Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Dependant upon qualifications and experience
Remuneration: $71,240.00 – $125,151.00 per annum (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours per week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ352723
Applications Close: 22 November 2022
Vaccination Category: A (including influenza and 3 doses of COVID-19 vaccination)
**This is a Aboriginal Identified role – Female only applicants**
Your chance to make a real difference to the lives of patients and families in our community
What we offer
- Salary Packaging – up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + $9k remote area housing + novated leasing
- Corporate Health and Fitness program
- Flexible working arrangements
- Genuine welcoming and supportive staff and communities
- Career development opportunities
Where you’ll be working
Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) spans over 125,000 square kilometres across southern New South Wales, stretching from the Snowy Mountains in the east to the plains of Hillston in the northwest and all the way along the Victorian border.
As the largest employer in the region with over 5,000 healthcare staff and volunteers working across 33 hospitals and 12 primary health care centres, we prioritise:
- Focusing on wellness
- Aspiring to excellence
- Investing in our people
- Working together in partnership
To learn more about life in Wagga Wagga please visit us here.
About the Role
This is an identified position in accordance with Section 14 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977. Applicants must be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander decent.
Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health. For more information, please visit: http://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/
Being a person of female gender is a genuine occupational qualification for this position under section 31H of the Anti-discrimination Act.
NSW Health provides integrated violence, abuse and neglect services to clients, specifically for those who may have experienced the trauma of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse and neglect. NSW Health seeks to provide a culturally safe sexual assault service (SAS) for people from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal families and communities.
The role will be working within a strength based, family centred and culturally centred trauma informed approach, to provide therapeutic and casework services to adults and children who have been sexually assaulted, and their non-offending family members.
The role will partner with the local sexual assault service, to develop a deeper level of awareness and understanding of how to communicate sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal people who may engage with these specific services*.
This role will have a professional development plan in place that will provide the opportunity for work-based development which allows for progression through the Award levels in accordance with the position holder’s skill acquisition.
This role will work collaboratively with the Sexual Assault Coordinator, Sexual Assault Clinical Lead, Forensic Medical Lead, JCPRP Coordinator and Priority Populations Program in the implementation and development of localised policy, procedures and strategic direction in line with NSW Health Responding to Sexual Assault (Adult and Child) Policies and Procedures.
*Noting that working towards cultural competence is a responsibility of all SAS staff: Responding to Sexual Assault (Adult and Child) Policy and Procedures February 2020
How to apply
Your application will require you to include a:
- Resume; and
- Cover Letter outlining your skills and experience and why you are a good fit for this position
To learn more about the role, accountabilities, and the required pre-employment checks, please see the Position Description. For a confidential discussion, contact Katie Lynch-Ridley, District Clinical Leader, Sexual Assault Counselling Services on [email protected]
If interested, we encourage you to click apply promptly. Applications will be assessed as they are received, with suitable candidates contacted and progressed without delay.
New applicants must have completed the COVID-19 vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate. Should a medical contraindication certificate be provided, ongoing employment post certificate expiry is conditional to meeting COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
MLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic, or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.
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