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Director of Nursing and Community Health

Nursing, Executive/Management Roles

Posted: 17 Mar 2025

Location: Christmas Island

The Indian Ocean Territories Administration (IOTA) is currently seeking a motivated, professional and suitably qualified person to join our team as the Director of Nursing and Community Health (DONCH) within the Indian Ocean Territories Health Service (IOTHS) based on Christmas Island.

  • Christ­mas Island
  • Full Time Ongo­ing Vacancy 

Pack­age val­ued in excess of $200,000 including:

  • Base salary of $150,714 per annum
  • Employ­er con­tri­bu­tion to super­an­nu­a­tion at 16% of base salary
  • Dis­trict Allowance payable in addi­tion to base salary
  • Gen­er­ous leave entitlements
  • Annu­al return air­fares assis­tance to Perth
  • Relo­ca­tion assis­tance may be pro­vid­ed if relo­cat­ing to the Territories

The Indi­an Ocean Ter­ri­to­ries Admin­is­tra­tion (IOTA) is cur­rent­ly seek­ing a moti­vat­ed, pro­fes­sion­al and suit­ably qual­i­fied per­son to join our team as the Direc­tor of Nurs­ing and Com­mu­ni­ty Health (DONCH) with­in the Indi­an Ocean Ter­ri­to­ries Health Ser­vice (IOTHS) based on Christ­mas Island. 

The DONCH is respon­si­ble for lead­ing and man­ag­ing the Nurs­ing and Com­mu­ni­ty Health port­fo­lios with­in the IOTHS to ensure the deliv­ery of high qual­i­ty health care ser­vices to the Indi­an Ocean Ter­ri­to­ries com­mu­ni­ties, using a mul­ti-dis­ci­pli­nary and cul­tur­al­ly appro­pri­ate approach. The DONCH plays a key role in the IOTHS lead­er­ship team and is respon­si­ble for ensur­ing the cost effec­tive use of human and mate­r­i­al resources with­in a robust safe­ty and qual­i­ty framework. 

The suc­cess­ful can­di­date will have advanced clin­i­cal care skills and an under­stand­ing of Remote Area Nurse com­pe­ten­cies spe­cif­ic to small hos­pi­tals. In addi­tion, the suc­cess­ful can­di­date will have a demon­strat­ed com­mit­ment to improv­ing health out­comes and expe­ri­ence in the devel­op­ment and deliv­ery of health care using pri­ma­ry health prin­ci­ples and pri­ma­ry health care pro­grams. Fur­ther, strong man­age­ment and lead­er­ship skills as well as a sound under­stand­ing of human resources and finan­cial man­age­ment are essential. 

To be con­sid­ered appli­cants must be Aus­tralian cit­i­zen and eli­gi­ble to obtain a secu­ri­ty clear­ance at Base­line Vet­ting Lev­el, hold cur­rent reg­is­tra­tion as a Reg­is­tered Nurse with the Aus­tralian Health Prac­ti­tion­er Reg­u­la­tion Agency (AHPRA), hold a cur­rent class C Driver’s Licence trans­fer­able to the Indi­an Ocean Ter­ri­to­ries and be eli­gi­ble for a valid West­ern Aus­tralian Work­ing with Chil­dren Check. 

For an appli­ca­tion pack out­lin­ing how you can apply, please con­tact the IOTA Human Resources Team at IOTHRTeam@​infrastructure.​gov.​au and quote posi­tion num­ber 114978.

Appli­ca­tions close 4.00pm (Christ­mas Island local time) (CXT) (UTC+7),

Fri­day, 11 April 2025