• Appli­ca­tions close: Sun­day 9 Feb­ru­ary, 2025 11:55 PM AEST
• Award/​Classification: Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Award, Reg­is­tered Nurse, Grade 7b
• Salary: $130,203 to $136,295 per annum
• Employ­ment type: Full Time
• Region: North West
• Loca­tion: Queenstown

The Team:

At the West Coast Dis­trict Hos­pi­tal and Rose­bery Com­mu­ni­ty Health Cen­tre, health­care pro­fes­sion­als from diverse back­grounds come togeth­er to serve the com­mu­ni­ties of the West Coast. We encour­age you to bring your true self, fol­low your pas­sions, and con­tribute your unique qual­i­ties to our team, where your work tru­ly mat­ters. We offer a wide range of ser­vices to sup­port the West Coast com­mu­ni­ty, includ­ing Emer­gency Care, an inpa­tient ward, a Res­i­den­tial Aged Care Facil­i­ty, and vis­it­ing ser­vices such as Radi­ol­o­gy, Phys­io­ther­a­py, and Podi­a­try. Our com­mu­ni­ty ser­vices also include Com­mu­ni­ty Nurs­ing, Adult Day Cen­tres, Home Help/​Personal Care, and Home Main­te­nance. Join us and make a mean­ing­ful impact on the health and well­be­ing of our community.

The Role:

The West Coast Dis­trict Hos­pi­tal is seek­ing a ded­i­cat­ed and expe­ri­enced Nurse Unit Man­ag­er to join their team.

The Nurse Unit Manager:

• Pro­vides lead­er­ship, over­sight and man­age­ment of the activ­i­ties with­in the West Coast Dis­trict Hos­pi­tal (WCDH), includ­ing emer­gency first response, inpa­tient, and Res­i­den­tial Aged Care and the Rose­bery Com­mu­ni­ty Health Cen­tre, as well as home care ser­vices, the adult day cen­tre, and com­mu­ni­ty nursing.
• Sup­ports the effi­cient and effec­tive pro­vi­sion of care, based on Pri­ma­ry Health Care stan­dards and best prac­tice prin­ci­ples, with­in a col­lab­o­ra­tive and mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary frame­work by coor­di­nat­ing the clin­i­cal, man­age­ment, edu­ca­tion and nurs­ing func­tions with­in WCDH and RCHC. 
• Leads and man­ages the coor­di­na­tion of over­all patient, res­i­dent and client care and is respon­si­ble for man­ag­ing the allo­cat­ed human, mate­r­i­al and finan­cial resources for ser­vice deliv­ery with­in the WCDH and RCHC.

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 (with on-call) posi­tion, work­ing up to 76 hours per fort­night, com­menc­ing from March 2025.

*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: $130,203 — $136,295 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 
• Remote and Rur­al Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment Allowance of $3,699 per annum and an addi­tion­al salary allowance of 10%

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 Reg­is­tra­tion to Work with Vul­ner­a­ble People

*As required by the Com­mon­wealth Home Sup­port Pro­gram and/​or the Aged Care Act, occu­pants of this role are required to under­take a con­vic­tion check assess­ment every three years.

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: 

• 514066 Nurse Unit Man­ag­er G7b (July 2023) WWVP 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 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.

Aman­da Coul­son
Direc­tor of Nurs­ing — Health West
Phone: (03) 6495 1550
Email: admin.​wcdh@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au