Remote Area Nurse (RAN) - Santa Teresa

Central Australian Aboriginal Congress; Santa Teresa (NM); Remote; AUD 118,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Northern Territory's largest Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service as a Remote Area Nurse. You'll play a crucial role in providing compassionate care, building trust with patients, and improving community health while enjoying extensive employee benefits and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

6 weeks annual leave & 15 days paid personal leave per year

Opportunities for professional development, including master's programs

Flexible work policy including remote and hybrid work options

Salary sacrifice available for full-time and part-time employees

3 weeks additional leave for Remote employees

Qualifications

• Demonstrated clinical experience in a primary care or similar setting.
• Commitment to integrating Aboriginal values in practice.
• Understanding of remote area work required.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs and administer treatments.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary healthcare teams.
• Promote health initiatives and contribute to quality improvement efforts.

Skills

Compassionate care

Clinical skills

Teamwork

Adaptability

Education

Current AHPRA Registration as a Registered Nurse

Job description

Deliver primary health care with the Northern Territory's largest Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service.

Salaries starting at $118,072 per annum

$60.55 per hour plus $22 an hour remote allowance.

Effective Salary starts at $185,106 per annum.

• Provide compassionate care and build trust with patients
• Work as part of a team to improve community health
• Gain valuable experience with diverse and complex patient cases
• Change lives, starting with your own

About the role

As a Remote Area Nurse you will assess patient needs, administer treatments such as wound care, and promote health initiatives. Collaborate closely with multi-disciplinary healthcare teams to ensure safe practices and contribute to quality improvement efforts. Embrace a pivotal role where your expertise enhances comprehensive patient care and professional development.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for RANs who can build strong, trusting relationships with both patients and the community. If you have:

• Current AHPRA Registration as a Registered Nurse
• Demonstrated clinical experience in a primary care or similar setting
• Commitment to integrating Aboriginal values in practice
• Willingness for, and understanding of, remote area work; and

The ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and bring exceptional clinical skills, a proactive adaptable attitude, and a genuine respect for diverse patient backgrounds, we want you!

Central Australian Aboriginal Congress not only offers rewarding career options, but a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Work that is community-led, impact-focused and a part of the bigger picture.
• Opportunities to grow, including 15 days of professional development per year, with pathways including master's programs and study placements.
• 6 weeks annual leave & 15 days paid personal leave per year.
• 3 weeks of additional leave for Remote employees.
• A flexible work policy including flexible start and finish times, compressed work weeks, part-time and casual roles, job sharing, remote work, hybrid work models and the possibility to purchase additional paid leave.
• Salary sacrifice available for full-time, part-time and casual employees.

*Total effective package includes; base salary, district allowance, remote benefits, superannuation, leave loading and salary packaging options.

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We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and value their diverse perspectives, experiences and contributions.

Congress are not accepting Agency enquires regarding this role at this time.