Salary / Remuneration
Salary
In the Queensland public sector, the yearly base rate for a registered nurse, Nursing Officer Grade 5 (prev NO1) at graduate starting level is $48,493. If you work a roster that includes shift work, this figure could increase to over $50,000.
Shift Allowances
If you work shift work, on top of your base rate of pay, you receive the following shift allowances:
- 12.5 per cent for afternoon shifts
- 20 per cent for night shifts
- 50 per cent for Saturdays
- 75 per cent for Sundays
- 150 per cent for special Public Holidays - Easter Saturday, Labor Day and Show Day
- 50 per cent for all other Public Holidays
Remuneration Packages
Queensland Health provides attractive remuneration packages for Nursing staff. The document below provides detail of packages available to registered nursing officers. It provides details of both the bottom and top of each pay scale for Nursing Officers Level 1 to 4. It is important to note that there are annual increment levels between the bottom and top levels in each pay scale (please see Schedule 1 Wages Rates of the Certified Agreement below).
Other important documents and links include:
The package offered to nursing officers employed by Queensland Health includes:
- Competitive salary and conditions
- Access to Salary Sacrificing arrangements
- Additional incentives to work in rural and remote locations
- 38 hour week with overtime provisions (variable)
- 17.5% annual leave loading (27.5% annual leave loading for shift workers)
- Up to 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
- Twelve (12) weeks paid maternity leave (with half pay option) plus one weeks paid paternity leave
- On call allowances (variable)
- Shift allowances and penalty rates (variable)
- Five (5) weeks (six (6) weeks for shift workers) paid annual leave with option to purchase up to six (6) weeks additional annual leave per year (subject to service delivery requirements)
- Professional Development Allowance of between $1,500 to $2,500 per annum depending on location of employment
- Professional Development leave accruable at 3 days per year
- Qualifications allowance of between $1,939 and $3,047 per annum for relevant continuing education credentials
Other items provided by Queensland Health that vary with location are:
- Relocation costs
- Accommodation
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