Registered Aboriginal Health Practitioner – Connected Beginnings

Other Health Care

Posted: 7 Feb 2025

Location: Katherine NT

Registered Aboriginal Islander Health Practitioners are responsible for delivering safe, high-quality clinical services, patient care, health promotion and education as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Job Cat­e­go­ry: Clin­i­cal Services

Job Type: Full Time

Wurli-Wurlin­jang Health Ser­vice is an Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trolled Organ­i­sa­tion deliv­er­ing pri­ma­ry and clin­i­cal health care ser­vices to the Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple in Kather­ine and sur­round­ing com­mu­ni­ties. Wurli prides itself on deliv­er­ing a range of health ser­vices to the com­mu­ni­ty in a style and man­ner that makes clients feel wel­come and com­fort­able. Wurli oper­ates a range of clin­ics and pro­vides a range of Ser­vices that require pri­ma­ry health care to be deliv­ered by Reg­is­tered Abo­rig­i­nal Health Prac­ti­tion­ers. This includes main clin­ic (acute and gen­er­al care), Gud­bin­ji chron­ic dis­ease clin­ic, Bin­jari Health clin­ic, Women and children’s health and men’s health.

Reg­is­tered Abo­rig­i­nal Islander Health Prac­ti­tion­ers are respon­si­ble for deliv­er­ing safe, high-qual­i­ty clin­i­cal ser­vices, patient care, health pro­mo­tion and edu­ca­tion as part of a mul­ti-dis­ci­pli­nary team.

The Con­nect­ed Begin­nings RAHP role includes both direct clin­i­cal and client co-ordi­na­tion respon­si­bil­i­ties for 0 – 5‑year-old chil­dren to increase health and devel­op­men­tal screen­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties and improve school readiness.

The clin­i­cal role is respon­si­ble for deliv­ery of client ser­vices in accor­dance with Wurli pol­i­cy and pro­ce­dures, guid­ed by CARPA stan­dard treat­ment man­u­al and applic­a­ble leg­is­la­tion and reg­u­la­tions. This includes pro­vid­ing care to all clients of Women’s and Children’s Clin­ic as needed.

In return for your hard work and ded­i­ca­tion, you’ll receive an attrac­tive base salary (based on your expe­ri­ence) plus super.

With a strong focus on pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment, Wurli will pro­vide you with ongo­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for train­ing and will invest in what­ev­er is need­ed for your success.

A fan­tas­tic range of fur­ther ben­e­fits include:

  • Salary sac­ri­fic­ing options
  • Gen­er­ous leave enti­tle­ments (6 weeks annu­al leave, 15 days per­son­al leave, 1 week spe­cial leave, study leave).
  • Relo­ca­tion assis­tance and a short-term accom­mo­da­tion allowance is avail­able for eli­gi­ble appli­cants to help you get settled.

For fur­ther details regard­ing this posi­tion please refer to the Posi­tion Description

Appli­ca­tions can be sub­mit­ted online https://​www​.wurli​.org​.au/​jobs/… or to hr@​wurli.​org.​au. Please ensure your appli­ca­tion includes: –

  • A cur­rent resume or cur­ricu­lum vitae (cv)
  • a cov­er let­ter / email which pro­vides a clear and con­cise overview of your abil­i­ty to meet the key require­ments of the role (pre­req­ui­sites, qual­i­fi­ca­tions / expe­ri­ence and competencies)
  • Cur­rent AHPRA registration
  • Cur­rent Nation­al Police Cer­tifi­cate (no less than 3 months from issue date)
  • Cur­rent North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Driver’s License
  • Cur­rent Work­ing with Children’s Clear­ance (Ochre Card)

If you have any queries regard­ing this posi­tion, please con­tact a mem­ber of the Human Resource team on 08 8972 9122 or email hr@​wurli.​org.​au