The Tasmanian State Service (TSS) is the largest employer in Tasmania, with over 28,000 employees providing services to the Tasmanian community at all levels, and within more than...

An exciting opportunity presents itself for YOU to join the talented team of health professionals and support staff within the newly created 24/7 Hospital in the Home North service.

Hospital in The Home’s sole purpose is to provide exceptional hospital level health care and ongoing support to the residents of Northern Tasmania to negate the need for hospitalisation in our mainstream facility and enable patients to remain in their own home and community under the watchful/vigilant eye of a dedicated health team.

Our exciting new service has recently launched, and we are able to recruit to multiple permanent, full time/part/time and relief positions within this critical service. We currently have a diverse mixture of key positions available, ranging from Medical Staff Specialists, Senior Medical Registrars, Nurse Unit Managers, Associate Nurse Unit Managers, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Allied Health professionals (incorporating Senior Social Workers, Senior Physiotherapists and Senior Occupational Therapists) to a dedicated full time Program Support Officer.

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 incredibly important, where you can belong and be surrounded by diversity, innovation and friendships.

Here in the north of the state, you’ll be spoilt enough to be able to immerse yourself into our unique culture and world-renowned wilderness, pristine beaches and National Parks and experience our award-winning fresh local produce and wines – all right on your doorstep and as an added bonus, you won’t have to sit in traffic for an hour to arrive at your workplace. We’ll encourage you to bring your outstanding clinical and world knowledge to contribute to making our team a special alliance providing outstanding, compassionate and meaningful health care to our residents in Launceston and local surrounds.

If you think that this sounds like the ideal time to relocate to a truly special location, then we encourage you to take the leap today and submit your application.

The role:

• Will provide specialist clinical assessment and management of patients in the community setting including rapid interventions for acute health issues and chronic exacerbations, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions.
• Supports the efficient and effective provision of care, based on clinical standards and best practice principles within a collaborative and multidisciplinary framework to support individuals with acute care needs in the community whilst working across a multi-disciplinary work environment.
• Promote and participate in the development and delivery of best practice hospital in the home medical services in the north of Tasmania, including involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and active involvement in research.
• Travel across the North to provide services as required and in accordance with a HiTH model of care.
• Will require them to participate in after-hours work and in an on-call roster.
• A relocation allowance may be available for the right applicant.

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

Details of Appointment

• Multiple Permanent, part time, day worker (with on call) position working up to 38.5 hours per fortnight, commencing from as soon as possible
• Fixed Term, casual, day worker position working as and when required, commencing as soon as possible for a twelve month period.

*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 and part time vacancies.

Specialist Medical Practitioners

Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 1- Senior Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 3 $210,000 - $310,349 per annum, pro rata + 11% superannuation + access to salary packaging

Please note that access to the Senior Specialist Medical Practitioner salary range $291,472 -$301,349 is subject to the successful applicant satisfying the criteria for Senior Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 1, 2 or 3 as outlined in the Medical Practitioners (Tasmanian State Service) Award

• Salary range is in accordance with Medical Practitioners Agreement 2022

In addition, the following allowances calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available:

• Motor vehicle allowance of $25,758 per annum, pro rata
• Continuing Professional Development Allowance of $16,000 per annum, pro rata
• Relocation and commencement support available up to $15,000 for approved appointees

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria:

Specialist or limited registration with the Medical Board of Australia in a relevant specialty.

Current Working with Children Registration (where applicable and as determined by individual position requirements)

Current Driver’s Licence

*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.

Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:

Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians;

Fellowship of the Australasian College Emergency Medicine;

Fellowship of the Australian College of General Practitioners; or

Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine.

The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre‑employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted:

• Conviction checks in the following areas:
• Crimes of violence
• sex related offences
• serious drug offences
• crimes involving dishonesty
• serious traffic offences
• Disciplinary action in previous employment check.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

We encourage you to review the Applicant Guide, Statement of Duties, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.

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You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties.

Please note:

• We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties.
• All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
• Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.

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