The Team:

• There is a focus on ongo­ing pro­fes­sion­al development
• You will be priv­i­leged to walk along­side our con­sumers, their friends and fam­i­lies in their recov­ery journey.
• The next two years will see the open­ing of a new men­tal health unit at Burnie Hospital.

You Will Need:

• Com­pas­sion and empathy.
• Be an effec­tive com­mu­ni­ca­tor able to estab­lish ther­a­peu­tic rela­tion­ships with con­sumers and their friends and families.
• Be self-aware and use reflec­tive practice.
• Be inter­est­ed in peo­ple from all walks of life and have a non-judge­men­tal attitude.
• Have excel­lent inter­per­son­al skills includ­ing active listening.
• Have the abil­i­ty to remain calm and use de-esca­la­tion skills.
• knowl­edge of the prin­ci­ples of nurs­ing care and their appli­ca­tion to a men­tal health/​psychiatric nurs­ing set­ting and the abil­i­ty to devel­op clin­i­cal skills rel­e­vant to the des­ig­nat­ed area.
• Knowl­edge of the legal require­ments, rel­e­vant poli­cies, and the pro­ce­dures of the prac­tice setting.
• An under­stand­ing of the role of the Aus­tralian Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Coun­cil (ANMC) com­pe­ten­cies, the Nurs­ing Act and the Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Board of Aus­tralia (NMBA) in the reg­u­la­tion of nurs­ing practice.

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

Details of appointment:

Fixed term, part time, shift work­er (ful­ly rota­tion­al) posi­tion, work­ing 64 hours per fort­night, com­menc­ing as soon as pos­si­ble to 20 July 2027.

Fixed term, part time, shift work­er (ful­ly rota­tion­al) posi­tion, work­ing 64 hours per fort­night, com­menc­ing from 19 August 2025 until August 2027.

*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.

Loca­tion: North West, Tasmania

Salary: $78,179 to $105,995 per annum (Pro rata). 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 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.
• 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

How to apply:

Apply Online: https://careers.pageuppeople.c… nurse-rotation-mental-health-503167l1

For more information:

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

Angela Gor­don
Nurse Unit Man­ag­er
Phone num­ber:
angela.​gordon@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au

Appli­ca­tions Close: Sun­day, 20 July 2025 at 11:55pm

What it is like work­ing at the Depart­ment of Health? 

Com­pas­sion, Account­abil­i­ty, Respect, Excel­lence are the key val­ues to work in Depart­ment of Health. Lis­ten to some of the lived expe­ri­ences from with­in the depart­ment through some of our won­der­ful staff and hear about their jour­ney in relo­cat­ing to Tasmania!

Make It Tas­ma­nia | Move for a great lifestyle
One Health Pod­cast — Spo­ti­fy
One Health Pod­cast — Apple
Tas­man­ian Health Careers | Tasmanian

Respect­ing diver­si­ty is the foun­da­tion of every­thing that Depart­ment of Health do. This allows us to instil trust and col­lab­o­rate through hon­est and fair com­mu­ni­ca­tion and helps cul­ti­vate an envi­ron­ment of growth and inno­va­tion. We strong­ly encour­age appli­cants from key com­mu­ni­ties includ­ing Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islanders, LGB­TIQA+ peo­ple, and peo­ple liv­ing with disabilities.