• Nurse Lev­el 5 — Remu­ner­a­tion Pack­age Range $155,543 — $162,003 (includ­ing salary $132,267 — $139,215)
• Pri­ma­ry and Pub­lic Health Alice Springs, North­ern Territory 
• One ongo­ing or fixed vacan­cy is available

The Depart­ment of Health man­ages the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry pub­lic health sys­tem, oper­at­ing as one sys­tem across 5 regions, pro­vid­ing the full spec­trum of essen­tial, qual­i­ty health ser­vices, from health pro­mo­tion to pre­ven­tion, treat­ment, reha­bil­i­ta­tion, and pal­lia­tive care across the life course.

As a Nurse/​Midwife Clin­i­cal Coor­di­na­tor, you pro­vide advice and sup­port to the Pri­ma­ry and Pub­lic Health Care (PHC) staff on qual­i­ty improve­ment process­es, clin­i­cal stan­dards and use of estab­lished sys­tems. This involves assist­ing staff devel­op qual­i­ty improve­ment activ­i­ties in line with best prac­tice stan­dards and opti­mal patient out­comes. Includ­ing the devel­op­ment and imple­men­ta­tion of guide­lines, inter­pret­ing estab­lished poli­cies and sup­port­ing change management.

Locat­ed in Alice Springs, you pro­vide spe­cial­ist clin­i­cal care, advice and edu­ca­tion for client groups with diverse and or com­plex care require­ments, sup­port the deliv­ery of excel­lence in nurs­ing and mid­wifery care, and men­tor­ing less expe­ri­enced staff to assist in the fur­ther devel­op­ment of their skills and expe­ri­ence. Oth­er duties include the active par­tic­i­pa­tion in the pro­cure­ment of stan­dard clin­i­cal equip­ment and the will­ing­ness to trav­el to remote areas by 4WD or light aircraft.

To be suc­cess­ful, you will be an accom­plished Nurse/​Midwife with a Grad­u­ate Diplo­ma, or equiv­a­lent, and beyond entry to prac­tice cer­tifi­cate, reg­is­tra­tion with the Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Board of Aus­tralia, and advanced clin­i­cal knowl­edge, skills and expe­ri­ence in a rel­e­vant area of nursing/​midwifery sup­port­ed by well-devel­oped clin­i­cal deci­sion making.

Demon­strat­ed pro­fi­cien­cy in the under­stand­ing, appli­ca­tion, analy­sis and inter­pre­ta­tion of a pro­fes­sion­al body of knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence con­tribut­ing to the devel­op­ment and imple­men­ta­tion of local/​regional poli­cies. Effec­tive com­mu­ni­ca­tion and inter­per­son­al skills with the abil­i­ty to man­age con­flict and pro­mote coop­er­a­tion is essential.

In return, you will enjoy the ben­e­fits of a com­pet­i­tive remu­ner­a­tion with salary pack­ag­ing options, 11.5% Super­an­nu­a­tion, up to 7 weeks recre­ation­al and 3 weeks per­son­al leave, and an oppor­tu­ni­ty to fur­ther your pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment in NT Health. Gen­er­ous allowances and sup­port with relo­ca­tion will be provided.

If you reside inter­state, this a great time to con­sid­er relo­cat­ing to Cen­tral Aus­tralia. Alice Springs (or Mparn­twe in Arrernte lan­guage) is the third-largest town in the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry, with a pop­u­la­tion of approx­i­mate­ly 33,000 peo­ple. The Region has deep spir­i­tu­al ori­gins dat­ing back more than 30,000 years, and an abun­dance of rich cul­ture and his­to­ry. The town is sur­round­ed by stun­ning nat­ur­al beau­ty, includ­ing the Mac­Don­nell Ranges and the Red Cen­tre Desert. About 450kms down the road is Ulu­ru, a large sand­stone rock for­ma­tion that is a spec­tac­u­lar sight any time of the year

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For fur­ther infor­ma­tion about this vacan­cy please contact: 

Helen Gill on 08 8951 7165 or Helen.​gill@​nt.​gov.​au

Quote vacan­cy num­ber: 50722 

Appli­ca­tions should con­sist of a one page sum­ma­ry sheet, resume / CV and copies of rel­e­vant qualifications.

For a copy of the Job Descrip­tion, To Apply or to view career oppor­tu­ni­ties in the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Gov­ern­ment please vis­it https://​jobs​.nt​.gov​.au/​H​o​me/Jo…