Estab­lished in 1998, Kather­ine West Health Board is an Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trolled Health Organ­i­sa­tion that pro­vides a range of clin­i­cal, pre­ven­ta­tive and pub­lic health ser­vices to clients in the Kather­ine West Region of the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry. With four major health care cen­tres and a range of satel­lite cen­tres, KWHB ser­vices an area over two times the size of Tas­ma­nia (162,000km²), help­ing to improve the health and well­be­ing of some of the most remote com­mu­ni­ties in Australia. 

Posi­tion Description

About the Opportunity

The Men­tal Health Reg­is­tered Nurse pro­vides spe­cialised sup­port to clients and their fam­i­lies requir­ing men­tal health care and to the remote based staff pro­vid­ing care. The posi­tion pro­motes excel­lence in clin­i­cal stan­dards and qual­i­ty of care and works close­ly with the broad­er Pri­ma­ry Health Care (PHC) team.

Respon­si­bil­i­ties will include (but not lim­it­ed to):

• Pro­vide cul­tur­al­ly safe Men­tal Health care for peo­ple of all ages in the Kather­ine West region through direct con­tact with clients and fam­i­lies or by pro­vid­ing advice to oth­er mem­bers of the PHC team.
• Demon­strate a high stan­dard of pro­fes­sion­al prac­tice and clin­i­cal knowl­edge that incor­po­rates cur­rent best prac­tice, edu­ca­tion, and research.
• Under­take thor­ough men­tal health assess­ments, risk assess­ment, emer­gency sup­port, treat­ment, and case man­age­ment ser­vices, and a range of ther­a­peu­tic inter­ven­tions to sup­port peo­ple and their car­ers affect­ed by men­tal health conditions.
• Active­ly pro­mote men­tal health aware­ness and engage in pri­ma­ry pre­ven­tion activ­i­ties (e.g., health pro­mo­tion) in part­ner­ship with rel­e­vant agen­cies, com­mu­ni­ty organ­i­sa­tions, key stake­hold­ers, con­sumers, and carers.
• Main­tain accu­rate and up to date clin­i­cal records in accor­dance with estab­lished infor­ma­tion sys­tems and protocols.

The suc­cess­ful can­di­date will enjoy an attrac­tive remu­ner­a­tion of RAN 1 – 3 (nego­ti­at­ed based on skills, qual­i­fi­ca­tions and expe­ri­ence) PLUS super and a range of ben­e­fits, which include: 

• Relo­ca­tion & repa­tri­a­tion assistance
• Salary sac­ri­fic­ing of up to approx­i­mate­ly $15k.
• 6 weeks annu­al leave
• Dai­ly trav­el allowance when work­ing away from Katherine
• Thor­ough work­place train­ing and orientation 
• Fan­tas­tic pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties and allowances
• Flex­i­ble work and leave options

This is an excel­lent oppor­tu­ni­ty to devel­op your skills, advance your career and enhance your cul­tur­al knowl­edge whilst mak­ing a pos­i­tive difference.

Addi­tion­al Information: 

• If you would like to chat fur­ther about this oppor­tu­ni­ty, please con­tact our KWHB Human Resources Team by call­ing (08) 8971 9300 or email­ing hr@​kwhb.​com.​au
• The start date can be nego­ti­at­ed pend­ing the require­ments of the suit­able candidate. 
• Find out more about work­ing for Kather­ine West Health Board here.