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Stanthorpe

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Step into a senior nursing role where your expertise truly matters. As a Clinical Nurse based in Stanthorpe, you’ll lead quality care, support teams in complex decisions, and make a meaningful difference for patients and community. This is your chance to combine hands-on clinical excellence with leadership in a close‑knit regional health service that values connection, growth and impact.

Job details

Position status Permanent
Position type Full-time,Part-time
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 6 (1)
Workplace Location Darling Downs - Maranoa,Toowoomba region
Job ad reference QLD/DD2605682373
Closing date 11-Jun-2026
Job duration
Contact person Vanessa Rolph
Contact details (07) 4683 3431
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What your day could look like

As a Clinical Nurse, you'll play a critical role in supporting patients, families and teams across the Stanthorpe community. From coordinating complex care to guiding others through challenging moments, your influence will be felt across every shift. Working alongside a collaborative multidisciplinary team, you'll help deliver safe, compassionate care that reflects local needs and makes a genuine difference.

Every day, you'll contribute by:

  • Leading clinical decision‑making to deliver safe, person‑centred outcomes
  • Supporting and mentoring nurses while fostering teamwork and confidence
  • Driving quality and safety improvements that strengthen care delivery
  • Contributing ideas and leadership that enhance patient and staff experience

Let's Talk About You

You bring both skill and heart to your nursing practice. Calm under pressure, grounded in integrity, and driven by compassion, you know how to guide others while keeping patients at the centre of every decision. You'll feel proud knowing your leadership supports not only great care today, but a stronger, more connected health service for tomorrow.

Here's what will help you thrive in this role:

  • Current registration as a Registered Nurse in Australia
  • Advanced clinical knowledge with confidence managing complex situations
  • Strong leadership, communication and collaboration skills
  • Commitment to learning, quality improvement and safe practice

You'll stand out from the crowd if you have rural or remote nursing experience and/or postgraduate study relevant to your clinical setting.
Above all, you'll live our values of compassion, integrity, dignity, innovation and courage, leaving a positive mark on patients, colleagues and community.

Why Join Darling Downs Health?

At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless. 

Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.  

Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region. 

Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:

  • Maximise your take‑home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
  • Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
  • Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
  • Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
  • Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.

For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits

Your future is here. Where are you?

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

Click “Apply Now” to submit your application and upload the requested documents.

Find out more about us!

Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:

www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

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Further information

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

We’re building a welcoming, inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, respected and supported.
Before you apply, please take a moment to read the attached documents to learn about the role and process.

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Last updated
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