Job Description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Geriatric Evaluation and Management Ward
Job title Nurse Unit Manager Designation Nurse Level 6 RDO
Job type Full time Duration Fixed for up to 2 years
Salary $145,403 - $152,747 Location Palmerston
Position number 40109 RTF 325901 Closing 13/07/2025
Contact officer Elizabeth Watkins on 08 8922 8448 or elizabeth.watkins@nt.gov.au or Alan Wales at alan.wales@nt.gov.au
About the agency http://www.health.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=325901

FURTHER INFORMATION

Ongoing appointment is subject to attainment of Graduate Diploma, or equivalent, beyond entry-to-practice relevant to specialty.
The preferred or recommended applicant will be required to hold a current working with children clearance notice and undergo a criminal
history check. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is relevant to the position. This role carries specific
immunisation requirements. To be eligible for appointment you will be required to meet the immunisation requirements associated with
Category A healthcare workers (direct contact with blood or body substances). Please contact NursingMidwifery.DoH@nt.gov.au for
further information.
Approved: July 2023 Adj. Professor Mish Hill, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer
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Job Description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Geriatric Evaluation and Management Ward
Job title Nurse Unit Manager Designation Nurse Level 6 RDO
Job type Full time Duration Ongoing
Salary $145,403 - $152,747 Location Palmerston
Position number 40109 RTF 325901 Closing 13/07/2025
Contact officer Elizabeth Watkins on 08 8922 8448 or elizabeth.watkins@nt.gov.au or Alan Wales at alan.wales@nt.gov.au
About the agency http://www.health.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=325901

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provide contemporary human, material, and financial resource management for defined area of practice.
2. Support delivery of excellence in nursing/midwifery care by modelling advanced knowledge, skills, and behaviours for the provision of
   client care and facilitating less experienced staff to develop appropriate skills, knowledge, abilities, and attitudes.
3. Demonstrate NTH values - safe; responsive; kind – in all decision-making and interactions with consumers and colleagues
4. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken in
   order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
5. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provide contemporary human, material, and financial resource management for defined area of practice.
2. Support delivery of excellence in nursing/midwifery care by modelling advanced knowledge, skills, and behaviours for the provision of
   client care and facilitating less experienced staff to develop appropriate skills, knowledge, abilities, and attitudes.
3. Demonstrate NTH values - safe; responsive; kind – in all decision-making and interactions with consumers and colleagues
4. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken in
   order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
5. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.