The Reg­is­tered Nurse:

Strength­ens health out­comes through the pro­vi­sion of safe qual­i­ty, clin­i­cal­ly appro­pri­ate nurs­ing care in part­ner­ship with patients/​clients, their fam­i­lies and oth­er health professionals.

You will need:

• A pas­sion for great rur­al and remote healthcare
• Work­ing knowl­edge or the will­ing­ness to learn aged care stan­dards and care delivery
• A will­ing­ness to expe­ri­ence and thrive in remote com­mu­ni­ty with remote challenges 

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

Flinders Island Mul­ti­pur­pose Cen­tre, Tas­man­ian Health Ser­vice, Pri­ma­ry Health North

• The Flinders Island Mul­ti-Pur­pose Cen­tre com­pris­es nine aged care beds, five acute beds, an Out­pa­tient and Emer­gency ser­vice, phys­io­ther­a­py, x‑ray, podiatry/​footcare and vis­it­ing services.
• It is one of 8 dis­trict hos­pi­tals work­ing togeth­er to form part of pri­ma­ry health north Tasmania
• The FIM­PC offers health ser­vices to the island com­mu­ni­ty of approx­i­mate­ly 900 peo­ple util­is­ing the RFDS retrieval for ter­tiary hos­pi­tal needs to the Launce­s­ton General.

Here, you are encour­aged to be your authen­tic self, to pur­sue your pas­sions, and to bring your clin­i­cal and world knowl­edge to enable you to con­tribute to mak­ing our team one that pro­vides kind, com­pas­sion­ate and mean­ing­ful care.

We are small enough in Tas­ma­nia for you to make a real dif­fer­ence every day. Yet col­lec­tive­ly we are big enough for you to feel part of some­thing impor­tant, some­where you can belong and be sur­round­ed by diver­si­ty, inno­va­tion, and friend­ships. We’ll look after you from the very begin­ning, ensure you are ful­ly induct­ed and wel­comed into our team and culture.

You’re invit­ed to share this very spe­cial part of the world with us, so what are you wait­ing for…

Details of appointment:

Mul­ti­ple per­ma­nent, full time and part time shift work­er posi­tions work­ing up to 76 hours per fort­night, com­menc­ing as soon as you are avail­able to join the team.

*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: $78,179 to $105,995 per annum (Pro rata). Our Employ­er 11.5% super­an­nu­a­tion con­tri­bu­tion is on top of this amount.

• Salary range is in accor­dance with Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Agree­ment 2023.

Allowances:

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. 

• Access to the Grade 4 salary range $99,445 — $105,995 is sub­ject to suc­cess­ful appli­ca­tion for pro­gres­sion to Grade 4
• 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.

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 

Region­al Allowances: 

• Dis­trict Allowances of up to $4,618 per annum for a family 
• Remote and Rur­al Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment Allowance of $3,699 per annum and an addi­tion­al salary allowance of 10% 

Ben­e­fits avail­able to eli­gi­ble candidates:

• Trav­el and relo­ca­tion assis­tance sup­port avail­able for eli­gi­ble appointees. 
• Pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and accel­er­at­ed pathways.
• Excel­lent leave ben­e­fits: 20 days annu­al leave (pro rata), 20 days per­son­al leave (pro rata), and study assis­tance leave if eligible.
• 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

*Registration/​licences that are essen­tial require­ments of this role must remain cur­rent and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the sta­tus of these may be checked at any time dur­ing employ­ment. It is the employee’s respon­si­bil­i­ty to ensure that registration/​licences remain cur­rent and to advise the Employ­er if their cir­cum­stances change. This includes noti­fy­ing the Employ­er if a registration/​licence is revoked, can­celled or has its con­di­tions altered.

Note: — Please refer to the Appli­ca­tion Guide for more infor­ma­tion of Essen­tial require­ments, Desir­able require­ments and 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: 

• Gener­ic Reg­is­tered Nurse G3-G4 (July 2023) CSU (1).docx

Appli­ca­tion Guide: 

• Depart­ment of Health — Appli­cant Guide Sep 2024.pdf
• 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.

Pene­lope Ciesiolka

Phone: (03) 6359 0200
Posi­tion: Nurse Unit Man­ag­er — Flinders Island Mul­ti Pur­pose
E‑mail: penelope.​ciesiolka@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au

What it is like work­ing at the Depart­ment of Health? 

Com­pas­sion, Account­abil­i­ty, Respect, Excel­lent 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

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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.

Clos­ing date: Sun­day 26 Jan­u­ary, 2025 11:55 PM AEST