Rural Health Specialist
4 days ago
At Western District Health Service, we pride ourselves on our strong teamwork and shared commitment to providing person-centred high-quality healthcare. The Greater Hamilton region offers a rich lifestyle with many opportunities and facilities.
Working with us will enable you to pursue your profession, build your career, and enjoy a great work/life balance. For more information about the Greater Hamilton region, visit our careers community information page.
The National Centre for Farmer Health is a research, service delivery, and education centre that provides national leadership to improve the health, wellbeing, and safety of farm men and women, farm workers, their families, and communities across Australia.
The Centre is a partnership between Western District Health Service and Deakin University and is based in Hamilton, Victoria.
The RoleAn exciting opportunity exists for a highly motivated registered nurse to join the National Centre for Farmer Health (NCFH), based in Hamilton, Victoria.
The Centre delivers specialised multidisciplinary, integrated agricultural health services, research, training, and education to farmers, rural professionals, tertiary, and secondary students across Australia.
The Farmer Health Clinician will be passionate about improving farmer health wellbeing and safety and have personal experience working with agricultural communities.
The successful candidate will be involved in delivering a number of NCFH programs, including farmer-focused health checks and the AgriSafe clinics for farmers.
They may be asked to represent the NCFH through speaking engagements to provide health, wellbeing, and safety education to agricultural workers, health professionals, and students.
They will have a growth mindset and a strong commitment to expanding farmer health programs through engagement with industry and health services.
This vacancy is a part-time role until 30 June 2025 to cover a maternity leave vacancy, with potential for continuation in part-time or casual capacity after the fixed term ends.
Requirements and Skills- A registered nurse with Division 1 qualification and a minimum of 3 years post-graduate experience
- Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Familiarity with rural and farmer health, agricultural exposures, and occupational risks
- Completion of the postgraduate unit HMF701 Agricultural Health & Medicine (Deakin University)
You will bring a self-sufficient, organised, detail-oriented approach to maintaining patient files and records, coordinating referrals, and managing appointments.
Commitment to delivering excellent customer service and building positive relationships with the Centre's staff, community, students, farmers, and collaborative partners is essential.
OthersThe successful applicant will hold, or be able to obtain, a current National Criminal Police Check.
Depending on your position, you may be required to obtain a Working with Children Check Clearance, Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme check, and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.
All successful applicants are to comply with WDHS immunisation and vaccination requirements.
WDHS is smoke free.
Western District Health Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to cultural safety, inclusion, and empowerment of Indigenous, Torres Strait Islander peoples, their families, and communities.
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