Remote Northern Territory Locum Activities Program

Overview

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to ensure continued delivery of locum services to remote NT First Nations communities for the financial year 2024-2025 while a longer-term solution is co-designed with the sector. The objectives of the grant opportunity are: Consult with First Nations health service providers about their short-term health workforce needs; Actively attract and recruit health professionals to take up short-term placements in remote First Nations communities in the NT, prioritising Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services where possible; and Deploy recruited health professionals to remote First Nations communities on short-term placements of up to 3 months. The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are: Meet critical health workforce shortages in remote NT health services through short-term backfilling of health professionals; and Increase access to primary health care services in remote NT communities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to improve health outcomes. Enhance cultural safety of NT workforce more broadly. Support any transition activities to align with future solutions. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.