Posi­tion details

• Appli­ca­tions close: Wednes­day 26 March, 2025 11:55 PM AEST
• Award/​Classification: Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Award, Reg­is­tered Nurse, Grade 7a
• Salary: $122,365 to $129,060 per annum
• Employ­ment type: Full Time
• Region: North West
• Loca­tion: North West Region­al Hospital

You will be com­mit­ted to fos­ter­ing an inclu­sive, respect­ful envi­ron­ment where cul­tur­al safe­ty is a pri­or­i­ty, ensur­ing that care is deliv­ered in a way that acknowl­edges and respects the cul­tur­al val­ues, beliefs, and needs of all patients, their fam­i­lies, and staff.

Liv­ing and work­ing in the best place on earth

Tired of big cities? How about a walk along the beach just before work?

Con­sid­er mov­ing to North West Tas­ma­nia to expe­ri­ence won­der­ful beach­es, moun­tains, world her­itage list­ed nation­al parks, hin­ter­land vil­lages, great food, wine and more. Liv­ing in Tas­ma­nia you will expe­ri­ence a tem­per­ate cli­mate with four dis­tinct sea­sons, world-renowned food and wine, wild and beau­ti­ful land­scapes, a relaxed island lifestyle, and a fas­ci­nat­ing his­to­ry. Com­par­a­tive­ly lifestyle with fan­tas­tic prop­er­ties in idyl­lic loca­tions at a frac­tion of the cost com­pared to Australia’s cap­i­tal cities. Traf­fic jam is not a com­mon term in North West Tas­ma­nia and you will have a great work life balance. 

Tas­man­ian | The qui­et pur­suit of the extraordinary

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.

The Team:

The North West Region­al Hos­pi­tal is locat­ed in Burnie, and ser­vices the whole of the North West Tas­ma­nia, includ­ing the West Coast and King Island.

The Pae­di­atric Ward is a 16-bed Pae­di­atric lev­el 4 ser­vice, car­ing for Gen­er­al pae­di­atrics, gen­er­al sur­gi­cal, ENT and orthopaedics in the under 18 cohort. As the Nurse Unit Man­ag­er, you will be assist­ed by a Clin­i­cal Nurse Edu­ca­tor, sev­er­al Asso­ciate Nurse Unit Man­agers, and sev­er­al Grade 3 and 4 Reg­is­tered Nurs­es. You will also be sup­port­ed by the Women’s and Children’s Ser­vices Allied Health team. Roy­al Hobart Hos­pi­tal is the major ter­tiary lev­el ser­vice for the state and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Tas­ma­nia and oth­er insti­tu­tions will assist with your edu­ca­tion­al needs. All our ser­vices work close­ly togeth­er to focus on deliv­er­ing excel­lence in health­care to achieve improved out­comes for our con­sumers, our work­force, and the Tas­man­ian community.

The Role:

As the Nurse Unit Man­ag­er, you will lead a team of ded­i­cat­ed health­care pro­fes­sion­als in pro­vid­ing com­pas­sion­ate and evi­dence-based care to a diverse patient pop­u­la­tion, includ­ing chil­dren with a wide range of med­ical and sur­gi­cal con­di­tions. You will be com­mit­ted to fos­ter­ing an inclu­sive, respect­ful envi­ron­ment where cul­tur­al safe­ty is a pri­or­i­ty, ensur­ing that care is deliv­ered in a way that acknowl­edges and respects the cul­tur­al val­ues, beliefs, and needs of all patients, their fam­i­lies, and staff.

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 76 hours per fortnight.

*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: $122,365 to $129,060 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 (RN)

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:

• 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.

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty:

Suc­cess­ful appli­cants will be required to meet the essen­tial criteria.

• Reg­is­tered with the Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Board of Aus­tralia as a Reg­is­tered Nurse
• Cur­rent Work­ing with Chil­dren Registration

Appli­cants should note the fol­low­ing cri­te­ria are desirable:

• Rel­e­vant post grad­u­ate qualifications

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: 

• 502124 Nurse Unit Man­ag­er G7a (July 2023) WWCT CSU.docx

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: Ruth King
Posi­tion: Nurs­ing Direc­tor
Phone num­ber: 0499 718 157
Email address: ruth.​king@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au

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