16 February, 2022

Remote Area Nurse – Acute Care, Milingimi

What we stand forWith eight clinics and growing across East Arnhem Land, we’re providing health care services for over 6,000 Indigenous residents. Our Board of Directors represents communities across the region, ensuring every decision we make helps empower Yolngu people to take control of their lives and direct their own futures.We’re connected by passionWe share a passion for the rich history of the Yolngu culture, and a commitment to ensure that the work we’re doing is instrumental in ensuring self-determination for Indigenous peoples. We’re a people place, where going above and beyond is in our nature. We’re not just offering jobs, we’re offering a way to shape Australia’s future. Do you share our passion?We’d be nowhere without youWorking closely with both our Aboriginal Health Practitioners and Doctors, our Nurses are critical to our patient’s success. You’ll be committed to finding the best way to communicate with patients in order to providing great care and follow up with them in sometimes uncertain circumstances.Outside of the Gove Peninsula on our remote clinics, you’ll be practicing traditional care every day of the week, and having to step up and support on more urgent and complex medical situations when the need arises. Core aspects of your role include:• Providing acute and chronic care, and managing the development of care plans for patients• Prescribing, administering, dispensing and managing stock of pharmaceutical therapies, including vaccines.• Be willing to share your knowledge, expertise and experience to support both the capability development of your peers and the continuous quality improvement of our clinicsWe need youMiwatj Health are actively sourcing a skilled Remote Area Nurse – Acute Care to join our team at the Malmaldharra Health Centre based in Milingimbi. This permanent, full time, residential role will see you providing a high quality, culturally appropriate and effective nursing practice and you will support the improvement of the health and wellbeing of the Aboriginal

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