Registered Nurse Pool - Community Health

WHERE COMPASSION MEETS EXCELLENCE

CRVCID594767

This is a Recruitment Pool for Casual appointments at various hours.

Position Profile: Are you a Registered Nurse who is passionate about delivering high quality clinical care to infants, children, and young people in the community.

Exciting opportunities are now available in CAHS – Community Health Services in the following areas:

• School Health: includes primary schools, high schools, Education Support units and enuresis support.
• Child Health: providing services to families and children including newborn home visits, developmental checks from birth to 3 years, and breastfeeding support.
• Immunisation: delivery of the immunisation schedule from birth to 4 years or with a school-based immunisation team.
• Aboriginal Health Team: work with a multidisciplinary team providing primary health to Aboriginal children and their families.

About the Directorate: Community Health provides health and developmental assessments, early intervention and health promotion services for children and young people.

These services are provided in the community across the Perth metropolitan area at Community Health centres, in schools, home visits and through telehealth appointments. Services focus on child health, growth and development, behaviour, immunisation and supporting families.

Eligibility to Apply: Australian citizenship or permanent residency is an essential requirement for applicants to be considered for permanent positions in the public sector. Fixed term and/or casual contracts can be held by individuals on visas that allow working rights within Australia.

Your ability to meet the work-related requirements will be assessed throughout the recruitment process. For your written application please provide the following:

• During the application process, you'll be presented with three written questions designed to assess your qualifications against the Essential Selection Criteria outlined in the attached Job Description Form. Each question allows you to showcase your relevant skills and experiences in detail, with a generous word limit of 500 words per response.
  • Give an example that demonstrates your clinical knowledge and experience in the practice setting/specialty within the past two (2) years. (Related to Essential Criteria 2 & 4)
  • Give an example of how you include the CAHS values of Respect and Collaboration in your current clinical practice. (Related to Essential Criteria 5)
  • Describe how you would use your communication and interpersonal skills to resolve a conflict resolution situation with a client or carer? (Related to Essential Criteria 6)

• A current resume which summarises your experience and contains phone & email contact details of 2 professional referees, with at least 1 being a recent supervisor/line manager.
• If you possess an Immunisation or a Child Health Certificate, please attach evidence when asked within the application system.
• During the application process, you will have the opportunity to indicate your top locations & services preference you wish to apply for. While we strive to accommodate these preferences whenever possible, final placement decisions are based on business needs. You may receive an offer for a location outside your initial selections.

These documents should be complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please ensure you allow sufficient time to complete the online application process as you will be required to answer various questions and attach your documentation.

For Further Job Related Information:  We encourage you to contact Kellie Zappara, Clinical Nurse Manager on +61 8 0475 700 512.

Other Conditions: WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to comment on an applicant’s integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour.

Our Values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment!  CAHS encourages Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or LGBTI communities, and people with disability to work with us. Whatever your age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and family/carer responsibilities are, we ask that you consider bringing your expertise to our workforce.

In addition, we are committed to growing our Aboriginal workforce as part of WA Health Aboriginal Workforce Policy. As a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

This is an “open-ended” recruitment pool, and as such the following should be noted:

• The panel will monitor this recruitment pool for applications and will assess on a regular basis.
• Suitable applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may be made when similar vacancies occur. 
• Appointments may be made from this pool until 04/08/2025.

This vacancy will be re-advertised intermittently throughout the life of the pool.

Whilst this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, it may also be used to fill other "similar" vacancies throughout the health service. In addition to this, should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised vacancy, then the next most suitable applicant may also be selected from this process. Both options remain valid for a period of twelve (12) months from when the authorised delegate endorses the recruitment decision.

If you experience difficulties while applying online, please contact Employee Services on 13 44 77 for immediate assistance during business hours.

Before you apply for this position, please read the attached job application information sheet which contains important information.

Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted.

LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.