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Clinical Nurse Consultant - Public Health (Cairns)
Cairns
With Torres and Cape HHS, you’re not just a number, you’re the heartbeat of rural and remote healthcare
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Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Nursing |
| Classification | Nurse Grade 7 |
| Workplace Location | Cairns region,Far North Qld |
| Job ad reference | QLD/TC691974 |
| Closing date | 02-Oct-2026 |
| Job duration | Permanent Full Time |
| Contact person | Emma Pickering |
| Contact details | 0448 229 760 Access the National Relay Service |
Clinical Nurse Consultant - Public Health | Cairns
Permanent Full Time
To learn more about this role, Emma Pickering, 0448 229 760 welcomes your enquiry and would be happy to discuss the position in more detail.
About the role
The Public Health Nurse works collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to prevent and manage public health risks through disease surveillance, investigations, outbreak response, health promotion, and control activities across a range of public health programs. The role is responsible for managing one or more portfolios, including communicable diseases, tuberculosis, sexual health, immunisation, rheumatic heart disease, cancer prevention, and other public health initiatives, while delivering and reporting on key outcomes.
Based in Cairns, you'll enjoy a vibrant tropical lifestyle while contributing to the delivery of high-quality healthcare across Torres and Cape communities. Working with Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact, with exposure to diverse clinical experiences and collaboration across a unique and rewarding healthcare network.
Professional and personal motivators!
As a Clinical Nurse Consultant in Public Health Services 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 per annum
- Workplace benefits | Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
- 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
Life in Cairns
- 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.
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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.
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