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Registered Nurse - D3 South Medical Ward, Cairns Hospital
Cairns
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Looking for more than just a nursing job?
Join the D3 South Medical team as a Registered Nurse and experience the unique opportunity to deliver care that truly matters - while living in one of Australia's most beautiful and relaxed tropical regions.Job details
| Position status | Permanent,Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time,Part-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Nursing |
| Classification | Nurse Grade 5 |
| Workplace Location | Cairns region,Far North Qld |
| Job ad reference | QLD/CAH691414 |
| Closing date | 25-Sep-2026 |
| Job duration | |
| Contact person | Lynda Ackroyd |
| Contact details | 07 422 61308 Access the National Relay Service |
About us:
Make the move. Make a difference.
The D3 South Ward is a newly established 32-bed unit providing comprehensive, patient-centred care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to a General Medicine patient cohort. The ward delivers coordinated multidisciplinary care, ensuring patients receive holistic assessment, treatment, and discharge planning throughout their admission.
D3 South is committed to delivering culturally safe and responsive care, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This includes recognising and respecting cultural values and practices, incorporating Indigenous perspectives into care delivery, and ensuring that healthcare is inclusive, respectful, and person-centred.
About your role:
- Accountable for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care in collaboration with individuals, peers, and the healthcare team to achieve goals and positive health outcomes across the health continuum.
- Demonstrate sound knowledge and application of relevant legislation, guidelines and standards specifically related to nursing clinical practices.
- Maintain the safety of recipients of healthcare services by identifying risk and undertaking safe work activities within the clinical practice environment.
- Participate in incident investigation and quality improvements to promote safe and/or rectify unsafe practice.
- Provide support, guidance, preceptorship, supervision and mentoring to healthcare team as appropriate.
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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Further information
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.
Documents
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