• Nurse Lev­el 5 RDO (Remu­ner­a­tion Pack­age Range $154,856 — $161,287)
• Pri­ma­ry and Pub­lic Health Care Bark­ly Region
• Can­teen Creek, Bark­ly, North­ern Territory

One vacan­cy is avail­able, either ongo­ing or fixed for 2 years.

• Exten­sive nurs­ing expe­ri­ence in Abo­rig­i­nal Healthcare
• Reg­is­tra­tion with the Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Board of Australia.
• Enjoy flex­i­ble work agree­ments and gen­er­ous allowances.

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 the Clin­i­cal Coor­di­na­tor you are respon­si­ble for the day-to-day man­age­ment of a Remote Health Cen­tre and are respon­si­ble for pro­vid­ing spe­cial­ist clin­i­cal care, advice and edu­ca­tion to a client group with diverse and/​or com­plex care require­ments. You will sup­port the deliv­ery of excel­lence in nursing/​midwifery care by mod­el­ling advanced knowl­edge, skills and behav­iours for the pro­vi­sion of client care and work­ing along­side less expe­ri­enced staff to assist in their fur­ther development.

To be suc­cess­ful, you will be an accom­plished Nurse with cur­rent reg­is­tra­tion with the Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Board of Aus­tralia with demon­strat­ed advanced clin­i­cal knowl­edge, skills and expe­ri­ence in a rel­e­vant area of nursing/​midwifery sup­port­ed by well-devel­oped clin­i­cal deci­sion mak­ing. You will have a good under­stand­ing of issues affect­ing Abo­rig­i­nal health, prin­ci­ples of Pri­ma­ry Health Care and rel­e­vant leg­is­la­tion gov­ern­ing work prac­tices in a remote health set­ting. You will also be required to hold cur­rent vac­ci­na­tion, remote emer­gency and mater­ni­ty emer­gency cer­ti­fi­cata­tion, and have the abil­i­ty to dri­ve a man­u­al vehi­cle and trav­el in 4WD and light aeroplanes.

Effec­tive com­mu­ni­ca­tion and inter­per­son­al skills with the abil­i­ty to man­age con­flict and pro­mote coop­er­a­tion is essential.

In addi­tion, you will have demon­strat­ed knowl­edge and under­stand­ing of Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander cul­ture, fam­i­ly and com­mu­ni­ty struc­tures, with the abil­i­ty to com­mu­ni­cate and work effec­tive­ly in a cul­tur­al­ly safe manner.

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 the Bark­ly Region, Can­teen Creek (or Owair­tilla) is an Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ty locat­ed 180 km south­east of Ten­nant Creek on Alyawarr land and 300 km north of Alice Springs.

Renowned for its nat­ur­al beau­ty and rich cul­tur­al her­itage, the com­mu­ni­ty is sur­round­ed by stun­ning land­scapes, rugged moun­tains and open plains. Can­teen Creek is home to the Kayte­tye and Waru­mungu peo­ple who have occu­pied the area for thou­sands of years. A per­fect place to: 

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For fur­ther infor­ma­tion about this vacan­cy please con­tact:
Makasi­ni Kaho on 08 8962 4622 or makasini.​kaho@​nt.​gov.​au

Quote vacan­cy num­ber: 3429

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

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