Depart­ment of Health
Hos­pi­tals & Pri­ma­ry Care — Hos­pi­tals NW
Pri­ma­ry Health North West

Appli­ca­tions must be sub­mit­ted by Fri­day 28 Novem­ber, 2025 11:55 PM

Posi­tion details

• Award/​Classification: Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Award, Reg­is­tered Nurse, Grade 7b
• Employ­ment type:Permanent, full-time
• Region: North West
• Loca­tion: Queenstown

Are you ready for a career-defin­ing lead­er­ship role in one of Tasmania’s most unique and breath­tak­ing regions?

The West Coast of Tas­ma­nia is a region of raw beau­ty, rich his­to­ry, and resilient com­mu­ni­ties. A place like no oth­er, home to rugged moun­tains, rich min­ing his­to­ry, and a warm, wel­com­ing com­mu­ni­ty. From the his­toric town of Queen­stown to the scenic beau­ty of Stra­han and the charm of Zee­han and lush rain­forests of Rose­bery, this region offers a lifestyle that blends adven­ture, tran­quil­li­ty, and purpose.

Queen­stown is the largest town on the West Coast, nes­tled in the Queen Riv­er Val­ley and sur­round­ed by the dra­mat­ic West Coast Range. Once the world’s rich­est min­ing town, its unique ​‘moon­scape’ ter­rain — a lega­cy of ear­ly 20^th-cen­tu­ry cop­per min­ing — cre­ates a sur­re­al and cap­ti­vat­ing back­drop. Today, Queen­stown is a hub for tourism and out­door adven­ture, offer­ing 4WD tours, moun­tain bik­ing, and the icon­ic West Coast Wilder­ness Rail­way. The town’s her­itage archi­tec­ture, includ­ing the grand Empire Hotel and the restored Paragon The­atre, adds charm and char­ac­ter to this resilient community.

But don’t take our word for it, liv­ing and work­ing here is like a work­ing hol­i­day every day. You’ll be part of a close-knit com­mu­ni­ty, mak­ing a real dif­fer­ence in the lives of res­i­dents across the West Coast. To see what oth­ers have had to say about work­ing in or beau­ti­ful remote areas click here.

The Role:

We are seek­ing an expe­ri­enced and pas­sion­ate Nurse Unit Man­ag­er (NUM) to lead and man­age nurs­ing and com­mu­ni­ty health ser­vices across the entire West Coast region, includ­ing West Coast Dis­trict Hos­pi­tal (WCDH) and Rose­bery Com­mu­ni­ty Health Cen­tre (RCHC).

In this piv­otal role, you will pro­vide strate­gic and oper­a­tional lead­er­ship, over­sight and man­age­ment of inpa­tient, res­i­den­tial aged care, and com­mu­ni­ty health ser­vices. You’ll lead mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary teams, ensure high stan­dards of care, and man­age human, finan­cial, and mate­r­i­al resources to deliv­er safe, effec­tive, and per­son-cen­tred services.

This is a unique oppor­tu­ni­ty for a nurse leader who thrives in a diverse, com­mu­ni­ty-focused envi­ron­ment and is ready to embrace the lifestyle and pro­fes­sion­al rewards of work­ing in region­al Tasmania.

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

You Will Need:

• Lead­er­ship & Man­age­ment Exper­tise: Proven abil­i­ty to lead mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary teams and man­age clin­i­cal, oper­a­tional, and admin­is­tra­tive func­tions across diverse health ser­vices, includ­ing inpa­tient, emer­gency, aged care, and com­mu­ni­ty settings.
• Clin­i­cal Excel­lence: Strong clin­i­cal back­ground with a com­mit­ment to evi­dence-based prac­tice, patient safe­ty, and con­tin­u­ous qual­i­ty improve­ment in rur­al and remote health environments.
• Strate­gic Think­ing: Abil­i­ty to align ser­vice deliv­ery with organ­i­sa­tion­al pri­or­i­ties, man­age resources effec­tive­ly, and con­tribute to long-term plan­ning and inno­va­tion in region­al health care.
• Com­mu­ni­ca­tion & Col­lab­o­ra­tion: High­ly devel­oped inter­per­son­al and com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, with the abil­i­ty to build strong rela­tion­ships across teams, engage stake­hold­ers, and fos­ter a pos­i­tive work­place culture.
• Change Man­age­ment & Improve­ment Focus: Expe­ri­ence in lead­ing change, imple­ment­ing qual­i­ty assur­ance mech­a­nisms, and dri­ving improve­ments in clin­i­cal stan­dards and ser­vice delivery.
• Com­mit­ment to Com­mu­ni­ty: A gen­uine inter­est in rur­al health and a desire to con­tribute mean­ing­ful­ly to the well­be­ing of the West Coast community.

Details of appointment:

Per­ma­nent, full time, day work­er posi­tion, work­ing up to 76 hours per fort­night, com­menc­ing as soon as possible.

*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 to $136,295 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.

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 and allowances:

You’ll have access to salary pack­age a range of ben­e­fits includ­ing up to $9,010 for liv­ing expens­es + $2,650 for meal enter­tain­ment each FBT year + oth­er ben­e­fits if eligible.

Region­al Allowances

• Remote and Rur­al Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment Allowance of $3,797 per annum
• 10% remote allowance

Ben­e­fits avail­able to eli­gi­ble candidates:

• Pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and accel­er­at­ed pathways.
• A range of leave enti­tle­ments, includ­ing study leave and Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment Support.
• Access to EAP for you and your family.
• Relo­ca­tion assis­tance and accom­mo­da­tion sup­port 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
• Cur­rent Dri­vers licence – pro­vi­sion­al dri­ver or above

Note: — Please refer to the Appli­ca­tion Guide for more infor­ma­tion of pre-employ­ment check.

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 — West Coast
phsnw.​nd@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au

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