Birra Li Manager - Maternal and Child Health Services - Identified

Whether you are an Aboriginal Health Worker, Allied Health, Nursing, or other Clinical Professional or have the equivalent experience in culturally responsive Maternal and Child Health Services, this role may align perfectly with your expertise and career goals!

Birra Li Manager

Maternal and Child Health Services

Awabakal and Worimi Country - Newcastle Community Health Service

Closed Identified under Anti-Discrimination Act 1977

This is a position identified for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people on the basis of a genuine occupational qualification under section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977. Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants must demonstrate Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status in addition to addressing the selection criterion.

Applicants must be female - under Section 31 (2) (h) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.

About the role:

Our Birra Li Manager will have a passion for leading a team! You’ll lead and manage the Birra Li Aboriginal Maternal and Child Health Services in providing culturally responsive maternal, infant, and child health care services to pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their families, or pregnant non-Indigenous women having an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander baby located in the Port Stephens, Newcastle, and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas.

Birra Li services include Pregnancy and Post-birth Care, Cultural Support, Child and Family Health Care (blue book checks), Immunisation, Specialist Breastfeeding Support, Social Work Services, Health Education, and referrals to other services.

• Our team of 23 includes Midwives, Child and Family Health Nurses, Social Workers, Aboriginal Health Workers and Administration Staff.
• Based at Newcastle Community Health Service you’ll be joining a dynamic and innovative leadership/management team within the Maternity and Gynaecology Service.
• Travel to John Hunter Hospital, our Community Health Service sites as well as home visits will be required.
• Interacting with the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and establishing strong relationships are central aspects of this role.

Where you’ll be working:

We are a Hunter New England Local Health District, NSW Health program, which is delivered through John Hunter Hospital and a number of local health centres including Aboriginal community-controlled health services in the Port Stephens, Newcastle, and Lake Macquarie areas of NSW. Home visits can also be arranged for some services. Based in the heart of Newcastle an idyllic lifestyle - facilities of a large city with the warmth of a close community – everything you need!

Newcastle and Lake Macquarie are proud to boast about our stunning beaches, gorgeous coastline, NSW’s largest lake, beautiful architecture with first-class cafes and restaurants, and not to mention our world-class vineyards right next door – so much to love and enjoy.

See what Newcastle has to offer -

•  Newy with Kids
•  Hunter Hunter

Benefits:

• Connecting with Aboriginal networks, collaborative groups and peers.
• Allocated day off for Naidoc week.
• Career Development opportunity.
• Annual Christmas BBQ with the community located at Port Stephens.
• Lunchtime BBQ’s with the team located at Newcastle Foreshore Park.
• Up to 12 allocated days off each year.
• Four (4) weeks annual leave.
• Fitness Passport.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members.

Requirements:

• Holds relevant tertiary qualifications in Nursing, Allied Health, Aboriginal Health Practitioner, or other clinical discipline and holds general registration with the appropriate professional board or membership of the relevant association and/or has equivalent relevant experience.
• Active involvement in the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and commitment to improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

About you:

• You possess a firmly established connection to the Aboriginal community.
• You have experience in management or leadership or aspire to develop in this area professionally.

Additional information: 

• We encourage Aboriginal Health Practitioners to apply.
• An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.

 

Need more information?

• Click here for the Position Description
• Find out more about applying for this position

For role related queries or questions contact Nicole Bennett on Nicole.Bennett@health.nsw.gov.au

Information for Applicants: 

Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description (link below). For assistance addressing selection criteria visit: https://bit.ly/3vL5fq2

Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help indigenous job applicants apply for positions in NSW Health.  For more information, please visit:  http://bit.ly/HNEHealthSteppingUp.

This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2023_022: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.

Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. 

Salary Packaging: is beneficial to most HNELHD employees and may increase your take-home pay! Salary package a range of personal expenses including novated motor vehicle leases, relocation expenses, and HECS/HELP debt. Find out more by contacting SalaryPackagingPLUS! via nswhealth@salarypackagingplus.com.au or 1300 40 25 23.

HNE Health employees may be eligible for a range of benefits such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.

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