Primary Health Care Nurse
Primary Health Care Nurse
Work Monday- Friday in rural and remote settings with the RFDS. FIFO to Nth QLD communities on RFDS aircraft & deliver essential PHC services.
Classifications
- Healthcare & Medicine
- Nurse / Midwife
- Contract or Temp
Key points
- Part time role with 12 shifts per month (0.8FTE)
- Keep your work/life balance !
- Cairns Based role
Description
The Royal Flying Doctor Service Queensland Section (RFDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Primary Health Care Nurse to join the RFDS Cairns Base. This role is a part-time opportunity working 12 shifts per month (0.8 FTE) and will be for a period of 3 months (with the possibility of an extension).
RFDS Primary Health Care (PHC) Nurses an integral part of the multidisciplinary Primary Health Care team. The PHC team comprises Medical Officers, Allied Health Professionals, and Nurses. Each week the PHC team visits rural and remote communities in Far North Queensland providing services such as child and family health, women's health, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
Who are we looking for?
RFDS is looking for Nurses that are proficient clinical practitioners capable of working independently in a Primary Health Care setting. In addition, they will have-
- AHPRA registration in Nursing (essential) and Midwifery (desirable)
- Previous experience providing PHC in a multi-disciplinary team environment in a rural and remote setting
- Experience in Indigenous and rural and remote nursing practice
- Ability to travel in RFDS aircraft, and stay overnight in remote, rural, and indigenous communities (Only some clinics require overnight stays)
- Current Advanced Life Support (ALS), Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) (Please note this can be obtained within your first 3 months)
Desirable Skills
- Immunisation Endorsement
- Scheduled Medicines Rural and Isolated practice (SMR and IP) endorsement
- Postgraduate qualifications in a primary health care discipline such as diabetic management or child and family health
Why join us?
In return for your skills, energy and commitment to our goals, we offer you the opportunity to make a real impact in Queensland communities and truly help others. You’ll work every day with people who are passionate about our purpose and proud of their contribution to our iconic organisation. In addition;
- We provide extensive and supportive orientation programs
- We offer Attractive Base Salary + Educational Entitlement: (for additional qualifications i.e.- Graduate certificate in Child and Family Health, Cervical Screening, immunisation endorsement, SMR and IP endorsement)
- We offer Salary packaging up to $18500- increasing your take-home pay
Interested?
To discuss opportunities within the RFDS (Queensland Section) please contact Recruitment on 07 3852 7553 or recruitment@rfdsqld.com.au
Applications for this role will close on the 3rd of May 2022.
Please note, that your application may be subject to review by a representative from Queensland Health to assess your suitability, experience and qualifications for the role that you are applying for.
Successful candidates will be subject to a Police Checks and Pre-employment Drug and Alcohol Testing. Candidates are required to hold a current, unrestricted Australian Driver's Licence and obtain an ASIC Card. You will also be required to complete the RFDS credentialing process. Before the appointment, you will be required to provide certified copies of qualifications/registrations and evidence of immunity or vaccination against VPD.
RFDS (Queensland Section) works with vulnerable patients in remote parts of Queensland and provides an essential service to many regional and remote communities. To ensure the health and safety of our staff, our patients, and these communities, as well as to manage the risks involved in service delivery and COVID-19 transmission in these communities and our workplaces, our staff are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are a successful candidate the requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including maintaining any recommended booster requirements, will be a term of your employment, as will the requirement to provide proof of vaccination.
The RFDS is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are encouraged to apply.
