FIFO-Men's Sexual Health Nurse

Nursing

Posted: 8 May 2025

Location: Ngaanyatjarra WA

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and culturally responsive Men’s Sexual Health Nurse to make a meaningful impact on the health and wellbeing of communities across the Ngaanyatjarra Lands.

About the Ngaany­at­jar­ra Coun­cil
Wel­come to Ngaany­at­jar­ra Lands, a vibrant tapes­try of cul­ture and com­mu­ni­ty nes­tled with­in the vast beau­ty of the Aus­tralian desert. Home to approx­i­mate­ly 2000 Yarnan­gu (Ngaany­at­jar­ra peo­ple) across 11 unique com­mu­ni­ties, our coun­cil is ded­i­cat­ed to pre­serv­ing and cel­e­brat­ing our rich her­itage span­ning over 10,000 years and 250,000 square kilometres.

Estab­lished in 1981, the Ngaany­at­jar­ra Coun­cil Group (NCG) rep­re­sents the inter­ests of the Ngaany­at­jar­ra Peo­ple across the 11 com­mu­ni­ties in the Cen­tral Desert region of West­ern Aus­tralia. Employ­ing in excess of 450 peo­ple, NCG pro­vides a wide range of ser­vices, includ­ing health, util­i­ties, con­struc­tion, employ­ment, com­mu­ni­ty devel­op­ment, shops, road­hous­es, art cen­tres and land ser­vices. It is one of the largest and most suc­cess­ful Indige­nous organ­i­sa­tions in the country. 

Our Vision:

Rep­re­sent­ing the aspi­ra­tions and inter­ests of our diverse com­mu­ni­ties, we are ded­i­cat­ed to keep­ing Yarnan­gu strong on Country.

The Oppor­tu­ni­ty:
This is an excit­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty for a pas­sion­ate and cul­tur­al­ly respon­sive Men’s Sex­u­al Health Nurse to make a mean­ing­ful impact on the health and well­be­ing of com­mu­ni­ties across the Ngaany­at­jar­ra Lands. Your work will focus on improv­ing access to sex­u­al health care for young men aged 15 – 30, pro­mot­ing healthy rela­tion­ships, and reduc­ing the rates of sex­u­al­ly trans­mis­si­ble infec­tions (STIs) and blood-borne virus­es (BBVs). You will be instru­men­tal in plan­ning, devel­op­ing, imple­ment­ing and eval­u­at­ing a range of health pro­mo­tion activ­i­ties and clin­i­cal ser­vices that are cul­tur­al­ly and con­tex­tu­al­ly appro­pri­ate to the Ngaany­at­jar­ra population.

This role includes facil­i­tat­ing men’s engage­ment in health care through ded­i­cat­ed men’s clin­ics, sup­port­ing Remote Area Nurs­es in STI/BBV man­age­ment, and con­tribut­ing to com­mu­ni­ty edu­ca­tion ini­tia­tives, includ­ing the safe cer­e­mo­ny strat­e­gy for Men’s Busi­ness. You will also play a key role in strength­en­ing data sys­tems, con­tribut­ing to report­ing and eval­u­a­tion, and col­lab­o­rat­ing with inter­nal and exter­nal part­ners to ensure a coor­di­nat­ed and strate­gic approach to men’s sex­u­al health.

About You:
You are a Male Reg­is­tered Gen­er­al Nurse with the Nurs­ing or Mid­wifery Board of Aus­tralia, bring­ing at least three years of rel­e­vant expe­ri­ence — ide­al­ly in sex­u­al health, BBVs, health pro­mo­tion, or com­mu­ni­ty devel­op­ment. Your prac­tice is ground­ed in a strong under­stand­ing of the prin­ci­ples of Pri­ma­ry Health Care and the unique health chal­lenges fac­ing Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ties, par­tic­u­lar­ly in remote and rur­al settings.

You are skilled in devel­op­ing, imple­ment­ing, and eval­u­at­ing pub­lic health or health pro­mo­tion ini­tia­tives, and you bring a sol­id work­ing knowl­edge of cur­rent best prac­tices in STI and HIV pre­ven­tion. You thrive in col­lab­o­ra­tive, mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary envi­ron­ments and demon­strate excel­lent com­mu­ni­ca­tion, inter­per­son­al, and prob­lem-solv­ing skills.

Your approach is evi­dence-based and qual­i­ty-focused, and you are com­mit­ted to con­tin­u­ous pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment. You are con­fi­dent using clin­i­cal guide­lines rel­e­vant to remote sex­u­al and repro­duc­tive health, and com­fort­able work­ing across var­i­ous IT plat­forms for doc­u­men­ta­tion and reporting.

A capa­ble and organ­ised pro­fes­sion­al, you can effec­tive­ly man­age com­pet­ing pri­or­i­ties, meet dead­lines, and work inde­pen­dent­ly in chal­leng­ing set­tings. You hold a cur­rent man­u­al driver’s license, are able to trav­el by 4WD or light air­craft, and are will­ing to spend time in remote com­mu­ni­ties. You also hold the nec­es­sary clear­ances, and may have addi­tion­al qual­i­fi­ca­tions such as a post­grad­u­ate degree in Pub­lic Health or Health Pro­mo­tion, or a Fam­i­ly Plan­ning Cer­tifi­cate in Sex­u­al and Repro­duc­tive Health.

What We Offer:
• Pur­pose-Dri­ven Envi­ron­ment: Expe­ri­ence a work cul­ture that pri­ori­tis­es pur­pose and pro­vides a deep sense of ful­fil­ment, align­ing with val­ues that mat­ter to you.


Flights and Accom­mo­da­tion: Flights and accom­mo­da­tion will be pro­vid­ed to you to allow for a seam­less tran­si­tion into your new role, ensur­ing that you can focus on mak­ing a pos­i­tive impact from day one.


• Com­pet­i­tive Salary + Salary Sac­ri­fic­ing + 17.5% Annu­al Leave Load­ing+ Remote Allowance: Enjoy a com­pet­i­tive salary pack­age com­ple­ment­ed by NFP salary sac­ri­fic­ing options.


• Mean­ing­ful Work: Con­tribute to impact­ful projects and be part of a non-prof­it organ­i­sa­tion where your work tru­ly makes a difference.

More infor­ma­tion and to APPLY click here: https://​www​.seek​.com​.au/​j​ob/84