Launce­s­ton is the per­fect launch­pad for all of your Tassie adven­tures. Gor­geous winer­ies on your doorstep, along with mag­nif­i­cent expe­ri­ences. Add to that the mag­i­cal nat­ur­al land­scapes for you to explore are end­less. When it’s time for work and not play the Women and Chil­dren’s Depart­ment comes into its own. An incred­i­bly sup­port­ive and friend­ly team who leave you feel­ing appre­ci­at­ed. A well resourced unit who clear­ly invest in their best asset- their mid­wives. Col­lab­o­ra­tive rela­tion­ships that ful­fil our ulti­mate role, to be ​“with woman”.

The Mater­ni­ty Unit, Launce­s­ton Gen­er­al Hospital:

• The Launce­s­ton Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal (LGH) is the major refer­ral hos­pi­tal in North­ern Tasmania.

As a Reg­is­tered Mid­wife you will be part of the team that deliv­ers approx­i­mate­ly 1,600 new born babies each year. With a 6 bed Labour Ward, 30 bed Mater­ni­ty Unit and 9 bed Spe­cial Care Unit your work will be fast paced and very rewarding .

You will have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to work in var­i­ous mod­els of mid­wifery care includ­ing ante-natal, birth and post-natal includ­ing com­mu­ni­ty based post-natal care, Mid­wifery Group Prac­tice and Team midwifery.

• Oppor­tu­ni­ties for career advance­ment and access to pro­fes­sion­al development.

What oth­ers have to say about the team:

• Oh, so much good to say about Wom­ens and Chil­drens Ser­vices! Very friend­ly and wel­com­ing core staff, great cul­ture, sup­port­ive and respect­ful col­lab­o­ra­tive rela­tion­ships. Ratios that allow for safe and ful­fill­ing patient care
• Very skilled core staff. Help is always avail­able in all situations!
• A very enjoy­able work­place with pos­i­tive cul­ture, help­ful staff, col­lab­o­ra­tive team­work across all dis­ci­plines, and a com­mit­ment to excellence.
• Felt wel­comed and part of the team from day one. Friend­ly, social, and skilled team. Work­loads are such that you can actu­al­ly pro­vide Mid­wifery care. Launce­s­ton is a super live­able place, so beau­ti­ful with flow­ers every­where, every­thing is with­in walk­ing dis­tance and soooo many places to eat amaz­ing food.
• Great work/​life balance
• Relo­ca­tion allowance for suc­cess­ful inter­state appli­cants can be negotiated

The Role:

The Reg­is­tered Nurse strength­ens health out­comes through the pro­vi­sion of safe qual­i­ty, clin­i­cal­ly appro­pri­ate nurs­ing care in part­ner­ship with patients/​clients, their fam­i­lies and oth­er health professionals.

Note: — Please refer to the State­ment of Duties for all the selec­tion cri­te­ria of this posi­tion to address in your application.

Details of Appointments

Mul­ti­ple per­ma­nent, full time and part time, shift work (ful­ly rota­tion­al), com­menc­ing as soon as possible.

*notwith­stand­ing hours to 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: $75,902 — $102,908 per annum + 11% super­an­nu­a­tion + access to salary packaging

• Access to the Grade 4 salary range $96,558 — $102,908 is sub­ject to suc­cess­ful appli­ca­tion for pro­gres­sion to Grade 4
• 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 Work­ing with Chil­dren Registration

*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.

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.

To apply please vis­it: https://careers.pageuppeople.c…

Clos­ing: Sun­day, 12 May 2024

For more information 

Jen­nifer Pople
Posi­tion: Nurse Unit Man­ag­er (NUM) Mater­ni­ty Unit 
Phone: (03) 6777 8948
E‑mail: jennifer.​pople@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au