­ship and con­sul­tan­cy to patients while coor­di­nat­ing week­day clin­ics in local communities
• Admin­is­ter emer­gency care, includ­ing trans­port, assess­ment, treat­ment, and referral
• Coor­di­nate and organ­ise med­ical evac­u­a­tions as per WA Health and WACHS guidelines
• Estab­lish col­lab­o­ra­tive rela­tion­ships with health and com­mu­ni­ty per­son­nel to deliv­er qual­i­ty services
• Devel­op and imple­ment health pro­mo­tion pro­grams in con­sul­ta­tion with local communities

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

For more infor­ma­tion about Esper­ance and the Gold­en Out­back — Nullar­bor The please vis­it : The Nullar­bor — Tourism West­ern Australia

About the OPPORTUNITY

• Free accom­mo­da­tion will be pro­vid­ed while work­ing in Eucla and MPS sites (Norse­man, Laver­ton Leonora)
• Sub­sidised accom­mo­da­tion will be pro­vid­ed while work­ing in Kal­go­or­lie and Esperance.
• A ros­ter pat­tern that meets the oper­a­tional require­ments for this posi­tion is to be nego­ti­at­ed between the suit­able applicant(s) and the Direc­tor of Nurs­ing when an appoint­ment is made.

To learn more about the role, please refer to the attached Job Descrip­tion Form and con­tact Car­la Jones on 08 9079 8161.

Why work for us: In addi­tion to the oppor­tu­ni­ty to make a direct and pos­i­tive con­tri­bu­tion to the com­mu­ni­ty, you will work in a col­lab­o­ra­tive and car­ing work envi­ron­ment, and you will enjoy an amaz­ing range of benefits. 

What We Offer:

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

• Eli­gi­bil­i­ty toward the Coun­try Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Incen­tive Program
  • WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice — Coun­try Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Incen­tive Program
• Dis­trict Allowance
• 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 work­ing and leave arrangements
• Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment opportunities
• 12% Super­an­nu­a­tion Guarantee

Appli­ca­tion Instructions:

Appli­cants are advised to write a state­ment address­ing the selec­tion cri­te­ria no longer than 2 – 3 pages and pro­vide a detailed cur­ricu­lum vitae which sum­maris­es your expe­ri­ence and how you can meet the posi­tion require­ments. These doc­u­ments should be com­plete and ready to attach pri­or to apply­ing online. Please ensure you allow suf­fi­cient time to com­plete the online appli­ca­tion process as you will be required to answer var­i­ous ques­tions and attach your documentation.

If you expe­ri­ence dif­fi­cul­ties while apply­ing online https://​search​.jobs​.wa​.gov​.au/…, please con­tact Employ­ee Ser­vices on 13 44 77 for imme­di­ate assis­tance dur­ing busi­ness hours.

Diver­si­ty Statement:

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).

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 can 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.

APPLY AT : https://​search​.jobs​.wa​.gov​.au/…

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.