Options include:

• A per­ma­nent posi­tion to progress or enhance you career with the oppor­tu­ni­ty to man­age a small Mul­ti-Pur­pose Site along with two Nurs­ing Posts / Health Cen­tres in a remote cor­ner of the Great South­ern Region of West­ern Australia
• A Fixed Term oppor­tu­ni­ty may be con­sid­ered with the pos­si­bil­i­ty of extension/​s and/​or per­ma­nen­cy. Are you an expe­ri­enced ward man­ag­er look­ing to progress your career and take up a lead­er­ship role as Direc­tor of Nurs­ing – Health Ser­vice Man­ag­er. You will be sup­port­ed in the tran­si­tion to DON-HSM with men­tor­ship and pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment opportunities.

The Direc­tor of Nursing/​Health Ser­vice Man­ag­er is a piv­otal lead­er­ship role with­in Raven­sthor­pe Health Ser­vice, over­see­ing the oper­a­tional man­age­ment and gov­er­nance of key facil­i­ties includ­ing Jer­ra­mungup Health Cen­tre and Bre­mer Bay Health Cen­tre. This posi­tion requires a col­lab­o­ra­tive approach to improve health ser­vice deliv­ery through strate­gic plan­ning, qual­i­ty assur­ance, and com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment. The suc­cess­ful can­di­date will man­age com­pre­hen­sive health ser­vices, ensur­ing com­pli­ance with indus­try stan­dards whilst fos­ter­ing a cul­ture focused on patient safe­ty and pro­fes­sion­al development. 

Ide­al Candidate:

• A sol­id clin­i­cal back­ground and able to sup­port staff with com­plex or chal­leng­ing clin­i­cal care issues. Recent expe­ri­ence in ED nurs­ing is ideal.
• Proven lead­er­ship expe­ri­ence in senior nurs­ing or health man­age­ment roles.
• Strong finan­cial acu­ity with expe­ri­ence in bud­get man­age­ment and resource allocation.
• Deci­sive crit­i­cal think­ing skills with a focus on con­tin­u­ous improve­ment and qual­i­ty assurance.
• Excel­lent inter­per­son­al and com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, both writ­ten and verbal.
• Expe­ri­enced in clin­i­cal gov­er­nance and risk man­age­ment frameworks.
• Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty to devel­op and sus­tain pos­i­tive rela­tion­ships with diverse stakeholders.

Key Respon­si­bil­i­ties:

• Account­able for man­ag­ing all aspects of the Raven­sthor­pe Health Ser­vice and asso­ci­at­ed cen­tres, ensur­ing com­pli­ance with oper­a­tional plans and WA Health standards.
• Lead strate­gic plan­ning ini­tia­tives that align with the Great South­ern region’s health reform strat­e­gy to enhance ser­vice delivery.
• Ensure the devel­op­ment and mon­i­tor­ing of key per­for­mance indi­ca­tors in con­junc­tion with the oper­a­tional man­age­ment team.
• Dri­ve con­tin­u­ous qual­i­ty improve­ment ini­tia­tives while fos­ter­ing a cul­ture of patient safe­ty and high-qual­i­ty ser­vice delivery.
• Col­lab­o­rate with health­care pro­fes­sion­als and agen­cies to antic­i­pate and respond to chang­ing com­mu­ni­ty health needs.

To learn more about the role, please refer to the attached Job Descrip­tion Form and con­tact Kevin Crop­per on 0423 745 428.

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

Nurs­ing in the Great South­ern — YouTube

The East­ern Low­er Great South­ern region includes Raven­sthor­pe, Bre­mer Bay, and Jer­ra­mungup, and is home to some of the most unique Nation­al Parks and Reserves in Aus­tralia. The Fitzger­ald Riv­er Nation­al Park pro­vides spec­tac­u­lar recre­ation­al oppor­tu­ni­ties with­in its var­ied land­scapes includ­ing bush­walk­ing, camp­ing, fish­ing, canoe­ing, whale watch­ing, swim­ming, and surfing.

Just 35-min­utes from Raven­sthor­pe is Hopetoun, one of the most beau­ti­ful sea­side towns on the south­ern coast.

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:

• 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
• 12% Super­an­nu­a­tion Guarantee 

Appli­ca­tion Instruc­tions: Appli­cants are request­ed to apply online via the ​‘apply for job’ but­ton below. Please pro­vide the fol­low­ing doc­u­ments and infor­ma­tion as part of your application:

• A detailed cov­er let­ter and resume that clear­ly demon­strates your rel­e­vant work expe­ri­ence and achieve­ments includ­ing the con­tact details of 2 ref­er­ees (includ­ing a cur­rent line manager).
• A writ­ten state­ment (max­i­mum of 3 pages) address­ing the fol­low­ing ESSEN­TIAL CRI­TE­RIA (Work Relat­ed Require­ments) in the JDF:

1. Demon­strat­ed clin­i­cal skills for acute, emer­gency and res­i­den­tial care nurs­ing prac­tice environments.
2. Demon­strat­ed record of achieve­ment in lead­er­ship and man­age­ment at a senior nurs­ing lev­el, includ­ing finan­cial, human resource and facil­i­ty management.
3. Demon­strat­ed expe­ri­ence in the appli­ca­tion of con­tin­u­ous qual­i­ty improve­ment sys­tems, includ­ing risk man­age­ment and clin­i­cal gov­er­nance systems.
4. Demon­strat­ed well devel­oped inter­per­son­al, ver­bal and com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, includ­ing well devel­oped skills in com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment and team building.

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

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty to Apply: Aus­tralian cit­i­zen­ship or per­ma­nent res­i­den­cy is an essen­tial require­ment for appli­cants to be con­sid­ered for per­ma­nent posi­tions in the pub­lic sec­tor. 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.

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.

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

LATE OR EMAIL APPLI­CA­TIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

To Apply: https://​doh​.bigred​sky​.com/page…