This frontline support role provides essential support enabling the development and delivery of frontline services, programs and outcomes.
Join Darling Downs Health as a Clinical Nurse – Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) and make a meaningful difference for children, young people and families across the Toowoomba and Darling Downs region. Bring your mental health expertise to a supportive multidisciplinary team, delivering community-based care that improves wellbeing, strengthens connections and creates lasting outcomes.

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What your day could look like

As a Clinical Nurse within CYMHS, you'll help children, young people and families access timely, compassionate mental health care close to home. From delivering specialised interventions to working alongside community partners, you'll contribute to positive outcomes while supporting wellbeing across regional communities.

Every day, you'll contribute by:

• Delivering evidence-informed assessment, care planning and therapeutic support that helps young people achieve improved mental health outcomes.
• Building trusted partnerships with families, carers, schools and service providers to create coordinated and person-centred care.
• Providing clinical leadership, mentoring and guidance that strengthens team capability and quality care delivery.
• Driving continuous improvement through safe practice, quality initiatives and effective use of clinical information systems.

Let's Talk About You

You're a compassionate and capable clinician who brings confidence, curiosity and sound judgement to your work. You thrive in collaborative environments, build meaningful relationships and stay focused on achieving the best possible outcomes for children, young people and their families. You'll take pride in supporting recovery, strengthening community connections and making a genuine difference where it matters most.

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

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
• Experience in child, youth or mental health service delivery, including assessment, care coordination and case management.
• Strong communication, collaboration and relationship-building skills across multidisciplinary and community settings.
• Ability to apply clinical reasoning, manage risk and deliver safe, high-quality care in complex situations.

You'll stand out from the crowd if you have postgraduate qualifications in mental health nursing and/or a recognised mental health nursing credential.

Most importantly, you'll bring Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage to every interaction, helping create better outcomes for young people, families and communities.

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.

Documents

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

• DD2610694332 Role Description (PDF)
  
  Candidate Application Guide (PDF)