Nurse Unit Manager - Community Specialist Nursing Services (520042)

Department of Health
Hospitals & Primary Care - Hospitals Nth
Primary Health North

Applications must be submitted by Thursday 12 November, 2026 11:55 PM

Thursday 12 November, 2026 11:55 PM AEST

Award/Classification:

Nurses and Midwives (Tasmanian State Service) Award, Registered Nurse, Grade 7a

$126,036 to $132,932 per annum

Employment type:

Permanent, full-time

Region:

North

Location:

Allambi Bld, 33-39 Howick St

The Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) - Community Specialist Nursing Services provides strategic and operational leadership across Community Dementia, Continence and Wound Care Services within Primary Health North. The role is responsible for ensuring high-quality, evidence-based patient care through effective management of clinical services, workforce, budgets, quality and safety systems, and service improvement initiatives. The NUM leads multidisciplinary teams, drives contemporary nursing practice, and ensures services meet legislative, organisational and performance requirements.

The Team

- The Nurse Unit Manager will be required to provide leadership and strategic management for the community services group.
- There are three specialist areas of community services which the Nurse Unit Manager will be directly supervising, to ensure efficient and effective provision of care. The three services, Community Continence Service, Community Dementia Service and Community Wound Service are based at Cimitiere House in Launceston.
- The Community Continence Service strengthens health outcomes through the provision of quality and safe care. The specialist team focus on the continence, bowel and bladder issues by completing assessments, providing advice and support.



The goal of the team is to positively impact the clients ability to have a social and functional quality of life.
- The Community Dementia Service is a small nursing team who provide support to people living with dementia in the homes. The team focus on independence of their clients, empowering them to remain at home with support and improving their levels of engagement.
- The Community Wound Service has a Clinical Nurse Consultant who provide consultation, advise and assessment of complex and /or chronic wounds. The role also supports the community clinics and district hospital in the north, reviewing and monitoring incidents and performing education.
- The Nurse Unit Manager works in partnership with her clinical specialist and other senior staff, to ensure provision of care is based on best practice principles within a collaborative framework. Our progressive and innovative team offers a caring environment for the delivery high quality patient and client centred care.

The Role

The Nurse Unit Manager:

- Provides leadership to Community Specialist Nursing Services within Primary Health North which encompasses the Community Dementia Service, the Community Continence Service, and Wound Care Services.
- Ensures the efficient and effective provision of care,



based on clinical standards and best practice principles within a cooperative and multidisciplinary framework by coordinating the clinical, management, education and nursing research functions within Primary Health North Community Specialist Nursing Services.
- Leads and manages the coordination of overall patient care and is responsible for managing the allocated human, material and financial resources for service delivery within Primary Health North Community Specialist Nursing Services.
- Provides a high level of operational leadership and direction, ensuring resources are efficiently utilised and services are effectively integrated within the Community Specialist Nursing Services; across service and program areas.
- Ensures the highest standards of service delivery are achieved in accordance with Health Service policy, directions, service standards and financial performance targets.
- Provides leadership and coordination of delegated short projects for service improvements and innovation activities designed to improve standards of client care in Primary Health North.

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.

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📌 Nurse Unit Manager (Launceston)
🏢 Tasmanian Government
📍 Launceston