- Part time or full time (12 month contract)
• Darwin
• Salary range $231,487 – $257,942
Why Danila Dilba?
At Danila Dilba Health Service (DDHS) you will work alongside a team of like-minded people who are passionate about closing the gap in health outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. Cultural safety is at the heart of our organisation – Mob caring for mob.
The services we provide at DDHS are as diverse as the skill sets of our teams. From our primary health clinic staff, social and emotional wellbeing, aged care, child and family and chronic disease teams, support workers, receptionists, health promotion teams, through to our corporate services teams – all staff have an important role to play in the delivery of culturally safe services to our community.
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What’s in it for you?
• 6 weeks annual leave
• 5 days paid leave during end-of-year shut down (additional to annual leave)
• Career development and training opportunities
• Salary packaging up to $15,990 per annum, plus additional packaging options
The Role
Our Paediatrician provides clinical leadership to a wide range of clinicians working with kids, specifically aiming to drive access to culturally appropriate, high quality, comprehensive paediatric health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people / clients of DDHS. This role has a focus on developmental paediatrics / general paediatrics and works as part of an integrated, multidisciplinary team.
There is a significant primary care component of this role as well as working with specific programs across the service. There is also a requirement to participate in the development of improved child health services appropriate to meeting the needs of DDHS.
This is a part-time 0.5 FTE or full-time role. Days of work can be flexible to suit the right applicant.
Is the role right for you?
• AHPRA registration with minimum of two years post-Fellowship clinical experience.
• Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians – General Paediatrician
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise with people from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds.
• Demonstrated high standard of written skills in the preparation of reports, general correspondence and documentations.
• Strong organisational skills and demonstrated ability to plan, manage and prioritise tasks and resources to deliver outcomes within time and budget considerations.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team in a cross cultural and complex environment.
• Understanding and respect of the importance of the role of Aboriginal community controlled organisations.
• Demonstrated competence in working with and understanding Medicare in a community setting.
• Knowledge of the Australian healthcare system and an understanding of contemporary health policy
• Danila Dilba Health Service is committed to protecting the rights of children in all areas where we work. Applicants are advised we will conduct police checks and other screening procedures to ensure we maintain and promote a child safe environment.
• To work with DDHS you must hold, or be willing to obtain, a current police check, a valid NT working with children’s card, a current CPR certificate and full vaccination against COVID-19, or an exemption as listed on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).
• Only those with full working rights will be considered for this position.
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Gemma on 08 8982 1032 or email [email protected].
