Employment Opportunities

Health Centre Staffing Manager Description
($86,494 - $91,053)

As part of the leadership team the Health Centre Staffing Manager will support the Katherine West Health Board (KWHB) model of integrated multidisciplinary comprehensive primary health care. The role will have a strong focus on ensuring remote health centres are staffed by appropriately skilled and experienced clinicians, with particular attention to the provision of adequate support and direction to those staff engaged in health centre operations. Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse or the NT Health Practitioner Registration Board as an Aboriginal Health Worker will be required.

For further information contact Liz Yates on (08) 8971 9300 or liz.yates@kwhb.com.au

Clinical Quality Coordinator
($68,799 - $83,117)

The Clinical Quality Coordinator (CQC) will provide clinical leadership for Katherine West Health Board, specifically in the areas of orientation, ongoing training, clinical compliance and clinical quality improvement. In collaboration with the health leadership team the CQC will develop pathways for excellence in clinical practice and chronic conditions management. Relevant tertiary qualifications in a health discipline will be required.

Chronic Disease Coordinator
($68,799 - $83,117)

The Chronic Disease Program Coordinator (CDPC) will provide leadership to primary health care staff in the management of clients with chronic disease in the Katherine West region.  The CDPC will provide guidance and support to health service staff to increase activity in all programs covered by the Chronic Disease Strategy, with specific focus on improving outcomes in early detection and self management of chronic disease. Relevant tertiary qualifications in a health discipline will be required.

For further information on either of these positions contact Sinon Cooney on
(08) 8971 9300 or sinon.cooney@kwhb.com.au

Katherine is a tropical town located 300km south of Darwin with extensive recreational facilities and services as well as easy access to the Top End’s spectacular attractions including Kakadu, Nitmiluk and Gregory National Parks.

We are offering an attractive salary package including 6 weeks annual leave, professional development support, leave loading and generous salary sacrifice provisions. These positions are based in Katherine with  travel to remote communities required. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

For a copy of the position description and selection criteria please email hr@kwhb.com.au.

All applications including a current CV and statement against the selection criteria should be addressed to the HR Manager and forwarded to  hr@kwhb.com.au by COB Friday September 17th.

All employees commencing with KWHB will be required to complete a check for working with children.
 

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Facilitator Description

Looking for something different? Are you seeking great work-lifebalance while living in a fantastic natural and cultural environment? Doyou want to make a difference and be part of an exciting health reformprocess?

An exciting new CQI position is available working in spectacularWestern Arnhemland and the acclaimed Kakadu National Park. You will bein a spectacular natural environment working to improve qualityprocesses to ensure that the best possible services are delivered to theregion.

The successful person will work within a vibrant PHC team environmentincluding Aboriginal Health Workers, Remote Area Nurses and Doctors.This core clinical team is supported by an expanding range of alliedhealth services. A process is underway to create a regional healthservice for the West Arnhem district combining the activities of DHF,KHS and other agencies into a single provider.

Applicants should possess relevant health qualifications, highlydeveloped interpersonal skills, a commitment to holistic primary healthcare, and an appreciation of quality improvement issues / systems.

Conditions

A flexible and attractive package (base salary P2 $66,100 - $80,137or RN $84,910 - $88,475 ) will be negotiated for the position. Theposition will be based in Darwin and travel extensively in the WestArnhem region.

Start living the dream - find out more by contacting Betta Miller on (08) 8979 9999 or recruitment@kakaduhealth.org.au

Applications close on Monday 30 August 2010.

 

Kakadu Health Service

PO Box 721

Jabiru NT 0886

T (08) 8979 9999

F (08) 8979 3770
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RAHC Description

The Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC) has been established to attract urban-based health professionals to provide short-term staffing needs for remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory. We need doctors, nurses, dental and allied health professionals. Placements are paid and from as little as three weeks.

http://www.rahc.com.au