Ramingining - Clinic Manager

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This role provides leadership, management, and coordination of comprehensive primary and population health care, ensuring cultural integrity and high standards of clinical care and client flow. The position sits within the Health Services Section and leads a multidisciplinary team of Registered Nurses, Doctors, Aboriginal Health Practitioners and Allied Health Professionals.

There are a range of benefits in the role, including:

• A competitive base salary of $131,739 - $137,268 per annum + 11% Superannuation
• Fully subsidized housing and electricity
• Yearly Salary Boost aligned with the Enterprise Agreement
• Ability to salary package up to $15,900 per annum plus a further $2,650 per annum on Meals and Entertainment
• 6 weeks annual leave
• Study Assistance
• Miwatj Annual Leave Travel Assistance (MALTA) of $2,179.89 gross per annum
• Retention bonus starting at $10,000 per year (subject to meeting the eligibility criteria)
• Relocation assistance up to $10,712.00
• Plus more!

About Miwatj

Miwatj Health is an independent Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Service. Established in 1992, we’re committed to securing quality health care services across the East Arnhem and enabling Yolŋu powered community health and wellbeing. Miwatj provides culturally appropriate, comprehensive primary health care to over 6,000 remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents across 3 East Arnhem wards. With a Head Office in Nhulunbuy, Miwatj also manages a Corporate Office in Darwin, 7 fixed clinics across the East Arnhem region, and dedicated outreach teams who travel to 3 additional locations.

Essential Requirements

The Clinic Manager will be responsible for PHC operations including clinical and personnel management to the PHC team, provides support to Miwatj program integration and visiting health providers. This role also ensure that the clinic operates in a safe and efficient way and ensuring relevant legislation, guidelines, safety, and quality standards are adhered to by all staff.

Candidates must have registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse, minimum of 5 years’ experience as a registered nurse and will also have an understanding of and commitment to Aboriginal Community Control, self-determination, and the issues faced by Yolŋu people living in remote settings.

Vaccination & Immunity Screening

Miwatj Health is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for all workers and users of its healthcare centres. In accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Guidelines, National Safety and Quality Health Care Service Standards, and other local policies, guidelines and procedures, we mandate that all staff abide by our Staff Vaccination and Immunity Screening Policy (to be supplied to all successful candidates).

Please address your application in accordance with the attached Job Description and Essential Selection Criteria. For more information, please contact the Director of Nursing and Midwifery at ***********@miwatj.com.au 

Application close date: 31 March 2024