• Sup­port Yol­ngu Abo­rig­i­nal cul­ture and build stronger relationships
• Above award salary with ben­e­fits such as salary sac­ri­fice and housing
• Fam­i­ly friend­ly Community

Why Marthakal Home­lands Health Ser­vice?
MHHS, sit­u­at­ed on Galiwin’ku (Elcho Island), is a mobile Yol­ngu Med­ical Ser­vice cov­er­ing 15,000 square kilo­me­tres in remote East Arn­hem Land with a pop­u­la­tion around 300. There are 29 home­lands in the Marthakal Home­lands region, for which the med­ical ser­vice is on 24 hours emer­gency call. Being a mobile med­ical ser­vice means that the health team trav­els in small planes and man­u­al four-wheel dri­ve vehi­cles to con­duct clin­ics out on the home­lands. What med­ical equip­ment can­not be packed can’t be tak­en, so com­pact stur­dy anti shock equip­ment is used.

What’s in it for you?

• Excel­lent RN salary of $120,000 – $130,000 per annum plus superannuation
• Abil­i­ty to Salary Pack­age up to $15,900pa plus a fur­ther $2,650pa on Meals and Entertainment
• 7 weeks’ annu­al leave
• Up to $8,000 Relo­ca­tion and Repa­tri­a­tion sup­port (eli­gi­bil­i­ty as per the HHS policies)
• An iso­la­tion allowance of $1600 (before tax) payable on com­ple­tion of 4 months’ work (max­i­mum of 3 iso­la­tion allowances per year).
• Live and work in a com­mu­ni­ty steeped in tra­di­tions and culture
• Short term con­tracts considered
• Hous­ing and util­i­ty package

What’s the role? The Reg­is­tered Nurse iden­ti­fies the needs and pro­vide evi­dence-based nurs­ing care to peo­ple of all ages and cul­tur­al groups, includ­ing indi­vid­u­als, fam­i­lies, and com­mu­ni­ties in home­lands in an effec­tive and time­ly man­ner with an expect­ed health outcome

• The Reg­is­tered Nurse assess­es, plans, imple­ments, and eval­u­ates nurs­ing care in col­lab­o­ra­tion with a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary health care team com­pris­ing On-site and Remote GPs, AHP, AHW trainees, Health Ser­vices Man­ag­er, and oth­er non-clin­i­cal staff, so as to achieve goals and health out­comes for Home­lands Clients.
• As a Remote Area Nurse (RAN) in MHHS, you will pro­vide high qual­i­ty, evi­denced-based care; edu­ca­tion for assigned health pro­grams port­fo­lio (Chron­ic Dis­ease, Child Health, Women’s Health, Men­tal Health); and par­tic­i­pate in rou­tine ser­vice deliv­ery of vac­ci­na­tions to the homeland’s community.
• You will men­tor Abo­rig­i­nal Health Prac­ti­tion­er (AHW) trainees, sup­port AHPs and AHW trainees as the pri­ma­ry health car­ers with­in the com­mu­ni­ty, and work to build stronger communities.
• Using skills and knowl­edge to deliv­er qual­i­ty health care and meet all legal obligations
• Sup­port­ing and par­tic­i­pat­ing in all ini­tia­tives and change process­es that aim to improve ser­vice delivery
• Trav­el by man­u­al 4WD/​light air­craft required.

Is the role right for you?

• A rel­e­vant ter­tiary qual­i­fi­ca­tion degree and cur­rent reg­is­tra­tion with AHPRA.
• Cur­rent REC, MEC, BLS, ALS, Immu­niza­tion, Phar­ma­cother­a­peu­tics cer­ti­fi­ca­tions or will­ing­ness to obtain the cer­ti­fi­ca­tions with­in 6 months of employment.
• Ide­al­ly expe­ri­ence work­ing and liv­ing in a remote Indige­nous com­mu­ni­ty, which is an alco­hol-free environment
• Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty to engage effec­tive­ly and sen­si­tive­ly with Indige­nous peo­ple for whom Eng­lish is not their first language
• Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty and expe­ri­ence to work autonomous­ly and col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly with­in a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team in a small, remote Abo­rig­i­nal Con­trolled Health Ser­vice deliv­er­ing pri­ma­ry and den­tal health care
• Demon­strat­ed under­stand­ing and knowl­edge of social deter­mi­nants of health issues affect­ing Abo­rig­i­nal people
• Cur­rent man­u­al driver’s licence, cur­rent Work­ing with Chil­dren clear­ance (OCHRE Card) and cur­rent crim­i­nal his­to­ry check.
• Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty to work autonomous­ly, demon­strat­ing effi­cient time man­age­ment skills.

What’s it like liv­ing in Galiwin’ku (Elcho Island)?
The advan­tages of liv­ing and work­ing in remote East Arn­hem Land are var­ied and inter­est­ing and pro­vide a path­way to devel­op skills in chron­ic dis­ease, trop­i­cal med­i­cine, Abo­rig­i­nal health, and rur­al health, which could not be expe­ri­enced in oth­er regions of Aus­tralia. You are able to enhance your emer­gency med­i­cine skills, whilst con­tribut­ing to improved health out­comes for the Marthakal Home­lands region. The chal­lenges are as diverse as the land­scape, but the oppor­tu­ni­ties to achieve your pro­fes­sion­al and lifestyle goals are immense.

If this sounds like a role for you, we want to hear from you. Apply today by click­ing the ​“Apply for this job” link.

Want to find out more about this oppor­tu­ni­ty? Please con­tact Lau­ren Lester on 08 8982 1002 or recruitment@​ntphn.​org.​au