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Team Leader - Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Service (Multi-D) (Various locations)
Cairns, Cooktown, Weipa, Thursday Island
Discover purposeful careers with Torres and Cape HHS: Exceptional benefits and the opportunity to make a positive contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare.
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Job details
| Position status | Fixed Term Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Nursing |
| Classification | HP5, Nurse Grade 7 |
| Workplace Location | Cairns region,Far North Qld |
| Job ad reference | QLD/TC683063 |
| Closing date | 08-Jun-2026 |
| Job duration | 27/07/26 - 06/09/26 & leave relief over 12 months |
| Contact person | Dawn Miller |
| Contact details | (07) 2100 9354 Access the National Relay Service |
Temporary Full-Time | 27 July 2026 up to 06 September 2026 and for various periods of leave over the next 12 months
Various locations across the Torres and Cape Footprint!
Interested in a meaningful opportunity? Dawn Miller (07 2100 9354) would welcome the chance to discuss the role and answer any questions you may have.
Tell me more...The Torres Strait and Cape York region, including Cairns as its main regional hub, offers a diverse tropical lifestyle blending remote community living with urban convenience. Life is relaxed and community-focused, with strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures shaping daily life through traditions, art, fishing, boating, and connection to land and sea, while facilities are generally basic, including schools, health clinics, and local stores.
This role provides high-level professional, clinical, operational, and strategic leadership for the Torres and Cape Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Service (MHAODS) in collaboration with the Director and visiting Consultant Psychiatry Service, while overseeing service delivery within a quality improvement framework across multidisciplinary teams and multiple sites in a complex regional environment.
Professional and personal motivators!
As a health professional working in Torres and Cape HHS, your contribution in helping treat, rehabilitate and improve the lives of patients is huge!
You'll work in diverse and supportive environments that offer attractive lifestyle opportunities and experiences and enable you to make a valuable contribution in small communities. These communities will help you grow, connect, learn and create life-defining experiences that will shape who you are as a health professional and a person.
Torres and Cape will give you a career with purpose, plus excellent benefits and allowances:
- Base salary comprising between $5,364.30 - $5,824.20 (NRG7) or $5,557.50 - $5,798.90 (HP5) per fortnight – you may be eligible for additional benefits – refer to Workplace benefits | Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
- Competitive salary packaging: Generous employer superannuation contribution of 12.75% and salary packaging options
- Salary and benefits | Careers (health.qld.gov.au)
- Generous leave entitlements including 17.5% loading on annual leave
- Professional Development: Our training is recognised as some of the best in the world
- Accommodation incentives
Living within the Torres and Cape region means you will be able to enjoy:
- Immersing yourself in nature, from the outback to tropical rainforests, coral reefs and extraordinary landscapes.
- Short commute to work, allowing greater work/life balance
- Rich Indigenous Culture
- Imagine yourself here? Find out about Torres and Cape HHS and the Torres Strait and Cooktown and Cape York regions on the Tropical North Queensland website.
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Discover more by reading the role description attached.
Torres and Cape HHS Values - Courage | Accountability | Respect | Engage
How do I apply? Applications should be submitted ONLINE via the Smart Jobs and Careers website.
Please no unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.
Further information
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