Posi­tion details

• Appli­ca­tions close: Thurs­day 11 Sep­tem­ber, 2025 11:55 PM AEST
• Award/​Classification: Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Award, Enrolled Nurse, Grade 2
• Salary: $70,980 to $78,179 per annum
• Employ­ment type: Full Time
• Region: North West
• Loca­tion: King Island Hosp & Hlth Centre 

The Team:

Wel­come to King Island Hos­pi­tal and Health Cen­tre! Our friend­ly team works close­ly togeth­er as part of the Depart­ment of Health to pro­vide car­ing, high-qual­i­ty sup­port to our com­mu­ni­ty. As an Enrolled nurse, you’ll play an impor­tant role in deliv­er­ing a range of ser­vices — from acute, chron­ic, com­mu­ni­ty care to emer­gency sup­port — while being sup­port­ed through train­ing and team­work. We’re all here to help make sure the peo­ple of King Island get the best care pos­si­ble in a warm, respect­ful, and wel­com­ing environment.

The Role:

The Enrolled Nurse pro­vides direct patient/​client cen­tred nurs­ing care to assigned patients/​clients, with­in the scope of prac­tice of an enrolled nurse and under the direc­tion and super­vi­sion of a reg­is­tered nurse/​midwife to achieve planned patient outcomes.

You will:

• Pro­vide patient care across both Res­i­den­tial Aged Care Facil­i­ty and Rur­al Health Beds.
• Work effec­tive­ly with­in a small, mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team to deliv­er com­pre­hen­sive care.
• Have excel­lent com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills

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, shift work­er (ful­ly rota­tion­al) posi­tion, work­ing 76 hours per fort­night, com­menc­ing from a mutu­al­ly agreed upon date.

*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: $70,980 to $78,179 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.

Access to the Grade 4 salary range $99,455- $105,995 is sub­ject to suc­cess­ful appli­ca­tion for pro­gres­sion to Grade 4

In addi­tion, the fol­low­ing allowances cal­cu­lat­ed on the salaried incre­men­tal point may be available:

• Post Grad­u­ate Allowance of up to 7.5% 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

• Dis­trict Allowances of up to $4,618 per annum for a family 
• Remote and Rur­al Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment Allowance of $3,699 per annum and an addi­tion­al salary allowance of 10% 

Ben­e­fits avail­able to eli­gi­ble candidates:

• 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 an Enrolled Nurse (holds a Board-approved qual­i­fi­ca­tion in admin­is­tra­tion of medicines)

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 Enrolled Nurse G2 (May 2024) 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.

*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:Bec Thor­pe
Position:Acting Direc­tor of Nurs­ing
Phone number:0428 112071
Email address:bec.​thorpe@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au

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