Mala’la Health Service is a respected & accredited Aboriginal Corporation providing services to the seaside community of Maningrida (520 km east of Darwin), with a population of approximately 3,000 people. These services include Primary Health Care, Aged Care & Community Services, Family & Community Wellness Services and Drug & Alcohol Services.

Mala’la Health Service provides Primary Health Care services to Maningrida and surrounding homelands under a Community Control model. 

What’s in it for you?

• Salary of $1800,- per day
• Fully subsidised self-contained unit
• Use of vehicle after hours

What’s the role?

The primary purpose of the Rural Medical Practitioner role is to provide primary medical services to the Maningrida community and surrounding outstations, by utilising your rural and remote experience and working collaboratively with other health professionals, to deliver excellent health care to patients.

What will you be doing?

• Providing primary medical services
• Provide public health services using a community development model to enhance health outcomes, improve services and infrastructure
• Providing a holistic approach to health care that includes care planning and case conferencing with patients who have a chronic disease
• Being responsible for the coordination of medical retrieval and patient travel services, which includes tasking Care Flight aircraft and crew
• Be proactive in health promotion

What do you need to apply?

• Registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Fellowship with RACGP or ACRRM
• Unrestricted working rights within Australia
• Proven and extensive post graduate clinical experience, including general practice, paediatrics, obstetrics and emergency medicine
• Commitment to Aboriginal Primary Health Care linked to “Closing the Gap” initiatives
• Sound interpersonal and communication skills, with capacity to create and initiate options/opportunities in program service delivery
• Ability to travel by road or light aircraft as required

What’s it like living in Maningrida?

Maningrida is one of the largest remote towns in the Northern Territory, with a population of around 3,000 residents.

A permanent settlement was established in the late 1940s, originally as a trading post with Aboriginals in the area. Maningrida is the major service centre for the region with a school, health clinic, multiple food outlets, two supermarkets, service station, arts centre, creche and a tarmac airport with commercial flights operating daily to Darwin.

The name Maningrida is an Anglicised version of the Kunibídji name Manayingkarírra, which comes from the phrase Manedjangkarirra, meaning “the place where the Dreaming changed shape.”

If this sounds like a role for you, we want to hear from you.

How to apply?

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Applicants may be required to disclose any pre-existing illness or injury which may impact on their ability to perform the role. Details are available in section 571 of the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003