Employment Opportunities at WNSW PHN
WNSW PHN is an agile and high performing organisation that responds to the identified needs of the community, Commonwealth and State health policy, and the development needs of primary health care providers.
Suicide Prevention Regional Response Coordinator
Location: Dubbo, Orange, Bathurst or Broken Hill
Full time maximum term contract to 30 June 2025 (with possibility of further extension)
Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) is currently seeking a motivated individual who has a passion for primary healthcare and community wellbeing.
The Suicide Prevention Regional Response Coordinator will play a key role in coordinating suicide prevention, aftercare and postvention initiatives in the WNSW PHN district, while also taking primary responsibility for engagement, coordination and integration of early intervention and suicide prevention activities across regional stakeholders and service providers.
The Suicide Prevention Regional Response Coordinator will:
- establish governance groups, developing local action plans and establishing suicide response protocols.
- be a key contact for the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation’s Culture Care Connect Program,
- engage with the Suicide Prevention Network and community of practice events
- participate in the suicide prevention capacity building program, which provides expert research, evidence, and implementation support to communities across Australia
The Suicide Prevention Regional Response Coordinator will partner with agencies leading suicide prevention, aftercare and postvention support services to promote evidence-based suicide prevention and postvention approaches and to ensure integration with funded primary mental health services. This includes being a key contact for the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation's (NACCHO) Culture Care Connect Program. This role will also commission targeted regional initiatives for suicide prevention within W NSW PHN district. These interventions will focus on strategic activities to reduce the incidence and impact of suicidality with region, addressing gaps in services, building community capability and resilience across the lifespan, integrating suicide prevention activities with funded stepped care mental health services and at times commissioning new services.
Benefits to working with us
We pride ourselves on being supportive and flexible and offer a great range of benefits including:
- Generous salary packaging options up to $18,450 per year
- Professional development allowance and leave
- Family friendly and flexible working arrangements
- Collaboration with passionate likeminded professionals
- 5 weeks annual leave
- Option to purchase an additional 2 weeks leave or cash out 2 weeks
- Fitness Passport
- Additional leave between the Christmas and New Year period
- 6 weeks paid parental leave
- Free Employment Assistance Program
Applying for this role
If you have any questions about this position after you have read this document, please contact Choley MacNaughton on 0400 324 874.
Applications should be submitted via email by 11.59pm 21 March 2023 to: hr@wnswphn.org.au
WNSW PHN is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
WNSW PHN recognises the significance and value of ensuring its work is informed by the specialised and experience-based knowledge of people who have lived experience of mental health difficulties or suicide.
WNSW PHN encourages people with lived experience to apply, as your individual story and experience is vital to help WNSW PHN build understanding, reduce stigma and discrimination, and improve the quality of knowledge sharing opportunities.
Please do not apply via Seek.
Applications that do not address the selection criteria will not be considered.
HealthPathways Coordinator
Location: Dubbo, Orange or Bathurst
Full time maximum term contract to 30 June 2025 (with possibility of further extension)
Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) is currently seeking motivated individuals who have a passion for primary healthcare and community wellbeing.
The WNSW PHN funds a range of health services and programs to improve access to care and better health for our communities.
HealthPathways is an initiative between primary and secondary health providers in developing sustainable, clear, concise and localised clinical care pathways from a whole-of-system perspective. The aims of this program are to:
- Achieve new and innovative systems that will keep people healthy and out of hospital.
- Assist patients to be cared for and remain healthy within their communities.
- Facilitate the access and delivery of quality clinical services to patients by primary care providers in a timely and coordinated manner.
Benefits to working with us
We pride ourselves on being supportive and flexible and offer a great range of benefits including:
- Generous salary packaging options up to $18,450 per year
- Professional development allowance and leave
- Family friendly and flexible working arrangements
- Collaboration with passionate likeminded professionals
- 5 weeks annual leave
- Option to purchase an additional 2 weeks leave or cash out 2 weeks
- Fitness Passport
- Additional leave between the Christmas and New Year period
- 6 weeks paid parental leave
- Free Employment Assistance Program
Applying for this role
If you have any questions about this position after you have read this document, please contact Sophia Toole on 0476 108 840.
Applications should be submitted via email by 11.59pm 23 March 2023 to: hr@wnswphn.org.au
WNSW PHN is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
Please do not apply via Seek.
Applications that do not address the selection criteria will not be considered.
Stakeholder Liaison Officer
Location: Dubbo, Orange or Bathurst
Full time maximum term contract to 31 December 2025 (with possibility of further extension)
Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) is currently seeking a motivated individual who has a passion for primary healthcare and community wellbeing.
The Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) funds a range of health services and programs to improve access to care and better health for our communities.
The Stakeholder Liaison Officer will contribute to the Workforce Planning and Prioritisation Program by undertaking engagement and building relationships with local training practices and other key stakeholders.
This role will deliver robust, independent, evidence-based recommendations on AGPT training placement priorities at the GP catchment level, to meet the community’s current and future GP workforce needs.
This role will proactively seek to understand training needs, opportunities and capacity to contribute to program deliverables including workforce planning needs assessments, training and capacity reports and mapping of training pathways.
Foster collaboration with relevant stakeholders in the PHN region to integrate their data, insights and expertise into the formulation of advice.
Benefits to working with us
We pride ourselves on being supportive and flexible and offer a great range of benefits including:
- Generous salary packaging options up to $18,450 per year
- Professional development allowance and leave
- Family friendly and flexible working arrangements
- Collaboration with passionate likeminded professionals
- 5 weeks annual leave
- Option to purchase an additional 2 weeks leave or cash out 2 weeks
- Fitness Passport
- Additional leave between the Christmas and New Year period
- 6 weeks paid parental leave
- Free Employment Assistance Program
Applying for this role
If you have any questions about this position after you have read this document, please contact Katie Prior on 0409 850 368.
Applications should be submitted via email by 11.59pm 28 March 2023 to: hr@wnswphn.org.au
WNSW PHN is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
Please do not apply via Seek.
Applications that do not address the selection criteria will not be considered.
If you would like to learn more about Western NSW Primary Health Network's Advisory Councils – which assist the organisation in setting strategic direction, evaluate outcomes of services and support the design of new services to meet the needs of local communities – head to our Advisory Councils page.
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