Job description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Top End Services Primary Health Care
Job title Director of Nursing and Midwifery - Prison Health Designation Nurse Level 7
Job type Full time Duration Fixed for up to 3 years
Salary $168,246 - $176,039 Location Darwin
Position number 34740 RTF 349263 Closing 13/07/2026
Contact officer Lisa Vermeulen on 08 8922 6756 or [email protected]
About the agency http://www.health.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=349263
APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY
QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – Inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with disability
by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss this with the contact
officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the OCPE
website.
Primary objective
Provides authoritative strategic and operational advice that influences contemporary nursing/midwifery practice and service delivery across a
defined number of practice areas.
Context statement
Provide high level strategic leadership and clinical governance across the health's prison hub and spoke facilities, youth justice and the watch
house facilities in Darwin and Katherine whilst leading and driving the Primary Health Care reform and service improvements. The role ensures
the delivery of safe, efficient and high-quality services to optimise health outcomes, with a strong understanding of Aboriginal health and its
determinants. The successful applicant requires a high-level understanding of the primary health care, previous experience in the delivery of health
care under CARPA, leadership within the acute sector, primary health care, or the custodial nursing care setting. The successful applicant will be
required to have experience driving a manual vehicle and eligible to obtain a NT drivers Licence. Meet the NT Correctional Services and PFES
security clearance requirements and induction.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Leads and collaborates in the development, review, and evaluation of services, including interpreting established professional precedents and
organisational policies, and supporting change management as required for operational effectiveness and delivery of contemporary safe and
effective healthcare.
2. Accountable for the outcomes of nursing/midwifery services across a defined number of practice areas and for addressing inconsistencies
between practice and policy.
3. Creditably advocate for nursing/midwifery and represent the profession(s) effectively across the Health Service and the NT.
4. Demonstrate NTH values - safe; responsive; kind – in all decision-making and interactions with consumers and colleagues.
5. 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.
6. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Current registration with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia or eligible for same.
2. Demonstrated contribution to the profession and/or specialty at local and national level.
3. Demonstrated high-level leadership and management skills including strategic thinking, practical people management, and the ability to
successfully support change in a dynamic multi-disciplinary environment.
4. Demonstrated ability to deploy financial and human resources strategically and effectively to support successful attainment of the
organisation’s strategic and operational plans.
5. Demonstrated ability to facilitate a positive work environment that promotes professional excellence and builds organisational capability and
responsiveness.
6. Demonstrated use of effective communication skills to maximise productive working relationships, including with relevant specialists and
executive management, and manages conflict to promote co-operation, teamwork and understanding.
7. Demonstrates and applies highly developed knowledge and understanding of the social and cultural issues, influences and sensitivities that
influence health care provision for individuals and groups.
Desirable
1. Masters Degree, or equivalent, beyond entry to practice relevant to specialty area.
2. Graduate Certificate in Management or equivalent.
Further information
Ongoing appointment is subject to attainment of a Masters Degree, 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 [email protected] for further information.
Approved: March 2025 Adjunct Associate Professor Kellie Wilton, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer
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