Nurse Lev­el 4 RDO — Remu­ner­a­tion Pack­age Range $140,786 — $151,125 (includ­ing salary $120,114 to $130,347) + gen­er­ous remote allowances

Pri­ma­ry and Pub­lic Health Care ‑Bark­ly Elliott

Ongoing/​Fixed vacan­cy avail­able for up to 18 months

Appli­ca­tions close 28/4/2025

• Are you a Remote Area Nurse inter­est­ed in liv­ing and work­ing in remote NT communities
• Be a part of a com­mu­ni­ty where you can see the dif­fer­ence you make 
• A great career in health… goes with the Territory

NT Health man­ages the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry pub­lic health sys­tem, oper­at­ing across 5 ser­vice deliv­ery regions, 6 hos­pi­tals, 74 health clin­ics and 7 cor­po­rate offices. We work togeth­er as one sys­tem in part­ner­ship with indi­vid­u­als, fam­i­lies, the com­mu­ni­ty, Abo­rig­i­nal heath organ­i­sa­tions and stake­hold­ers to pro­vide high qual­i­ty, evi­dence-based, patient-cen­tred care. 

As a Remote Area Nurse, you will be respon­si­ble for deliv­er­ing pri­ma­ry health­care ser­vices to remote areas with­in the Bark­ly Region in the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry. You will pro­vide emer­gency care and play a vital role in enhanc­ing health out­comes for Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander clients and their fam­i­lies resid­ing in the remote com­mu­ni­ties of the Bark­ly Region.

You will apply your spe­cial­ist knowl­edge, skills, attrib­ut­es and abil­i­ties with­in a defined prac­tice area in ther­a­peu­tic and pro­fes­sion­al rela­tion­ships with indi­vid­u­als, as well as with fam­i­lies, groups and com­mu­ni­ties. You will pro­vide sound pro­fes­sion­al advice and be respon­si­ble for assess­ment, plan­ning, review, eval­u­a­tion and coor­di­na­tion of com­pre­hen­sive client care and/​or case man­age­ment with­in the spe­cial­i­ty area. 

To be eli­gi­ble for this posi­tion, you will have cur­rent reg­is­tra­tion with Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Board of Aus­tralia or be eli­gi­ble for the same.

Remote trav­el is required to ful­fil the require­ments of the position

The Ben­e­fits

• Attrac­tive salary package
• 11.5% super­an­nu­a­tion
• Gen­er­ous leave entitlements
• Relo­ca­tion allowance
• Sup­port to grow your career with pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment opportunities
• Enjoy sta­ble employ­ment in the NT Government

The Lifestyle
The out­back of Aus­tralia — a vast land of bril­liant blue skies and bound­less hori­zons, this is the Bark­ly region.

The town of Ten­nant Creek is known as the Ter­ri­to­ry’s heart of gold, a ref­er­ence to the friend­li­ness of its peo­ple and the area’s rich gold min­ing his­to­ry. It is rough­ly 500km north of Alice Springs and is locat­ed in between many of the Ter­ri­to­ry’s best-known sights mean­ing there is plen­ty to explore and enjoy in the his­to­ry-rich region. The town is at the inter­sec­tion of two main high­ways, the Stu­art and Bark­ly High­ways, and is eas­i­ly accessed via road, rail, bus and air.

Ten­nant Creek is home to 3,080 peo­ple and has a real out­back-town flavour, cen­tred around one main street lined with trees and filled with local­ly owned stores. The area boasts coun­try cul­ture meets friend­ly relaxed liv­ing and is a young town with half of the pop­u­la­tion under 35 years of age.

Through­out the year there are many events in the region includ­ing the Desert Har­mo­ny fes­ti­val, the Ten­nant Creek show, horse rac­ing and rodeos, speed­way, sports, art events and live music. Bark­ly Region­al Arts also presents an excit­ing suite of events from triv­ia nights, art exhi­bi­tions and com­e­dy shows.

The North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry offers an envi­able lifestyle and work-life bal­ance that allows you time to explore pic­turesque land­scapes and cul­tur­al­ly sig­nif­i­cant sites, enjoy the array of food, arts and cul­ture. The Ter­ri­to­ry is a rich melt­ing pot of cul­tures with a strong com­mu­ni­ty spir­it, mak­ing it a great place to live, work and make new friends.

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For fur­ther infor­ma­tion about this vacan­cy please con­tact: Gai Di Don­na on 08 8962 4413 or Gai.​didonna@​nt.​gov.​au

Quote vacan­cy num­ber: 70250830

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…