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SalarySA Health
Job reference: 850633
Location: 5540 - PORT PIRIE
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
- Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Port Pirie
- Salary
- Classification - RN/M2A - $100,343 to $107,279 p.a.
- Second Classification - AHP2 - $86,950 to $100,729 p.a.
- Employment Temporary Full time - up to 30 April 2024
We have a fantastic opportunity for an Aboriginal Chronic Disease Coordinator who'll use their increasingly generalist and/or specialist or nursing clinical knowledge and experience to provide services to promote the health needs and issues of Aboriginal people through the planning, implementation and ongoing evaluation of culturally appropriate health services appropriate to the needs of the local community.
The Chronic Disease Coordinator assists with providing professional high quality patient/client care to improve patient/client health outcomes, by continuously reviewing the model of care to improve prevention, early detection and management of Chronic Disease in Aboriginal people.
As a member of a multi-professional team, including health professionals and service providers from other sectors, the Aboriginal Health Chronic Disease Coordinator utilises a combination of preventative, early intervention, treatment / therapy and evaluation approaches.
Eligibility
RN/M2A applicants must be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate with at least 3 years post registration experience or currently classified as a Clinical Nurse/Midwife.
AHP2 applicants must hold a recognised qualification within a relevant Allied Health profession and be eligible for practicing membership of the relevant Professional Association. For those professions requiring Registration, all requirements to obtain and maintain current registration must be fulfilled. For self regulated professions it is desirable to participate in the professional association accredited continuing professional development program.
About Yorke and Northern LHN
A career in the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network offers many great lifestyle benefits, including diverse job prospects and the opportunity to fast track your skills and career, not to mention your choice of scenery from farm, ocean, vineyards and the Southern Flinders ranges. View the below videos for more information about working for Yorke and Northern Local Health Network
Important Information
In addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation & leave loading), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short about what salary packaging is. For information about Relocation Support working for SA Health can be found .
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.
Check(s)
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
SA Health Services are required to implement the in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 850633.
Want to know more? Contact
Barbara Daw
Patient Journey Team Leader
Phone: 0481 476 222
E-mail:
Application Closing Date
11 March 2024 - 11.55PM
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Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
