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Career opportunities

We are seeking applications for the following positions:  These positions attract not-for-profit salary packaging. Hybrid working options (blend of working from the office and home) are available after a probationary period.  Go to our careers page to learn more. 

Formal agreement with University of Tasmania

Primary Health Tasmania and the University of Tasmania do a lot of work together – but we recently took this collaboration to a new level with a formal agreement aimed at progressing our shared goal of better health for all Tasmanians. Spanning the next three years, the Partnering for Primary Care Capacity and Advancement Memorandum…

Tender open: New Medicare Urgent Care Clinics

Primary Health Tasmania has opened a tender inviting service providers to apply for funding to establish and operate three new Medicare Urgent Care Clinics in Tasmania – in Burnie, Kingston and Sorell. This tender will close at 4pm on Monday 22 September. All aspects of our tender processes are managed via our eTender portal. Registration on…

Opportunity to join our Board *NOW CLOSED*

We are seeking to fill two elected director positions on our Board. Applications are sought from people with strong professional governance skills and expertise across at least two industry skill areas. Priority skills include health service design and delivery, community and stakeholder management, political relations, and commercial skills (includes IT, data management, legal, business systems).…

Get to know: Dr Heidi Modrovich 

Dr Heidi Modrovich is chief executive officer and principal audiologist at Ability Hearing and Balance. Heidi graduated from the University of Melbourne as an audiologist in 2001. She has worked across Australia in the private sector of audiology for much of her career. In 2007, together with her partner Nick, Heidi founded Ability Hearing and…

eReferrals sweep Tasmania: Five years on

How the statewide eReferral system is facilitating communication and reducing wait times.   It has been five years since fax machines started gathering dust in the reception areas of specialist clinics and most of the general practices across Tasmania, replaced by the online eReferral system.   In 2021, Primary Health Tasmania embarked on an ambitious project aiming…