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Clinical Nurse


Tambo

Lead with purpose and grow your impact in Outback Queensland.

Join Tambo PHC as a Clinical Nurse and use your advanced skills to deliver high quality, holistic care across the patient journey. Work closely with a dedicated rural team, support education and quality improvement, and help shape a positive workplace culture.

Step into a role where clinical excellence meets leadership. You will support emergency service objectives, contribute to research and service planning, and at times act in senior roles while providing care through a hospital based ambulance model.

Make a real difference in a community that values your expertise…..Apply Now!

Patient Centred Care

for our Central West communities

Job details

Position status Permanent
Position type Full-time
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 6 (1)
Workplace Location Central West Qld
Job ad reference QLD/CW5L670839
Closing date 11-Jan-2026
Job duration
Contact person Helen McMonagle
Contact details (07) 4650 7700
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We care about people | We champion safety and quality | We act with integrity and accountability | We are a capable and confident workforce | We improve continuously

What's involved – Provide direct and indirect clinical nursing care at an advanced level. Provide leadership and operationalise the strategies for a positive work-based culture that promotes and supports education, learning, research and workforce development. This position may be required to act in the Acting Director of Nursing position on occasions (i.e., leave backfill). The role is also required to, at times, work a non-cyclic shift work roster with the provision for on-call. Tambo Primary Health Centre (PHC) is a hospital-based ambulance service, the Clinical Nurse role will be required to deliver care via a hospital-based ambulance service.

About Central West Hospital and Health Service - Our diverse and rewarding work environment is as unique and dynamic as Central West Queensland itself.  Our far-reaching health services cover a region of almost 20.6 percent of Queensland, encompasses seven local government areas, and reaches 18 unique and lively communities.

Expansive in the true sense of the word, the region opens new horizons painted in red earth, blue sky and burnt orange sunsets.  It might feel miles away from urban life, but we are just a two-hour flight from Brisbane – well within reach of the city and South East Queensland's beautiful beaches.

As a Central West Health employee, your benefits include:

  • generous employer superannuation contribution up to 12.75%;
  • salary packaging to increase your take home pay;
  • 17.5% annual leave loading;
  • career development opportunities;
  • CWH provided housing or rental assistance.

The locals will tell you a role with Central West Health is more than just a job, and a life in central west Queensland is as iconic as the region that defines it.  Be prepared to be embraced by warm, welcoming, and close-knit communities, and caring for and living among the people you work with to make a difference in their lives and yours, every day.

First impressions count - Slay the application process by:

  • Submitting your CV with a statement “this is a true and correct representation of my work experience”, signed and dated by yourself.
  • Provide a relevant and concise cover letter that address the ‘How you will be assessed' section of the attached role description.
  • Complete the VPD paperwork and submit this as part of your application. 

For more insight into what Central West Health has to offer, check out our YouTube channel: Central West Hospital and Health Service.

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, varicella and hepatitis B during their employment.

Further information

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

It is recommended that you download the Role Description for future reference. If you have difficulty viewing the role description, contact Central West Recruitment (07) 4650 4017. Microsoft Word or PDF files are supported. Files – max: 2MB each.

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Last updated
2 May 2023

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