• One of Australia’s largest providers of Abo­rig­i­nal healthcare
• We’re engag­ing with Abo­rig­i­nal health issues
• Com­pet­i­tive salary of $119,634 to $128,524 per annum + 11.5% superannuation 

Your oppor­tu­ni­ty. Be part of some­thing bigger.

This role involves pro­mot­ing a con­tin­u­ous qual­i­ty improve­ment (CQI) approach, facil­i­tat­ing health pro­mo­tion, and devel­op­ing skills to enhance ear health ser­vices. The coor­di­na­tor will play a key role in improv­ing inte­gra­tion between PHC and spe­cial­ist ser­vices, coor­di­nat­ing refer­rals for sur­gi­cal and spe­cial­ist ear health ser­vices, and ensur­ing increased engage­ment with appoint­ments. Work­ing close­ly with com­mu­ni­ty work­ers, local com­mu­ni­ties, and the Child Health Pro­gram Lead, the coor­di­na­tor will plan and imple­ment cul­tur­al­ly appro­pri­ate health pro­mo­tion initiatives.

This role is based in either Dar­win or Nhu­lun­buy, with no hous­ing provided.

This posi­tion requires reg­u­lar trav­el by 4WD or light air­craft for up to five days at a time with­in the Miwatj Region.

Suc­cess­ful appli­cants will have access to a range of ben­e­fits, including:

• Com­pet­i­tive salary of $119,634 to $128,524 per annum + 11.5% superannuation
• Abil­i­ty to Salary Pack­age up to $15,900pa plus a fur­ther $2,650pa on Meals and Entertainment
• 5 Weeks annu­al leave + 17.5% Leave Load­ing (based in Dar­win) / 5 Weeks annu­al leave + 17.5% Leave Load­ing (based in Nhulunbuy)
• 12 Days Per­son­al and 5 Days Com­pas­sion­ate Leave
• Pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and study leave
• Study Assis­tance of up to $1,800

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About Miwatj

Miwatj Health is an inde­pen­dent Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty-Con­trolled Health Ser­vice. Estab­lished in 1992, we’re com­mit­ted to secur­ing qual­i­ty health care ser­vices across the East Arn­hem and enabling Yolŋu pow­ered com­mu­ni­ty health and well­be­ing. Miwatj pro­vides cul­tur­al­ly appro­pri­ate, com­pre­hen­sive pri­ma­ry health care to over 6,000 remote Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander res­i­dents across 3 East Arn­hem wards. With a Head Office in Nhu­lun­buy, Miwatj also man­ages a Cor­po­rate Office in Dar­win, 7 fixed clin­ics across the East Arn­hem region, and ded­i­cat­ed out­reach teams who trav­el to 3 addi­tion­al locations.

Essen­tial Requirements

We are seek­ing a com­pas­sion­ate and expe­ri­enced Reg­is­tered Nurse (AHPRA-reg­is­tered, with­out con­di­tions) with a min­i­mum of three years post­grad­u­ate expe­ri­ence and a strong under­stand­ing of ear health and its impact on Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander pop­u­la­tions. The suc­cess­ful can­di­date will demon­strate a com­mit­ment to Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trol and self-deter­mi­na­tion, pos­sess cul­tur­al aware­ness of the chal­lenges faced by Yol­ngu peo­ple in remote com­mu­ni­ties, and have proven abil­i­ty to col­lab­o­rate effec­tive­ly with­in mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary teams and with exter­nal stake­hold­ers to deliv­er impact­ful health outcomes.

Vac­ci­na­tion & Immu­ni­ty Screening

Miwatj Health is com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing a safe and healthy work­ing envi­ron­ment for all work­ers and users of its health­care cen­tres. In accor­dance with the Nation­al Health and Med­ical Research Coun­cil (NHM­RC) Guide­lines, Nation­al Safe­ty and Qual­i­ty Health Care Ser­vice Stan­dards, and oth­er local poli­cies, guide­lines and pro­ce­dures, we man­date that all staff abide by our Staff Vac­ci­na­tion and Immu­ni­ty Screen­ing Pol­i­cy (to be sup­plied to all suc­cess­ful candidates).

For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact us at recruitment@​miwatj.​com.​au

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Appli­ca­tion close date: 23 March 2025