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Clinical Nurse, Continuing Care Team - Cairns


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Get paid to live in paradise and join the Smithfield-based Continuing Care Team as a Clinical Nurse. Deliver advanced, evidence-based mental health care for individuals with moderate to severe presentations, providing assessment, treatment, and case management within a multidisciplinary team, while offering specialist advice, coordinating care, and leading recovery-focused interventions to improve community outcomes.

Job details

Position status Permanent
Position type Full-time
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 6 (1)
Workplace Location Cairns region,Far North Qld
Job ad reference QLD/CAH683670
Closing date 09-Jun-2026
Job duration Permanent Full Time
Contact person Danielle Menso
Contact details 07 4226 2760
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About us: 

The Continuing Care Team provides specialist multidisciplinary assessment, treatment and care for patients who experience a wide range of severe and persistent psychosis, mood, anxiety, behaviour and eating disorders that significantly impact daily functioning and quality of life. Our services are provided across the community to ensure continuity of care.

Interventions for the treatment of mental health presentations in adults can include:

  • Biological or pharmacological (e.g. medications and monitoring management regarding prescribed medications for treatment, including Clozapine).
  • Psychological (e.g. psychological therapies such as Insight Orientation, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Relapse Prevention, psychoeducation, and education to consumer's families).
  • Social or vocational (e.g. social skills training).
  • Primary Care (shared Care Programs).

We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.

About your role:

In your new role you will....

  • Provide support, guidance, mentoring, preceptorship, role modelling and promote cooperation and collaborative teamwork.
  • Lead a team in conjunction with a Nurse Grade 7 to assist and support with team shift coordination, performance management/review, change management, rostering/staffing and workplace culture. 
  • Participate in developing and undertaking quality initiatives, clinical audits, clinical trials, and research.
  • Provide clinical leadership for professional and clinical practice, education, and research.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest. 

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We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are to apply online. If the information requested in the ‘how to apply’ section is not provided, you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application.

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Last updated
2 May 2023

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