Job Title: Maternal Early Childhood Health Program Coordinator

Location: Tennant Creek and the surrounding Barkly region

Employment Conditions: Full Time Contract, dependent on external funding

Salary: $116,830.74 - $124,284.54 per annum

Salary Packaging: $15,899.94 p/a

Professional Development Incentive: $1,500 p/a

Employment Type: Full Time

Reports to: Maternal Early Childhood Health Program Coordinator

Employee Access to Medical Services: Free Prescriptions

Amazing Further Perks: 6 weeks annual leave, personal/carer’s leave up to 10 days per year, free general dentistry.

ATSI Identified: This position is open only to those who identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander woman.

About The Role

The Maternal Early Childhood Health Program Coordinator will work as part of the Anyinginyi Health team, overseeing a multidisciplinary and integrated community-based approach to social and emotional well‑being in accordance with the Maternal Early Childhood Health Program schedule. The role involves providing assessment, support, advice and referral services to pregnant women, mothers, families and carers with children up to three years old in and around Tennant Creek. Collaboration with Maternal Early Childhood Health Program RNs and other external agencies is essential.

- Introducing and establishing the new Maternal Early Childhood Health Program and ensuring an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to primary health care.
- Maintain confidentiality and work as a member of a high‑performing multidisciplinary team in conjunction with the Maternal Early Childhood Health Program Team.
- Acknowledge and respect Aboriginal values, beliefs, customs, language and traditional practices.




- Maintain and develop culturally appropriate and accessible health services for women and children.
- Contribute to policy and procedure development on child and maternal health home visits.
- Always maintain strict confidentiality.
- Maintain patient file notes and medical histories.
- Take a leadership role within the Health Centre assisting the management team to ensure the service is culturally safe and appropriate.
- Consult and manage all clients as required.
- Take part in case management and follow‑up, either independently or with other health care providers.
- Provide sexual health and family planning counselling as appropriate.
- Prepare regular financial, performance and compliance reports for the Executive and external funding bodies.
- Create and maintain detailed patient records.
- Report on the effectiveness of healthcare services and programmes to ensure organisational goals are met and regulatory standards are upheld.
- Manage staff and budgets.
- Work with other Child and Maternal Health RNs to champion delivery of Child and Maternal Health services in and around Tennant Creek.
- Provide Child and Maternal Health services both in the Maternal Early Childhood Health Program Centre and in the community.
- Continue the ongoing development of Anyinginyi’s Maternal Early Childhood Health Program to develop culturally appropriate and accessible health services for pregnant women,



mothers and their children.

About You

To be successful in this role you must be able to demonstrate knowledge of Aboriginal culture and deliver services in a culturally responsive manner. You should be able to create and maintain accurate reports and have experience working in Aboriginal Health Services or similar. Previous experience within remote communities is essential.

Essential Skills And Experience

- Have accredited qualifications as either a Certificate IV or Diploma in ATSI Primary Health Practice.
- Demonstrated commitment to acknowledge and respect Aboriginal culture, values and beliefs, customs and traditional health practices.
- Demonstrated ability to be self‑motivated and work with minimum level of supervision.
- Demonstrated leadership qualities.
- Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain accurate records.
- Current Driver’s License.
- Strong computer skills.
- Understanding of practices and principles of Health and Safety in the workplace.
- OCHRE Card (NT Working with Children).

Desirable Skills And Experience

- Demonstrated understanding and knowledge of health and social/cultural issues affecting Indigenous women and their children.
- Ability to speak one or more of the local Aboriginal languages.
- Current AHPRA Registration.

Please Note

- Confirmation of employment is dependent on the outcome of the successful application for an OCHRE Card/ Working with Children’s Card and a satisfactory criminal history check.
- All Anyinginyi Health employees are preferred to be fully vaccinated against COVID‑19.

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📌 Maternal Early Childhood Health Program Coordinator - AHP Aboriginal Health Practitioner (AHP)[...] (Tennant Creek)
🏢 Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal
📍 Tennant Creek