In Pri­ma­ry Health North (PHN), we are com­mit­ted to trans­form­ing health­care deliv­ery by pro­vid­ing high-qual­i­ty, com­pas­sion­ate, and patient-cen­tred care in the com­fort of patients’ homes or close to their com­mu­ni­ties. As part of Hos­pi­tals North, our ser­vices use the ​‘Com­pas­sion’, ​‘Account­abil­i­ty’, ​‘Respect’ and ​‘Excel­lence’ (CARE) val­ues to under­pin how we work togeth­er, pro­vide care and sup­port patients, staff and com­mu­ni­ty every day. 

Oppor­tu­ni­ty awaits you at St Marys Com­mu­ni­ty Health Cen­tre. As Direc­tor of Nurs­ing, you:

• Will be part of the inno­v­a­tive Pri­ma­ry Health North lead­er­ship team cater­ing for health care needs of Tas­ma­ni­ans in com­mu­ni­ty and rur­al and remote settings.
• Get to work with an expe­ri­enced and sup­port­ive local team of keen pro­fes­sion­als pro­vid­ing wholis­tic care at St Marys Com­mu­ni­ty Health Centre.
• Have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to pos­i­tive­ly influ­ence care across the entire pri­ma­ry health remit – clin­ics, sub­a­cute inpa­tient, emer­gency and res­i­den­tial care.

The added bonus — St Marys is close to the beau­ti­ful East Coast beach­es and Dou­glas-Aps­ley Nation­al Park.

The Role:

• Lead and man­age a range of inpa­tien­t/res­i­den­tial/­com­mu­ni­ty-based ser­vices pro­vid­ed from the rel­e­vant rur­al health facil­i­ty includ­ing the man­age­ment of resources; and under­take a lead­er­ship role in ensur­ing that clin­i­cal and sup­port services/​infrastructure meet qual­i­ty and safe­ty stan­dards and are in accor­dance with Agency per­for­mance objec­tives and com­mu­ni­ty expectations.
• Facil­i­tate the devel­op­ment and main­te­nance of strong com­mu­ni­ca­tion links with­in the Agency and with oth­er gov­ern­ment and non-gov­ern­ment agen­cies, com­mu­ni­ty health ser­vice providers and oth­er key groups and con­sumers regard­ing health ser­vice priorities.

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

Why Tas­ma­nia:

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 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: $138,478 per annum. 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

Allowances:

• 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.
• Pay­ment of $15,000 staged over three years is avail­able for Nurs­es and Mid­wives who move to Tas­ma­nia from inter­state and remain employed full time for three years or more, on top of relo­ca­tion allowance already available.

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.
• Remote and Rur­al Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment Allowance of an addi­tion­al salary allowance of 4%.

Ben­e­fits avail­able to eli­gi­ble candidates:

• Trav­el and relo­ca­tion assis­tance sup­port avail­able up to $15,000 for eli­gi­ble appointees. 
• 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:

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty: Suc­cess­ful appli­cants will be required to meet the essen­tial criteria.

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

*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: DON G8‑2 (July 2023) CSU.docx

Appli­ca­tion Guide: 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.

Aman­da Smith
Nurs­ing Direc­tor — Pri­ma­ry Health North
Phone: (03) 6777 4500
Email: amanda.​m.​smith@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au

Clos­ing Date: Sun­day 2 Feb­ru­ary, 2025 11:55 PM AEST