• Pun­tukur­nu Abo­rig­i­nal Med­ical Service 
• $99,722 – $125,874 per year

About the Opportunity

This is in response to a Syphilis out­break and endem­ic lev­els of oth­er STIs and will be achieved through sup­port­ing the exist­ing com­pre­hen­sive pri­ma­ry health care approach and improved processes.

About You

To be con­sid­ered for this posi­tion, can­di­dates must be able to clear­ly demon­strate their abil­i­ty to meet the below Essen­tial Selec­tion Criteria:

• Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty to com­mu­ni­cate effec­tive­ly and sen­si­tive­ly with Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peoples.
• Cur­rent reg­is­tra­tion with AHPRA as a Reg­is­tered Nurse.
• Demon­strat­ed skills and expe­ri­ence in sex­u­al health or pri­ma­ry health care nursing.
• Expe­ri­ence in the plan­ning, pro­vi­sion, man­age­ment and eval­u­a­tion of sex­u­al health ser­vices with­in an Indige­nous pri­ma­ry health care setting.
• Excel­lent knowl­edge and under­stand­ing of issues affect­ing the health and well­be­ing of Abo­rig­i­nal and/​or Tor­res Strait Islander people.
• Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty to com­mu­ni­cate effec­tive­ly and sen­si­tive­ly with Abo­rig­i­nal people.
• Abil­i­ty to work inde­pen­dent­ly and/​or col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly as part of a team in a remote setting.
• High­ly devel­oped and demon­strat­ed com­mu­ni­ca­tion (ver­bal and in writ­ing) skills, with a par­tic­u­lar empha­sis on devel­op­ing effec­tive work­ing rela­tion­ships with a vari­ety of inter­est groups, indi­vid­u­als and organisations.
• Abil­i­ty to con­duct train­ing and edu­ca­tion ses­sions to a range of audi­ences includ­ing young peo­ple, health pro­fes­sion­als, and com­mu­ni­ty members.
• An abil­i­ty to work, reside and trav­el inde­pen­dent­ly in a remote region.
• Demon­strat­ed organ­i­sa­tion­al and time man­age­ment skills along with an abil­i­ty to adapt to chang­ing needs.
• High lev­el of integri­ty in main­tain­ing both organ­i­sa­tion­al and client confidentiality. 

In addi­tion to the above, the desir­able cri­te­ria are:

• The per­son iden­ti­fies as Abo­rig­i­nal and/​or Tor­res Strait Islander and is acknowl­edged as such by their community.
• Post-grad­u­ate qual­i­fi­ca­tions in sex­u­al health.
• Expe­ri­ence in using elec­tron­ic patient infor­ma­tion data­base sys­tems (prefer­ably Com­mu­ni­care) with­in the pri­ma­ry health care setting.

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 $99,722.94 — $1125,874.44 per annum plus super­an­nu­a­tion. You’ll also gain access to gen­er­ous salary pack­ag­ing options, which will great­ly increase your take home pay. In addi­tion, you will have access to a num­ber of fan­tas­tic ben­e­fits including:

• 5 weeks’ annu­al leave + 17.5% leave loading
• Mobile Phone allowance
• Ful­ly sub­sidised accommodation
• Pow­er sub­sidy in accor­dance with the PAMS Employ­ee Remu­ner­a­tion Policy
• Sup­port to fur­ther invest in your career through addi­tion­al train­ing + study leave options
• Employ­ee Assis­tance Program
• Reten­tion Ini­tia­tives in accor­dance with the PAMS Employ­ee Remuneration

Pol­i­cy

This posi­tion offers the oppor­tu­ni­ty to work close­ly with remote Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ties and make a dras­tic impact to the health and well-being out­comes of these communities.

PAMS oper­ates five sites, sup­port­ed by a range of clin­i­cians, com­mu­ni­ty health work­ers and oth­er ancil­lary work­ers. Although the suc­cess­ful can­di­dates will have a sub­stan­tive loca­tion (New­man) they must be pre­pared from time to time to work across any one of these sites should they be required.

PAMS oper­ates in some of the most remote parts of Aus­tralia and staff are required to be pro­fi­cient at dri­ving a 4WD vehi­cle and will­ing to fly in light aircraft.

About the Organisation

PAMS is an Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trolled Health Ser­vice pro­vid­ing holis­tic and cul­tur­al­ly secure pri­ma­ry health­care to the Mar­tu peo­ple across New­man and the remote com­mu­ni­ties of Jiga­long, Parn­ngurr, Pun­mu, and Kunawar­ritji. We are com­mit­ted to improv­ing the health and well­be­ing of our peo­ple by deliv­er­ing high-qual­i­ty, cul­tur­al­ly appro­pri­ate services.

How to Apply

If you are pas­sion­ate about sup­port­ing com­mu­ni­ty-led organ­i­sa­tion, we encour­age you to apply.

Please sub­mit:

• A cov­er let­ter (max 1 page) address­ing your suitability
• A cur­rent CV with two referees

Note: Short­list­ing for this posi­tion will com­mence imme­di­ate­ly. PAMS reserves the right to appoint an appli­cant to this role pri­or to the clos­ing date.

Con­tact Peo­ple & Cul­ture at pamshr@​puntukurnu.​com for more info. 

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