Leave entitlements
Annual leave
- Nurses and midwives receive five weeks paid annual leave (six weeks for shift workers). You can also choose to take leave at half-pay for double the period of time.
- In addition, 17.5% loading on annual leave with up to 27.5% for shift workers.
- Queensland Health may be able to support nurses and midwives with family responsibilities, study or personal commitments by allowing you to purchase up to an extra six weeks leave per year.
Salary sacrificing
- Salary sacrificing or packaging allows you to deduct some of your pre-tax salary and use it to pay for benefits such as rent or mortgage repayments, insurances, motor vehicle operating expenses, travel expenses and more.
- By reducing your pre-tax income, you reduce the amount of income tax you pay, and therefore increase the amount of pay you take home each fortnight.
- To find out more visit the REMSERV website.
Superannuation (pension)
- Generous employer contribution to superannuation of up to 12.75 % of your annual salary is provided. Employee contributions are compulsory for permanent employees.
Sick / carers leave
- Queensland Health employees receive 10 days sick leave per year, which is accruable.You can use your accrued sick leave to care for a member of your immediately family who is sick.
Long service leave
- 13 weeks long service leave after completing 10 years continuous service, which can be taken pro rata after completing seven years continuous service.
Parental leave
- 14 weeks paid maternity or adoption leave which may be taken at half pay for double the time.
- One week paid spousal leave which may be taken at half pay for double the time.
- Employees on maternity, adoption or spousal leave are also entitled to take a period of unpaid leave.
Rural and remote allowance
- Nurse & midwives permanently located in rural and remote locations may be eligible for a variety of incentives and allowances. These range from flights, additional professional development funding and leave, to accommodation allowances and isolation bonuses or inaccessibility allowances.
On-call
- Nurse & midwives permanently located in rural and remote locations may be eligible for a variety of incentives and allowances. These range from flights, additional professional development funding and leave, to accommodation allowances and isolation bonuses or inaccessibility allowances.
