Depart­ment of Health
Hos­pi­tals & Pri­ma­ry Care — Hos­pi­tals NW
Pri­ma­ry Health North West

Appli­ca­tions must be sub­mit­ted by Fri­day 28 Novem­ber, 2025 11:55 PM

Posi­tion details

• Award/​Classification: Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Award, Reg­is­tered Nurse, Grade 6
• Salary: $114,851 to $121,886 per annum
• Employ­ment type: Per­ma­nent, full-time
• Region: North West
• Loca­tion: Orr Street, Queenstown

Job descrip­tion:

You will work col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly with nurs­ing, med­ical, and allied health pro­fes­sion­als to ensure the deliv­ery of safe, high-qual­i­ty, per­son-cen­tred care aligned with the Strength­ened Aged Care Qual­i­ty Standards.

Are you ready to take your nurs­ing career to the next lev­el in one of Tasmania’s most breath­tak­ing and reward­ing regions?

The West Coast Dis­trict Hos­pi­tal is locat­ed in the moun­tain­ous Queen­stown, the heart of Tasmania’s West Coast. A town of strik­ing land­scapes, rich min­ing her­itage, and a resilient, wel­com­ing com­mu­ni­ty. Sur­round­ed by dra­mat­ic moun­tains and steeped in his­to­ry, Queen­stown offers a lifestyle that blends adven­ture and tranquillity.

From the icon­ic West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way to the panoram­ic views at Spi­on Kop Look­out, Queen­stown is full of char­ac­ter. Whether you’re explor­ing her­itage archi­tec­ture, hik­ing rugged trails, or enjoy­ing the slow­er pace of life, liv­ing here feels like a work­ing hol­i­day every day, while con­nect­ing with the local com­mu­ni­ty and giv­ing back to res­i­dents that call Queen­stown home.

But don’t take our word for it, to see what oth­ers have had to say about work­ing in or beau­ti­ful remote areas click here.

The Role:

You will work col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly with nurs­ing, med­ical, and allied health pro­fes­sion­als to ensure the deliv­ery of safe, high-qual­i­ty, per­son-cen­tred care aligned with the Strength­ened Aged Care Qual­i­ty Standards.

Key respon­si­bil­i­ties include:

• Lead­ing and pro­mot­ing best prac­tice aged care nurs­ing and geri­atric medicine.
• Act­ing as the Infec­tion Con­trol Lead for WCDH, ensur­ing com­pli­ance with infec­tion pre­ven­tion pro­to­cols and sup­port­ing staff edu­ca­tion and monitoring.
• Con­duct­ing com­pre­hen­sive assess­ments and care plan­ning in col­lab­o­ra­tion with res­i­dents, fam­i­lies, guardians, and the broad­er health­care team.
• Pro­vid­ing expert clin­i­cal advice and act­ing as a resource for staff across all aspects of aged care.
• Sup­port­ing qual­i­ty improve­ment, clin­i­cal risk man­age­ment, and com­pli­ance activities.
• Col­lab­o­rat­ing with the Activ­i­ties Coor­di­na­tor to plan and over­see res­i­dent activities.
• Assist­ing the NUM and DON with doc­u­men­ta­tion, report­ing, pol­i­cy devel­op­ment, and admis­sion processes.
• Sup­port­ing edu­ca­tion and pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment in aged care nurs­ing in con­junc­tion with the Clin­i­cal Nurse Educator.

You will need:

• Clin­i­cal Exper­tise: Advanced knowl­edge and assess­ment skills in aged care nurs­ing and geri­atric med­i­cine, with a strong com­mit­ment to evi­dence-based practice.
• Lead­er­ship & Influ­ence: Proven abil­i­ty to lead clin­i­cal ini­tia­tives, men­tor staff, and con­tribute to strate­gic plan­ning and ser­vice development.
• Infec­tion Con­trol Knowl­edge: Demon­strat­ed expe­ri­ence in infec­tion pre­ven­tion and con­trol prac­tices, with the abil­i­ty to lead and mon­i­tor com­pli­ance in a res­i­den­tial aged care setting.
• Qual­i­ty & Com­pli­ance Focus: Expe­ri­ence in qual­i­ty improve­ment, pol­i­cy devel­op­ment, and com­pli­ance with aged care leg­is­la­tion and standards.
• Com­mu­ni­ca­tion & Col­lab­o­ra­tion: High­ly devel­oped inter­per­son­al and com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, with the abil­i­ty to work effec­tive­ly with­in mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary teams and engage fam­i­lies, car­ers, and exter­nal providers.
• Reg­u­la­to­ry Knowl­edge: Com­pre­hen­sive under­stand­ing of the Aged Care Act, Aged Care Qual­i­ty Stan­dards, and manda­to­ry report­ing requirements.

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, full time, day work­er, posi­tion, work­ing up to 76 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: $114,851 to $121,886 per annum. 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 up to $9,010 for liv­ing expens­es + $2,650 for meal enter­tain­ment each FBT year + oth­er ben­e­fits if eligible.

Region­al Allowance

• Remote and Rur­al Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment Allowance of $3,797 per annum
• 10% remote allowance

Ben­e­fits avail­able to eli­gi­ble candidates

• Pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and accel­er­at­ed pathways.
• A range of leave enti­tle­ments, includ­ing study leave and Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment Support.
• Access to EAP for you and your family.
• Relo­ca­tion assis­tance and accom­mo­da­tion sup­port 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
• Holds or is work­ing towards Infec­tion, Pre­ven­tion and Con­trol Certificate
• Cur­rent Dri­ver’s Licence

For more information:

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

Aman­da Coul­son
Direc­tor of Nurs­ing — West Coast
phsnw.​nd@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au

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