Job Overview
The new Geraldton Health Campus Acute Psychiatric Unit, opening in mid‐2026, offers a meaningful opportunity for a Senior Aboriginal Health Practitioner to support culturally safe and recovery‐focused care for consumers and their families. The role requires working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team to deliver health assessments, screening and monitoring within your scope of practice, build strong links with local health services, support safe medication and vaccination administration, and help patients make informed care decisions.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver health assessments, screening and monitoring within your scope of practice.
* Build strong links with local health services and support safe medication and vaccination administration.
* Help patients make informed care decisions.
* Provide cultural safety, guide patients and families through the health system, and promote a holistic, culturally centred model of care.
* Use your knowledge of the unique health needs of Aboriginal people to support better outcomes for the Midwest community.
Eligibility
In accordance with Section 50(d) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984, a candidate must be of Aboriginal descent.
Benefits
* Generous salary packaging benefits.
* Professional development opportunities.
* Continuous learning opportunities.
* Flexible working practices and roster options where operationally appropriate.
* Entitlement to discounts across some private health care funds (see attached flyer for further details).
Other Conditions
* WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility and requires applicants to undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process.
* Applicants may also be asked to comment on past demonstration of ethical behaviour by referees.
* Completion of a satisfactory Pre‐Employment Health Assessment (PEHA) is required; an unsatisfactory PEHA will result in withdrawal of the offer of employment.
* Position requires a Western Australian Working With Children (WWC) Check.
WA Health is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.
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