Ramsay Health Care (QLD) Nursing & Midwifery Wages

Nursing & midwifery pay — current rates, penalties & allowances

Enterprise Agreement

Ramsay Health Care Queensland Nurses and Midwives Enterprise Agreement 2023-2025

Current (past nominal expiry 30 June 2025 — continues in force until replaced)

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Roles & Wages

Role	Pay Point	Oct 2022	June 2023	Oct 2023	Oct 2024
Assistant in Nursing AIN	AIN 1	$54,078.05	$55,426.04	$57,368.73	$59,370.88
	AIN 2	$55,624.27	$57,011.91	$59,014.06	$61,075.69
	AIN 3	$58,736.54	$60,203.46	$62,304.74	$64,485.3
Enrolled Nurse Level 1 EN 1	EN 1	$64,604.24	$66,209.93	$68,529.26	$70,927.89
	EN 2	$65,972.05	$67,617.39	$69,976.37	$72,434.46
	EN 3	$67,339.86	$69,024.85	$71,443.29	$73,941.03
	EN 4	$68,727.5	$70,452.13	$72,910.22	$75,467.43
	EN 5	$70,075.48	$71,839.76	$74,357.32	$76,954.18
Enrolled Nurse Level 2 (Endorsed) EEN	EEN 1	$65,813.47	$67,458.8	$69,817.78	$72,256.05
	EEN 2	$67,181.28	$68,866.26	$71,264.88	$73,762.62
	EEN 3	$68,668.03	$70,372.83	$72,850.75	$75,388.14
	EEN 4	$69,936.72	$71,701	$74,198.74	$76,795.59
	EEN 5	$71,284.71	$73,068.81	$75,626.02	$78,282.34
	EEN 6	$72,156.93	$73,960.86	$76,537.89	$79,214.04
Registered Nurse / Midwife Level 1 RN/RM 1 Part-time and casual increments require 1,800 worked hours and at least 12 months on the increment.	RN 1.1	$72,156.93	$73,960.86	$76,537.89	$79,214.04
	RN 1.2	$75,626.02	$77,529.06	$80,225.03	$83,039.94
	RN 1.3	$79,491.57	$81,473.9	$84,328.46	$87,282.14
	RN 1.4	$82,603.83	$84,665.46	$87,638.96	$90,691.75
	RN 1.5	$86,092.74	$88,233.66	$91,326.1	$94,517.65
	RN 1.6	$89,581.64	$91,821.68	$95,033.06	$98,363.38
	RN 1.7	$93,070.55	$95,409.7	$98,740.02	$102,189.28
	RN 1.8	$97,510.98	$99,949.25	$103,457.98	$107,065.82
Registered Nurse / Midwife Level 2 (Clinical Nurse / Midwife) RN/RM 2	RN 2.1	$98,779.67	$101,257.59	$104,786.14	$108,473.28
	RN 2.2	$101,554.94	$104,092.32	$107,719.99	$111,506.25
	RN 2.3	$103,378.68	$105,955.72	$109,662.68	$113,508.41
	RN 2.4	$106,193.6	$108,849.92	$112,656	$116,600.85
Registered Nurse / Midwife Level 3 RN/RM 3	RN 3.1	$112,457.77	$115,252.86	$119,296.82	$123,479.54
	RN 3.2	$115,094.27	$117,988.48	$122,111.73	$126,393.57
	RN 3.3	$117,730.78	$120,684.45	$124,906.82	$129,287.78
	RN 3.4	$121,001.63	$124,014.77	$128,356.08	$132,855.98
After Hours Manager AHM	200+ beds	$122,904.67	$125,977.28	$130,378.06	$134,957.25
Nurse / Midwife Unit Manager NUM/MUM Excluded from the overtime and on-call allowance provisions (cl 5.11, 4.9.1(a)).	NUM/MUM 1	$123,023.61	$126,096.22	$130,516.83	$135,076.19
	NUM/MUM 2	$128,613.79	$131,825.17	$136,444	$141,221.43
	NUM/MUM 3	$131,825.17	$135,115.84	$139,853.62	$144,749.98
	NUM/MUM 4	$133,113.68	$136,444	$141,221.43	$146,157.44
Registered Nurse Level 4 (Assistant Director of Clinical Services) RN 4 / ADCS Excluded from the overtime and on-call allowance provisions (cl 5.11, 4.9.1(a)).	Grade 1: 50–150 beds	$137,078.35	$140,507.79	$145,423.97	$150,518.57
	Grade 2: 150–200 beds	$143,322.7	$146,910.72	$152,064.79	$157,377.44
	Grade 3: 200+ beds	$153,511.89	$157,357.62	$162,868.51	$168,557.8

Showing annual salary rates

Allowances

Allowance	Unit	Oct 2022	June 2023	Oct 2023	Oct 2024
In-Charge Allowance RN Level 1 directed or appointed in charge, or shift leader, where no NUM, Level 3 or Level 2 is available in the ward/unit	Per Shift	$14.98	$15.36	$15.89	$16.45
Higher Duties Allowance (relief under 1 week) Relieving a higher classification for at least 5 hours on a shift but less than one week. Relief of a week or more is paid at the full higher rate.	Per Shift	$14.98	$15.36	$15.89	$16.45
Qualification Allowance — Certificate or Diploma Post-enrolment / post-registration certificate or diploma relevant to the work, for an EN or RN Level 1–3	Per Week	$22.47	$23.03	$23.84	$24.67
Qualification Allowance — Masters or PhD AQF Level 9 or above, with a related degree as prerequisite	Per Week	$44.93	$46.05	$47.66	$49.33
Uniform Allowance Where a uniform is required and not provided. Paid pro-rata each fortnight.	Per Year	$300.86	$308.38	$319.17	$330.34
X-Ray (Lead Apron) Allowance For time a lead apron or similar is worn, subject to the minimum weekly payment below	Per Hour	$0.55	—	—	—
X-Ray Allowance — minimum weekly payment	Per Week	$12.43	$12.74	$13.19	$13.65
On-Call — Monday to Friday (full period) A 24-hour period, or the full period between shifts; in non-24/7 units, also a period of 12 hours or more	Per Period	$35.92	$36.82	$38.10	$39.44
On-Call — Weekend, Public Holiday, ADO or RDO (full period)	Per Period	$58.65	$60.12	$62.22	$64.40
On-Call — shorter period, Monday to Friday Where the period does not meet the full-period definitions above	Per Period	$24.24	$24.85	$25.72	$26.62
On-Call — shorter period, Weekend / Public Holiday	Per Period	$43.29	$44.37	$45.93	$47.07
Overtime Meal Allowance After more than 2 hours of overtime (or more than 1 hour where overtime continues beyond 6:00pm), and after each completed 4 hours thereafter	Per Meal	$14.37	$14.73	$15.25	$15.78
Greenslopes Night Shift Special Payment Greenslopes Private Hospital only — full-time / part-time RN Level 1–3 and ENs working a shift attracting the night penalty. Not payable on weekends or public holidays.	Per Shift	$13.50	—	—	—

Penalty Rates

Afternoon Shift+12.5%

Shift commencing at or after midday, or commencing earlier with the majority of ordinary hours after 3:00pm (casual 135.5%)

Night Shift+20%

Shift commencing at or after 6:00pm or before 7:30am, with the major portion worked between 6:00pm and 7:30am (casual 143%)

Saturday150%

Ordinary hours between midnight Friday and midnight Saturday (casual 173%)

Sunday175%

Ordinary hours between midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday (casual 198%)

Public Holiday200%

Ordinary hours worked on a public holiday. Casuals are paid a flat 250% with no loading added.

Notes

•Rates are ordinary hourly rates, effective from the first full pay period on or after each date.
•Increases under the agreement: +2.5% (Jun 2023), +3.5% (Oct 2023) and +3.5% (Oct 2024). The October 2024 increase operates for a minimum of 12 months.
•Casual loading is 23% (not 25%). Penalties and the casual loading are each calculated on the base rate and added together — they do not compound.
•Overtime steps at 3 hours, not 2: 150% for the first 3 hours then 200%, Monday to Saturday. Sunday overtime is 200%, and public holiday overtime 250% (casual 173% / 223% / 223% / 273%).
•Nurse Unit Managers and Level 4 Registered Nurses are excluded from the overtime and on-call provisions, and from the meal-break double-time rule.
•Weekend or shift penalties are not paid on top of each other — afternoon and night penalties are not payable on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday where the weekend/holiday rate applies.
•Standard full-time hours are 38 per week, with a maximum of 10 ordinary hours a day unless on a 12-hour shift roster.
•Progression: from 1 October 2021, part-time and casual increments require 1,800 worked hours and at least 12 months on the increment.
•Annual leave is 5 weeks, or 6 weeks for shift workers regularly rostered across 7 days. A further 38 hours accrues for 20+ call-ins or 75+ on-call periods in a year.
•Greenslopes Private Hospital has extra site rules under Schedule D — a $13.50 night shift payment, a 20% penalty on day-shift time before 6:00am, and hours banking in ICU/CCU/Maternity.
•This agreement passed its nominal expiry date (30 June 2025) and continues to apply until replaced by a new agreement.
•Source: Ramsay Health Care Queensland Nurses and Midwives Enterprise Agreement 2023–2025 ([2023] FWCA 2998, AE521531).