Alice Springs, Northern Territory Australian Red Cross
Your New Career
Nganampa Health Council (NHC) now has a newly created opportunity for an Anangu Health Workforce Coordinator to join their team on a full-time basis. For candidates who already have accommodation on the APY Lands, this position would ideally be based in Umuwa. However, if you do not have access to accommodation on the APY Lands then the position could be based in Alice Springs and would involve regular travel to the APY region.
Reporting to the Health Services Manager, your key responsibility will be to coordinate the activities for the Nganampa Health Council Anangu Health Workforce, including:
* Consulting and liaising regularly with Anangu Health Mayatjas at the local clinic level;
* Ensuring that Anangu Health Worker and Aboriginal Liaison Officer employment and support systems are maintained and resourced; and
* Managing the On Call Support Worker (OCSW) Program.
For more information please call Kim Gates on 0439 201 115.
About the Benefits
In return for your professionalism, commitment and care, Nganampa Health Council offers you a truly unique and satisfying career opportunity.
On offer is an attractive salary circa $90,000 + super (commensurate with experience) plus a range of benefits including:
* 5 weeks leave per year;
* Salary packaging;
* Study leave in order to plan and develop your career;
* Travel subsidies; and
* Full support from the health team.
A fully maintained 4WD vehicle will also be provided for travel to the APY Lands.
For those recruited from outside Central Australia, relocation assistance will be provided, as well as an annual economy airfare for you and your dependents to/from your place of recruitment.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
About Nganampa Health Council
Nganampa Health Council is an Aboriginal owned and controlled health organisation operating on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in the far north-western region of South Australia. The APY Lands cover roughly 103,000 square km, with a population of approx. 3,000 Anangu people. The region is freehold land controlled by the Anangu people.
Across this area, Nganampa Health Council operates seven clinics, an aged care facility and assorted health-related programs including aged care, sexual health, environmental health, dental, women's health, men's health, children's health and mental health.
Nganampa Health Council is widely recognised as being an exemplary Aboriginal health service in the country. Their successes include significantly reducing the rates of sexually transmitted infections, increasing birth weights through their antenatal program, consistently keeping childhood immunisation rates at 100% and providing high quality residential and respite aged care at their Tjilpiku Pampaku Ngura aged care facility.
Please note: Applications will close at 5:00 pm, Wednesday 7th August, 2019.
For more information including selection criteria and to apply, please click "apply now".
Source: Uniting News