Whilst SCIU has expe­ri­enced clin­i­cians, it is pre­dom­i­nant­ly a young team which is devel­op­ing con­stant­ly and is the future suc­ces­sion plan­ning. This posi­tion ensures expe­ri­enced clin­i­cians are hand­ing down their knowl­edge and skill base to the junior team mem­bers for that suc­ces­sion plan­ning to succeed. 

If you would like to work in a men­tal health envi­ron­ment where:

• pre­ven­tion is every­body’s business 
• we are build­ing region­al and oth­er part­ner­ships for health
• we are build­ing a sus­tain­able health workforce 

Then Spencer Clin­ic wants you!

The Role:
The Asso­ciate Nurse Unit Man­ag­er (ANUM) is an expe­ri­enced nurse who, with­in the defined area of prac­tice. works in part­ner­ship with the Nurse Unit Man­ag­er (NUM) and oth­er senior staff, to ensure the effi­cient and effec­tive pro­vi­sion of care based on best prac­tice prin­ci­ples with­in a col­lab­o­ra­tive and mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary framework.

You will need: 

• Demon­strat­ed clin­i­cal expe­ri­ence in the rel­e­vant prac­tice area, with the capac­i­ty to pro­vide clin­i­cal lead­er­ship, exer­cise pro­fes­sion­al judge­ment and ini­tia­tive and work with min­i­mal supervision. 
• Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty to under­stand the busi­ness of the unit/​service in deliv­er­ing the best out­comes with­in avail­able resources, includ­ing a demon­strat­ed under­stand­ing of patient flow prin­ci­ples and dis­charge plan­ning in the pur­suit of patient/​client goals with­in a con­tem­po­rary health­care framework. 
• Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty to con­tribute to the eval­u­a­tion, inno­va­tion and devel­op­ment of ser­vices pro­vid­ed by the unit/​service and the review of clin­i­cal prac­tice pol­i­cy, pro­ce­dures and protocols.

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

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.

Loca­tion: North West, Tasmania

Details of appoint­ment:
Per­ma­nent, part time, shift work­er posi­tion, work­ing 48 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 12% super­an­nu­a­tion con­tri­bu­tion is on top of this amount.

• Salary range is in accor­dance with Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­ma­nia State Ser­vice) Agree­ment 2023.
  

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 

Salary Pack­ag­ing:
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.

Ben­e­fits avail­able to eli­gi­ble candidates:

• Pro­fes­sion­al development. 
• A range of leave enti­tle­ments, includ­ing study leave and Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment Support. 
• 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.

More infor­ma­tion about our Employ­ee Ben­e­fits can be found here

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty:

Suc­cess­ful appli­cants will be required to meet the essen­tial criteria:

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

Appli­cants should note the fol­low­ing cri­te­ria are desirable:

• Holds, or is work­ing towards, rel­e­vant post­grad­u­ate qualifications

Note: — Please refer to the Appli­ca­tion Guide for more infor­ma­tion of pre-employ­ment check.

How to apply:
Apply Online: https://careers.pageuppeople.c…

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

Angela Gor­don
Nurse Unit Man­ag­er
0458 284 996
angela.​gordon@​ths.​tas.​au

Appli­ca­tions Close: Sun­day, 20 July 2025 at 11:55pm

What it is like work­ing at the Depart­ment of Health?
Com­pas­sion, Account­abil­i­ty, Respect, Excel­lence are the key val­ues to work in Depart­ment of Health. Lis­ten to some of the lived expe­ri­ences from with­in the depart­ment through some of our won­der­ful staff and hear about their jour­ney in relo­cat­ing to Tasmania!

Make It Tas­ma­nia | Move for a great lifestyle
One Health Pod­cast — Spo­ti­fy
One Health Pod­cast — Apple
Tas­man­ian Health Careers | Tasmanian

Respect­ing diver­si­ty is the foun­da­tion of every­thing that Depart­ment of Health do. This allows us to instil trust and col­lab­o­rate through hon­est and fair com­mu­ni­ca­tion and helps cul­ti­vate an envi­ron­ment of growth and inno­va­tion. We strong­ly encour­age appli­cants from key com­mu­ni­ties includ­ing Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islanders, LGB­TIQA+ peo­ple, and peo­ple liv­ing with disabilities.