Position Classification: Health Educ Off Non Grad
Remuneration: $30.44 - $44.03 per hour + super
Hours Per Week: 20
Requisition ID: REQ481740
We really aren’t that far away - only 3 hours’ drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia with everything you need right at your front door!
Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West
What You'll Be Doing
Provide lead education, health promotion and health surveillance service for families, health professionals and the community on lead issues.
Lead Health Program team members work collaboratively with families and stake holders to ensure practice is evidence based and the program is responsive to consumers of the Service.
Incentives
- 5 weeks of paid annual leave per year
- Paid monthly Allocated Day Off (ADO)
- Isolation & climate allowance
- Salary packaging (pay less tax!) this includes Remote Housing Assistance Benefit and Meal Entertainment
- Fitness Passport
- Support through advanced education and training
Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia. In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.
About Broken Hill
A true “Oasis in the Outback”, Broken Hill is a thriving regional town in far west NSW full of diversity, history and character. Being Australia’s first city to be Nationally Heritage Listed, Broken Hill is a culturally rich town with a vibrant art scene with over 20 galleries! The unique attractions, festivals and beautiful natural landscapes see tourists flock from all over, but the ones who stay quickly fall in love with the place and its livability.
With a population just shy of 20,000, Broken Hill is small enough to allow for a relaxed country lifestyle, while big enough to provide all the desired facilities of a regional hub including major supermarkets and retail stores, excellent schools (7 primary & 2 high), multiple gyms & aquatic centre, well-known fast food franchises and a plethora of trendy restaurants, pubs and café
How To Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible
- Demonstrated knowledge of lead as a public health issue, in particular the effects of lead exposure for young children.
- Experience in capillary testing in clinical settings or willingness to undertake training.
- Experience in or knowledge of the case management of families.
- Demonstrated knowledge of or experience in the development and implementation of health education & health promotion activities
- Demonstrated high level interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, including experience in working with databases and computer software applications.
- Experience working effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team and proven ability to work independently and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders both internal and external to the organisation.
- Current license to drive in NSW.
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Applications Close: 28/4/2024
At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
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