• Appli­ca­tions close: Sun­day 9 Feb­ru­ary, 2025 11:55 PM AEST
• Award/​Classification: Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Award, Reg­is­tered Nurse, Grade 5
• Salary: $106,570 to $112,440 pro rata, per annum
• Employ­ment type: Mul­ti­ple FTE — F/T & P/​Tpos
• Region: North West
• Loca­tion: 23 Brick­port Road, Burnie

Liv­ing and work­ing in the best place on earth

Tired of big cities? How about a walk along the beach just before work?

Con­sid­er mov­ing to North West Tas­ma­nia to expe­ri­ence won­der­ful beach­es, moun­tains, world her­itage list­ed nation­al parks, hin­ter­land vil­lages, great food, wine and more. Liv­ing in Tas­ma­nia you will expe­ri­ence a tem­per­ate cli­mate with four dis­tinct sea­sons, world-renowned food and wine, wild and beau­ti­ful land­scapes, a relaxed island lifestyle, and a fas­ci­nat­ing his­to­ry. Com­par­a­tive­ly lifestyle with fan­tas­tic prop­er­ties in idyl­lic loca­tions at a frac­tion of the cost com­pared to Australia’s cap­i­tal cities. Traf­fic jam is not a com­mon term in North West Tas­ma­nia and you will have a great work life balance. 

Tas­man­ian | The qui­et pur­suit of the extraordinary

Why Tas­ma­nia:

The Depart­ment of Health Tas­ma­nia over­sees var­i­ous hos­pi­tals across the state, includ­ing the Roy­al Hobart Hos­pi­tal, Launce­s­ton Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, North­west Region­al Hos­pi­tal, and Mersey Com­mu­ni­ty Hos­pi­tal, as well as dis­trict hos­pi­tals and ambu­lance ser­vices. Addi­tion­al­ly, it pro­vides com­mu­ni­ty health, men­tal health, and pri­ma­ry health­care ser­vices to the Tas­man­ian com­mu­ni­ty through more than 300 sites.

Tas­ma­nia, Aus­trali­a’s only island state, offers unpar­al­leled nat­ur­al beau­ty and a lux­u­ri­ous lifestyle. Pur­su­ing your health career in Tasmania’s pub­lic health sys­tem means build­ing strong con­nec­tions with col­leagues and patients. It also means embrac­ing a lifestyle where you can enjoy extra­or­di­nary expe­ri­ences out­side of work while mak­ing a sig­nif­i­cant impact on the com­mu­ni­ty dur­ing work.

The Team:

The North West Mater­ni­ty Ser­vices (NWMS) is pri­mar­i­ly locat­ed at the North West Region­al Hos­pi­tal, with satel­lite and com­mu­ni­ty-based ser­vices deliv­ered across Mersey Com­mu­ni­ty Hos­pi­tal (MCH), King Island Dis­trict Hos­pi­tal, Smith­ton Dis­trict Hos­pi­tal and West Coast Dis­trict Hos­pi­tal. Our ser­vice cov­ers the full scope of mater­ni­ty care includ­ing ante­na­tal clin­ics, par­ent­ing edu­ca­tion class­es, preg­nan­cy and post­na­tal assess­ment ser­vices, a 4 bed birthing suite, 20 bed inpa­tient ward, 8 bed spe­cial care nurs­ery and extend­ed care mid­wifery ser­vices for women when they dis­charge home after birth. We also offer women ded­i­cat­ed lac­ta­tion ser­vices as well as con­nec­tions through our allied health col­leagues for social work, women’s health physio and dia­betes ser­vices and peri­na­tal men­tal health.

The Role:

Works in part­ner­ship with the Mater­ni­ty Unit Man­ag­er (MUM) to lead the effi­cient and effec­tive pro­vi­sion of mater­ni­ty care based on best prac­tice prin­ci­ples with­in a col­lab­o­ra­tive and mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary framework

• Works in part­ner­ship with the Mater­ni­ty Unit Man­ag­er (MUM) and oth­er senior staff, to ensure the effi­cient and effec­tive pro­vi­sion of care based on best prac­tice prin­ci­ples with­in a col­lab­o­ra­tive and mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary framework.
• Assists the MUM with the plan­ning and man­age­ment of staff and resources and pro­vides oper­a­tional lead­er­ship through the coor­di­na­tion of the day to day client fac­ing activ­i­ties, includ­ing appoint­ment re/​scheduling and man­age­ment of staff leave.
• Ensure the main­te­nance of effec­tive com­mu­ni­ca­tion chan­nels with inter­nal and exter­nal stake­hold­ers to pro­mote client care delivery.
• Pro­vide a high lev­el of clin­i­cal knowl­edge and skill to ensure clin­i­cal stan­dards and poli­cies and pro­ce­dures to pro­mote a client focused mod­el of care accord­ing to best prac­tice principles.
• Act as a role mod­el and clin­i­cal resource per­son to pro­vide clin­i­cal advice and rec­om­men­da­tions, sup­port ser­vice devel­op­ment process­es and pro­mote pos­i­tive change.

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

Details of appointment:

Per­ma­nent, part time, shift work­er posi­tion, work­ing up to 74 hours per fort­night, 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, part time, and casu­al vacancies.

Salary: $106,570 to $112,440 per annum (Pro rata). Our Employ­er 11.5% super­an­nu­a­tion con­tri­bu­tion is on top of this amount.

• Salary range is in accor­dance with Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Agree­ment 2023 and Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Inter­im Agree­ment 2013

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

• Post Grad­u­ate Allowance of up to 10 % based on qual­i­fi­ca­tion type

Ben­e­fits avail­able to eli­gi­ble candidates:

• Trav­el and relo­ca­tion assis­tance sup­port avail­able up to $15,000 for eli­gi­ble appointees from over­seas, and up to $10,000 for appointees from interstate.
• Pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and accel­er­at­ed pathways.
• Excel­lent leave ben­e­fits: 20 days annu­al leave (pro rata), 20 days per­son­al leave (pro rata), and study assis­tance leave if eligible.
• Fit­ness Pass­port – You, and your fam­i­ly can access 40+ fit­ness facil­i­ties across Tas­ma­nia for just $13.95 per week per per­son, or $25.95 for a family.

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty:

Suc­cess­ful appli­cants will be required to meet the essen­tial criteria.

• Reg­is­tered with the Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Board of Aus­tralia as a Reg­is­tered Midwife
• 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.

Note: — Please refer to the Appli­ca­tion Guide for more infor­ma­tion of Essen­tial require­ments, Desir­able require­ments and pre-employ­ment check.

Down­load the State­ment of Duties and any Asso­ci­at­ed Documents

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

State­ment of Duties: 

• Gener­ic Asso­ciate Mid­wifery Unit Man­ag­er (AMUM) G5 (July 2024) WWCR CSU.docx

Appli­ca­tion Guide: 

• Depart­ment of Health — Appli­cant Guide Sep 2024.pdf
• Depart­ment of Health — Appli­cant Guide Sep 2024.docx

How to apply:

Apply Online. Please click the ​“Apply” but­ton on this screen to ensure that impor­tant ques­tions about you are answered.

You will be prompt­ed to com­plete a 1 – 2 page appli­ca­tion detail­ing your expe­ri­ence, skills and knowl­edge as they relate to the attached State­ment of Duties. A sep­a­rate state­ment address­ing the selec­tion cri­te­ria in the State­ment of Duties is not required.

For more information:

Appli­cants who require fur­ther infor­ma­tion are encour­aged to con­tact the Con­tact per­son for detailed infor­ma­tion about the vacancy.

Saman­tha Salter
Posi­tion: Mater­ni­ty Unit Man­ag­er
Phone: (03) 6493 6586
E‑mail: sam.​salter@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au