Posi­tion details

• Appli­ca­tions close: Fri­day 3 Octo­ber, 2025 11:55 PM AEST
• Award/​Classification: Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Award, Reg­is­tered Nurse, Grade 8, Lev­el 5 Salary: $159,884 per annum
• Employ­ment type: Full Time
• Region: North
• Loca­tion: LGH Charles Street, Launceston

The Team:

The Nurs­ing Direc­tor Crit­i­cal Care Ser­vices is a senior lead­er­ship posi­tion with­in the Launce­s­ton Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal Depart­ment of Medicine.

The Role:

Pro­vide effec­tive lead­er­ship and man­age­ment of nurs­ing staff and ser­vices. With­in Crit­i­cal Care Ser­vices at the Launce­s­ton Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal (LGH), in con­sul­ta­tion with the Direc­tor – Depart­ment of Med­i­cine (DoM).

Lead patient care in an inter-pro­fes­sion­al envi­ron­ment to achieve the defined objec­tives of Crit­i­cal Care Stream with­in the DoM.

The Nurs­ing Direc­tor — Crit­i­cal Care will have a col­lab­o­ra­tive work­ing rela­tion­ship with the Nurs­ing Direc­tor Acute Med­i­cine and Nurs­ing Direc­tor Sub Acute and Ambu­la­to­ry Ser­vices. This Col­lab­o­ra­tive rela­tion­ship will ensure the oper­a­tional plans of each DoM stream are aligned.

The Nurs­ing Direc­tor — Crit­i­cal Care reports to the Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Clin­i­cal Oper­a­tions and Performance.

1. In con­junc­tion with the Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of Oper­a­tions and Per­for­mance pro­vide lead­er­ship and sup­port on accred­i­ta­tion, patient flow.
2. Direct the oper­a­tional activ­i­ties of des­ig­nat­ed clin­i­cal ser­vices con­sis­tent with Hos­pi­tals North objec­tives and pro­vide effec­tive lead­er­ship, coor­di­na­tion and direc­tion for the man­age­ment of the human, finan­cial and mate­r­i­al resources to achieve these objectives.
3. Assist in the devel­op­ment and appli­ca­tion of clin­i­cal man­age­ment poli­cies, pro­to­cols and guide­lines that will enable the eval­u­a­tion of ser­vices against best prac­tice standards.
4. Pro­vide lead­er­ship and direc­tion in the areas of research/​education, con­tin­u­ous qual­i­ty improve­ment and inno­v­a­tive redesign.
5. Man­age clin­i­cal and cor­po­rate risk with­in the estab­lished frame­work whilst ensur­ing a safe envi­ron­ment for patients and staff.
6. Sup­port Nurs­ing Unit Man­agers, Nurse Prac­ti­tion­ers and Nurse Edu­ca­tors to facil­i­tate a range of ini­tia­tives to enhance the qual­i­ty of patient care in all areas of responsibility.

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:

Fixed term, full time, day work­er posi­tion, work­ing 76 hours per fort­night, com­menc­ing as soon as pos­si­ble until 1 Feb­ru­ary 2026.

*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: $159,884 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:

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:

• 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

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: 

• 529761 Nurs­ing Direc­tor — Crit­i­cal Care (Feb­ru­ary 2025).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.

For more information:

Appli­cants who require fur­ther infor­ma­tion are encour­aged to con­tact the Con­tact per­son for detailed infor­ma­tion about the vacancy.

Name: Alex Smeaton, 0499 794 824 alex.​smeaton@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au
Posi­tion: Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Oper­a­tions & Per­for­mance — Hos­pi­tals North
Phone num­ber: 0499 794 824
Email address: alex.​smeaton@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au