Graduate Opportunity Build Your Skills in Mount Isa
Start your career with purpose as a First Nations Graduate Allied Health Professional in Mount Isa.
You'll deliver inpatient and outpatient services, gain broad generalist experience in a supportive remote health setting, and complete the First Nations Graduate Pathway, including funded leadership training, weekly development time, and regular cultural and clinical mentoring.
This opportunity is open to a variety of allied health disciplines including Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Dietetics, Social Work, Speech Pathology, Podiatry, and Exercise Physiology.
Temporary Full-Time role (two years).
North West Hospital and Health Service (HHS)
Unique locations
Friendly communities
Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives
Working with us
Rural and Remote incentive: Category D allowance of $****** p.f.
Eligible health practitioners entitled to accrue an additional three days professional development leave per annum, resulting in a total of six days professional development leave per annum.
Eligible health practitioners working in designated remote areas will be entitled to a professional development allowance of $3,****** per annum.
Staff accommodation pending eligibility.
Professionally,our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff.
We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.
The lifestylein Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel.
You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference... and want to stay.
The Traditional Owners of the area are the Kalkadoon people.
Mount Isa is a great place to live and work
About The Role
Kick-start your career as a Dietitian in Mount Isa
Build your skills across a range of clinical areas and be supported through the First Nations Graduate Pathway with training, supervision, and cultural mentoring.
In This Role You Will
Deliver dietetic assessment, treatment, and management under supervision.
Rotate through a variety of clinical areas including medical, surgical, maternity, and chronic disease.
Work within a multidisciplinary Allied Health team providing quality, patient-centred care.
Participate in structured training, supervision, and cultural mentoring.
Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
Requirements
Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act ****, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community.
Mandatory requirements are a relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences.
Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
A period of probation may apply.
Interested?
Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.
Contact: Dayle Easlea on
Applications close: Sunday 14 December ****
Occupational groupHealth - Allied Health/Clinical Support
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