Nurse/Midwife Management Coordinator

Job Description

Agency Department of Health Work unit Custodial Care

Job title Nurse/Midwife Management Coordinator - Prison Health Designation Nurse Level 5 RDO

Job type Full time Duration Fixed for 2 years

Salary $136,235 - $143,391 Location Darwin

Position number RTF Closing 28/08/2025

Contact officer Ted Murphy, District Manager on

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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

Provide sound professional advice critical in dealing with significant issues related to assessment, planning, review, evaluation, and coordination of service

delivery in defined practice area.

Context statement

This Management coordinator position is embedded within the prison health service, providing operational and clinical leadership across multiple custodial

facilities. The role forms part of a shared management model, working collaboratively with a fellow Management coordinator to jointly lead and support

nursing teams across prison health sites.

Together, you will hold joint responsibility for ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, and culturally responsive care in a secure and complex environment.

This includes oversight of clinical governance, workforce planning, service coordination, and performance management. You will provide leadership to

nursing clinical leads and frontline staff, fostering a strong team culture grounded in professionalism, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

The role requires adaptability and sound decision-making across varied correctional settings, where health needs are often complex and multifaceted. A

trauma-informed and person-centred approach is essential, particularly when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and individuals

with high levels of physical, mental, and social health needs.

This is a rewarding leadership opportunity for an experienced and resilient nurse manager who values shared responsibility, innovation, and equity in

healthcare delivery across the correctional system.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Provide contemporary human, material, and financial resource management for defined area of practice.

1. 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

1. 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.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. Current registration with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia or eligible for same.

2. Demonstrated advanced clinical knowledge and management skills in an area of nursing/midwifery relating to this vacancy, supporting well-developed

decision-making and problem solving to enable delivery of high-quality clinical services.

3. Demonstrated experience with operational planning and proficient management of human, material, and financial resources to support operational

effectiveness and attainment of organisational objectives.

4. Demonstrated ability to facilitate a positive work environment, modifying work practices where necessary to meet the needs of healthcare consumers

and staff.

5. 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.

6. Demonstrates and applies well-developed knowledge and understanding of the social and cultural issues, influences and sensitivities that influence

health care provision for individuals and groups.

Desirable

1. Graduate Diploma, or equivalent, beyond entry to practice relevant to specialty area.

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 for further information.