Posi­tion details

• Appli­ca­tions close: Sun­day 19 May, 2024 11:55 PM AEST
• Award/​Classification: Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Award, Reg­is­tered Nurse, Grade 6
• Salary: $111,506 to $118,336 per annum
• Employ­ment type: Full Time
• Region: North West
• Loca­tion: Queen­stown

The role:

• This includes tak­ing a lead role in the devel­op­ment, imple­men­ta­tion, mon­i­tor­ing and eval­u­a­tion of qual­i­ty assur­ance mech­a­nisms that under­pin a qual­i­ty improve­ment pro­gram which is con­sis­tent with ser­vice deliv­ery plans and priorities.
• In con­sul­ta­tion with the NUM proac­tive­ly direct, lead and par­tic­i­pate in the devel­op­ment of an edu­ca­tion and research cul­ture. Sup­port the NUM in devel­op­ing, imple­ment­ing, and eval­u­at­ing clin­i­cal prac­tice stan­dards, includ­ing mon­i­tor­ing clin­i­cal com­pe­tences of the health care team and as required indi­vid­ual team members.
• As a senior mem­ber of the health care team, sup­port the NUM in a broad range of admin­is­tra­tive, ser­vice deliv­ery and busi­ness plan­ning issues relat­ing to the pro­vi­sion of acute, emer­gency and aged care ser­vices, includ­ing but not lim­it­ed to ACFI fund­ing, accred­i­ta­tion, con­tin­u­ous qual­i­ty improve­ment and leisure and lifestyle coordination.

Note: — Please refer to the State­ment of Duties for all the selec­tion cri­te­ria of this posi­tion to address in your appli­ca­tion. https://careers.pageuppeople.c…

Details of Appointment

Per­ma­nent, full time, day work­er (with on-call) posi­tion work­ing 76 hours per fort­night, com­menc­ing as soon as you are able to join the team

*notwith­stand­ing hours may be nego­ti­at­ed with the suc­cess­ful applicant

• Appli­cants should note that, for a peri­od of twelve months from the date of pub­li­ca­tion, this selec­tion process may be used to fill sub­se­quent or sim­i­lar full time and part time vacancies.

Salary: $111,506 to $118,336 per annum. Our Employ­er 11% super­an­nu­a­tion con­tri­bu­tion is on top of this amount.

You’ll have access to salary pack­age a range of ben­e­fits includ­ing liv­ing expens­es up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal enter­tain­ment each FBT year + oth­er ben­e­fits if eligible. 

In addi­tion, the fol­low­ing allowances cal­cu­lat­ed on the salaried incre­men­tal point may be available: 

• Remote and Rur­al Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment Allowance of $3,533 per annum and an addi­tion­al salary allowance of 10% 
• Post Grad­u­ate Allowance of up to 7.5% based on qual­i­fi­ca­tion type 
  
• Salary range is in accor­dance with Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Agree­ment 2023

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty:

Suc­cess­ful appli­cants will be required to meet the essen­tial criteria:

1. Reg­is­tered with the Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Board of Aus­tralia as a Reg­is­tered Nurse
2. Cur­rent Reg­is­tra­tion to Work with Vul­ner­a­ble People

*Registration/​licences that are essen­tial require­ments of this role must remain cur­rent and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the sta­tus of these may be checked at any time dur­ing employ­ment. It is the employee’s respon­si­bil­i­ty to ensure that registration/​licences remain cur­rent and to advise the Employ­er if their cir­cum­stances change. This includes noti­fy­ing the Employ­er if a registration/​licence is revoked, can­celled or has its con­di­tions altered.

Appli­cants should note the fol­low­ing cri­te­ria are desirable:

1. Holds, or is work­ing towards, rel­e­vant post­grad­u­ate qualifications

The Head of the State Ser­vice has deter­mined that the per­son nom­i­nat­ed for this job is to sat­is­fy a pre‑employment check before tak­ing up the appoint­ment, on pro­mo­tion or trans­fer. The fol­low­ing checks are to be conducted:

1. Con­vic­tion checks in the fol­low­ing areas:

1. crimes of violence
2. sex relat­ed offences
3. seri­ous drug offences
4. crimes involv­ing dishonesty

1. Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion check
2. Dis­ci­pli­nary action in pre­vi­ous employ­ment check.

How to Apply

Apply Online. Please click the ​“Apply” but­ton at https://careers.pageuppeople.c…. This ensures impor­tant ques­tions about you are answered. 

You will be prompt­ed to com­plete a 1 – 2 page appli­ca­tion out­lin­ing your expe­ri­ence, skills and knowl­edge as they relate to the attached State­ment of Duties.

Please note:

• We do not require a sep­a­rate state­ment address­ing the selec­tion criteria.
• All attach­ments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
• Ref­er­ee details are sub­mit­ted as part of the online appli­ca­tion so make sure you have the con­tact details of two ref­er­ees before applying.

Down­load the State­ment of Duties and any Asso­ci­at­ed Documents

We encour­age you to review the Appli­cant Guide, State­ment of Duties, pri­or to apply­ing for an overview of the duties, pro­gram, selec­tion process and selec­tion criteria.

State­ment of Duties

• 503007 Clin­i­cal Nurse Con­sul­tant — WCDH G6 (July 2023) WWVP CSU.pdf
• 503007 Clin­i­cal Nurse Con­sul­tant — WCDH G6 (July 2023) WWVP CSU.docx

Appli­cant Guide

• Depart­ment of Health — Appli­cant Guide June 22.pdf
• Depart­ment of Health — Appli­cant Guide June 22.docx

For more information 

Angel­la Downie

Posi­tion: Nurs­ing Direc­tor — Pri­ma­ry Health North West
Phone: (03) 6477 7800
E‑mail: ange.​downie@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au