Salary: Earn up to $124,814 gross per annum plus superannuation, depending on experience

Summary: Our multidisciplinary team is looking for a RN with experience working with children and their families in a primary health setting and supporting clinics to join us to provide a quality health service to the Aboriginal families.

About Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation

Maari Ma Health is an Aboriginal community-controlled regional health service that has been providing a quality service to the Aboriginal people of far western New South Wales for more than 20 years and employs over 140 people within the region.

About the role

Our supportive team is on the look-out for an experienced Primary Health Nurse to join us to provide a quality health service to the Aboriginal people of far western New South Wales. Reporting to the Operations Manager Main Clinic, this full-time opportunity includes key responsibilities such as:

Coordinating and assisting in a wide variety of treatments and care activities using a patient-centered approach in a general practice clinic.

Planning and coordination, health assessments, wound care, chronic disease care, vaccinations, procedural operations, and triage.

Responsible for working across both the clinic and community settings.

Providing a range of services in the community including, home visits, domiciliary care, and proactive follow-up of Aboriginal people 15 years plus, living with a chronic disease.

Completing a range of clinical and support functions relating to patient assessment and care in the general practice clinic.

Being involved using a case management model and working in partnership with Aboriginal Health Practitioners and Trainees.

Collaborate with our staff in a way that facilitates effective communication, teamwork, and high clinical standards.

Establish and build lasting relationships with our patients, families, and GP’s.

Incentives for this position

Retention Bonus

Receive $10,000 per year for 2 years, paid in instalments 6 monthly. (Taxable and paid via payroll.)

Relocation Assistance

Need to move for the role? We’ll provide support to help you relocate to Wilcannia smoothly and confidently.





Temporary Accommodation

Temporary Accommodation provided for up to 8 weeks, including utilities and internet.

Stay connected with your loved ones – receive a $600 travel allowance every 6 months for the first 2 years (Taxable and paid via payroll.)

Skills and experience

Current unconditional registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse

Have, or be prepared to actively pursue authorisation as an immunisation provider in New South Wales to achieve within 6 months.

Ability and willingness to enable Aboriginal Health Practitioners who are credentialed vaccinators, to immunize under RN order.

Ability to work with Aboriginal staff and communities in a way that fosters mutual respect.

Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the principles of primary health care and how they apply to the prevention and management of chronic disease.

Recognised credentials in a preceptorship role or ability to complete a certified Preceptorship course within the first twelve months of employment.

Demonstrated ability to share your skills and knowledge and teach Aboriginal Health Worker Trainees in the workplace.

Ability to work within a dynamic multidisciplinary team to establish systems and protocols for the effective running of the acute clinic and community based setting and integrating it with all other areas of the Primary Health Care Service.

Computing skills relevant to the position and competent in the use of information and communication technology including Microsoft Word, email and internet applications and the ability to quickly acquire skills in other applications.

Maari Ma offers a great range of benefits

Annual salary up to $124,814 gross per annum plus superannuation, depending on experience.

Working Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm only,



no shift weekend or on call.

Generous Salary Packaging, standard up to $15,900 per year. Plus, access to Salary Packaging Novated Leasing, Meal Entertainment and Accommodation card and Remote Area Benefits to increase the standard amount you can salary package – full benefits go to the employee.

Onsite parking, uniform, and further allowances.

5 weeks Annual Leave

Paid accrued days off (up to 12 per year)

Christmas Closure including additional paid leave to cover the period (4 days)

Flexible leave accrual

Public holidays off

Annual salary increases.

Access to use our accredited health care service for you and your family (conditions apply)

The Location

We are proud to work on Paakintji country. The Oasis of the Outback, Broken Hill is a living, breathing time capsule where the local Aboriginal Culture blends seamlessly with a rising modern art scene, all set amid a sprawling desert landscape. It is a place of huge skies, rocky red earth, and a fascinating and internationally significant history. This historic town is great for all ages and has several day-cares, primary schools, high schools, and TAFE. Beyond Broken Hill and on your doorstep, you can discover spectacular and culturally significant national parks, lush rivers and lakes, abundant wildlife, and other classic towns of outback New South Wales and beyond. Broken Hill has an airport servicing both Qantas and Rex with two-three flights a day from Sydney and Adelaide and is only a 5-hour drive from Adelaide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are encouraged to apply for this position.

Maari Ma Health is a Child Safe Organisation and has a smoke free workplace policy. A transparent NSW Working With Children Check and satisfactory National Criminal Record Check are an essential requirement for these positions. Having a criminal record will not necessarily stop you from being employed. We will talk with you about it privately.

Maari Ma acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land in which we live, and we pay our respect to their Elders both past and present and emerging.

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