Posi­tion details

• Appli­ca­tions close: Thurs­day 2 Octo­ber, 2025 11:55 PMAEST
• Award/​Classification: Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Award, Reg­is­tered Nurse, Grade 6
• Salary: $114,851 to $121,886 per annum
• Employ­ment type: Full Time
• Region: North
• Loca­tion: LGH Charles Street, Launceston

The Team:
This posi­tion is a part of an excit­ing new team at the Launce­s­ton Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal (LGH) as part of the Rheuma­tol­ogy and Per­sis­tent Pain Ser­vice cur­rent­ly being estab­lished, enhanc­ing equi­ty of access to spe­cial­ist rheuma­tol­ogy ser­vices in North­ern Tasmania.

The Role:
This role requires an expe­ri­enced nurse who can pro­vide lead­er­ship, sup­port and expert advice to oth­er mem­bers of the health care team to ensure the effi­cient and effec­tive coor­di­na­tion and pro­vi­sion of nurs­ing care for patients with mus­cu­loskele­tal con­di­tions, as well as being a clin­i­cal resource for patients and car­ers. The Rheuma­tol­ogy CNC will also coor­di­nate and eval­u­ate the intake, plan­ning, assess­ment, eval­u­a­tion and dis­charge process­es for Rheuma­tol­ogy clients referred from both the acute sec­tor and the com­mu­ni­ty with­in an out­pa­tient setting.

You will need

• Demon­strat­ed exten­sive expe­ri­ence, knowl­edge and under­stand­ing of mus­cu­loskele­tal con­di­tions, chron­ic dis­ease health care prin­ci­ples, con­tem­po­rary nurs­ing the­o­ry and prac­tice, and the demon­stra­tion of clin­i­cal exper­tise to apply this knowledge. 
• High­ly devel­oped inter­per­son­al and com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills with proven abil­i­ty to func­tion effec­tive­ly with­in a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary envi­ron­ment and demon­strate a capac­i­ty to pro­vide clin­i­cal lead­er­ship and exer­cise pro­fes­sion­al judge­ment and ini­tia­tive whilst work­ing with min­i­mal supervision. 
• Demon­strat­ed abil­i­ty to work independently

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.

Details of appoint­ment:
Per­ma­nent, full time, day work­er posi­tion, work­ing up to 76 hours per fort­night, com­menc­ing from as soon as you can join the team!

*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 liv­ing expens­es up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal enter­tain­ment each FBT year + oth­er ben­e­fits if eligible.

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. 
• 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 
• Cur­rent Driver’s Licence

Note: — Please refer to the Appli­ca­tion Guide for more infor­ma­tion of 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 Clin­i­cal Nurse Con­sul­tant Rheuma­tol­ogy G6 North July 2025

Appli­ca­tion Guide: 
 Depart­ment of Health — Appli­cant Guide Sep 2024.docx

How to apply:

Apply Online. Tas­man­ian Gov­ern­ment Jobs

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.

*appli­ca­tions from Recruit­ment Agen­cies will not be accept­ed for this role

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

Name: Marni Bak­er
Posi­tion: Act­ing Nurs­ing Direc­tor — Sub­a­cute and Ambu­la­to­ry Care Ser­vices
Phone num­ber: 03 6777 6671
Email address: marni.​baker@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au

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