We’re looking for a resilient, experienced Clinical Nurse Consultant ready to bring heart, skill, and leadership to a truly remote environment. This is not an easy role—but it’s one that matters deeply.

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Clinical Nurse Consultant

Permanent Full Time | Kowanyama 

Keen to explore this opportunity further? Abby Conry on 0427 645 437 would welcome your call and be happy to share more details. 

Tell me more... Kowanyama offers a truly unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact while enjoying the lifestyle of a close-knit remote community. Located on the western Cape York Peninsula, Kowanyama is rich in Aboriginal culture, surrounded by stunning wetlands, river systems and abundant wildlife, providing exceptional fishing, birdwatching and outdoor adventures. Working in Kowanyama allows you to build strong relationships with the community, broaden your clinical skills in a diverse healthcare setting, and experience the rewarding challenge of delivering healthcare where it is needed most. It's an ideal location for professionals seeking both career growth and a genuine connection to community.

This Clinical Nurse Consultant role offers a unique opportunity to expand your clinical skills and experience while delivering high-quality acute and primary health care services across Cape York communities. Working within Primary Health Care Centres, you will mentor and support clinicians, contribute to service improvements, and make a meaningful impact in remote communities, while gaining valuable exposure to a diverse range of clinical settings across Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service.

Professional and personal motivators!

As a Clinical Nurse Consultant 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 $140,632 - $152,685 p.a 
• Workplace benefits | Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
• Competitive salary packaging: Generous employer superannuation contribution of 12.75%
• Salary and benefits | Careers (health.qld.gov.au)
• Generous leave entitlements including 17.5% loading on annual leave
• Relocation and accommodation incentives
• Remote Area Nursing Incentive Package

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
• Follow us - Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

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

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

Please download the Role Description for your future reference. Please do NOT upload zipped files, pdfs created through MS Word 2007, tagged pdfs or protected documents. Accepted files: gif, bmp, png, rtf, txt, doc and docx.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• 1 TCHHS Applicant Information Pack (PDF)
  
  2 Map Info (PDF)
  
  3 RANIP Recruitment Flyer 2023 (PDF)
  
  4 TCHHS Nursing & Midwifery Booklet (PDF)
  
  TC691120_Role Description (PDF)