• Appli­ca­tions close: Sun­day 13 April, 2025 11:55 PM AEST
• Award/​Classification: Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Award, Reg­is­tered Nurse, Grade 8, Lev­el 2
• Salary: $138,478 per annum
• Employ­ment type: Full Time
• Region: North
• Loca­tion: Camp­bell Town

The Team:

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. Camp­bell Town Hos­pi­tal and Com­mu­ni­ty Health Ser­vice (CTHCS) sit­u­at­ed in the North­ern Mid­lands just 45 min­utes from Launce­s­ton, is one of eight dis­trict hos­pi­tals in Pri­ma­ry Health North (PHN). As part of Hos­pi­tals North, PHN and CTHCS work close­ly with Launce­s­ton Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, our main refer­ral hos­pi­tal, to enable care at the right time and in the right place for clients in our local and the wider community.

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.
• Work with and lead an expe­ri­enced and sup­port­ive local team of keen pro­fes­sion­als pro­vid­ing wholis­tic care to res­i­den­tial aged care, inpa­tient, emer­gency, com­mu­ni­ty nurs­ing and com­mu­ni­ty ser­vices and day cen­tre clients access­ing CTHCS
• Will play a key role in lead­ing imple­men­ta­tion of Aged Care reforms across CTHCS and PHN and will have an oppor­tu­ni­ty to pos­i­tive­ly influ­ence care deliv­ery across the service.

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 76 hours per fort­night, com­menc­ing as soon as you can join our 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 (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. 

Region­al Allowances:

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

Ben­e­fits avail­able to eli­gi­ble candidates:

• 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.
• 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:

• Rel­e­vant post grad­u­ate 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: 

• 504533, 504588, 507406, 507621, 512458, 526149 DON G8‑2 (July 2023) CSU.pdf

Appli­ca­tion Guide: 

• Depart­ment of Health — Appli­cant Guide Sep 2024.docx

How to apply:

Apply Online. Please click the ​“Apply” but­ton at https://careers.pageuppeople.c… 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.

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