Job No: PAMS290425

Loca­tion: Newman

• Employ­ment Type: Permanent
• Employ­ment Cat­e­go­ry: Full-time
• Loca­tion: New­man, WA (with fre­quent remote trav­el to PAMS-ser­viced communities)
• Remu­ner­a­tion: $145,000 to $160,000 per annum + Superannuation
• Ben­e­fits: Fur­nished Accom­mo­da­tion, 2x Annu­al Return flights, Salary Sac­ri­fice up to $15,900.00 p.a.

About the Opportunity

Report­ing to the Direc­tor of Clin­i­cal Ser­vices, the Remote Ser­vices Man­ag­er is respon­si­ble for lead­ing the deliv­ery of high-qual­i­ty, cul­tur­al­ly appro­pri­ate pri­ma­ry health care ser­vices across PAMS’ remote clin­ics.
This piv­otal lead­er­ship role involves clin­i­cal over­sight, oper­a­tional man­age­ment, staff devel­op­ment, and ensur­ing com­pli­ance with rel­e­vant stan­dards, leg­is­la­tion, and accred­i­ta­tion require­ments (includ­ing AGPAL).

You will trav­el fre­quent­ly to our remote clin­ic loca­tions, fos­ter­ing a strong on-the-ground pres­ence and main­tain­ing trust­ed rela­tion­ships with the com­mu­ni­ties we serve.

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion and Job Descrip­tion Form click here or please vis­it http://​www​.pun​tukur​nu​.com​.au/

About You

To be con­sid­ered for this posi­tion, you must have: 

• Reg­is­tered Nurse, Mid­wife or Nurse Prac­ti­tion­er with AHPRA registration. 
• Min­i­mum 5 years’ expe­ri­ence in com­pre­hen­sive pri­ma­ry health care with strong clin­i­cal
  lead­er­ship.
• Pre­vi­ous man­age­ment expe­ri­ence with demon­strat­ed expe­ri­ence man­ag­ing mul­ti-
  dis­ci­pli­nary teams across diverse geo­graph­i­cal areas. 
• Sound under­stand­ing of Abo­rig­i­nal health and cul­tur­al issues. 
• Skilled in con­tin­u­ous qual­i­ty improve­ment, accred­i­ta­tion, Medicare opti­mi­sa­tion, and data reporting. 
• High-lev­el writ­ten and ver­bal com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills with con­flict man­age­ment capability. 
• Pro­fi­cient in the use of health man­age­ment sys­tems (prefer­ably Com­mu­ni­care) and Microsoft Office. 
• Abil­i­ty and will­ing­ness to trav­el to remote loca­tions via 4WD and light aircraft. 
• Cur­rent WA Work­ing with Chil­dren Check, Nation­al Police Clear­ance, and a valid man­u­al driver’s licence.

Desirable — 

• Iden­ti­fies as Abo­rig­i­nal and/​or Tor­res Strait Islander. 
• Pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ence as a Remote Area Nurse (RAN)
• Addi­tion­al qual­i­fi­ca­tions in lead­er­ship, chron­ic dis­ease man­age­ment, men­tal health, child health, or oth­er rel­e­vant fields. 
• Pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ence work­ing in or with remote Abo­rig­i­nal communities. 

The posi­tion involves work­ing with a mul­ti­cul­tur­al organ­i­sa­tion where the major­i­ty of staff, clients and stake­hold­ers iden­ti­fy as Abo­rig­i­nal or Tor­res Strait Islander. Can­di­dates must be able to demon­strate an under­stand­ing of the issues affect­ing Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ple and their abil­i­ty to com­mu­ni­cate sen­si­tive­ly and effec­tive­ly with Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ple.
We are com­mit­ted to improv­ing employ­ment out­comes for Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ple, and this role plays an impor­tant part in our com­mit­ment to rec­on­cil­i­a­tion and strength­en­ing cul­tur­al rep­re­sen­ta­tion in our organisation.

About the Ben­e­fits

While you will face diverse new chal­lenges in the role, you will also enjoy an attrac­tive remu­ner­a­tion pack­age includ­ing a base salary of $145,000 — $160,000 exclud­ing super­an­nu­a­tion, you’ll also gain access to gen­er­ous enti­tle­ments and fan­tas­tic ben­e­fits including:

• Gen­er­ous salary sac­ri­fice ben­e­fits in accor­dance with PBI provisions 
• Accom­mo­da­tion pro­vid­ed in Newman. 
• Two paid return flights annually. 
• Mobile phone provided. 
• Gen­er­ous leave enti­tle­ments, includ­ing addi­tion­al cul­tur­al and remote leave. 
• Oppor­tu­ni­ties for pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and training. 
• A chance to make a tan­gi­ble impact on the health out­comes of remote Abo­rig­i­nal communities.

About the Organ­i­sa­tion

Pun­tukur­nu Abo­rig­i­nal Med­ical Ser­vice (PAMS) is an Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trolled Health Organ­i­sa­tion ded­i­cat­ed to pro­vid­ing cul­tur­al­ly appro­pri­ate and com­pre­hen­sive pri­ma­ry health care ser­vices to the remote com­mu­ni­ties of Jiga­long, Pun­mu, Parn­ngurr, and Kunawar­ritji in the East Pil­bara region of West­ern Australia.

PAMS is com­mit­ted to mak­ing a mean­ing­ful dif­fer­ence in the lives of Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple by sup­port­ing health, well­be­ing, and com­mu­ni­ty devel­op­ment, respect­ing cul­tur­al tra­di­tions and work­ing col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly with communities.

Liv­ing in New­man WA

Liv­ing and work­ing in New­man offers a unique oppor­tu­ni­ty to expe­ri­ence life in the heart of the Pil­bara. Sur­round­ed by stun­ning red earth land­scapes and close to icon­ic nat­ur­al attrac­tions like Kar­i­ji­ni Nation­al Park, New­man is a vibrant inland town with a strong com­mu­ni­ty spir­it. While it’s remote and not coastal, res­i­dents enjoy a relaxed, out­door- focused lifestyle with essen­tial ameni­ties like super­mar­kets, schools, health­care ser­vices, and sport­ing facil­i­ties. Sum­mers can be very hot, and trav­el to major cen­tres requires plan­ning, but many peo­ple find the lifestyle deeply reward­ing, form­ing last­ing friend­ships and enjoy­ing a slow­er, more con­nect­ed way of life. If you’re adapt­able, com­mu­ni­ty-mind­ed, and open to new expe­ri­ences, New­man offers an unfor­get­table chap­ter both per­son­al­ly and professionally.

Appli­ca­tion process
How to apply
If you are pas­sion­ate about mak­ing a real dif­fer­ence and are ready for a lead­er­ship oppor­tu­ni­ty in a unique and reward­ing envi­ron­ment, we encour­age you to apply. Please ensure you review the attached Job Descrip­tion Form (JDF) for fur­ther infor­ma­tion about the require­ments of the position.

We require you to sub­mit:
1. A cur­rent com­pre­hen­sive CV includ­ing the con­tact details of two cur­rent ref­er­ees and;
2. A cov­er let­ter no more than 2 pages that clear­ly out­lines the skills and expe­ri­ence you have gained to make you suit­able for this position.

Appli­ca­tions close 30 May 2025 how­ev­er, we reserve the right to appoint before clos­ing date.

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion includ­ing, please con­tact the Peo­ple and Cul­ture Team at pamshr@​puntukurnu.​com.

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