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Clinical Nurse (Child Health), Cassowary Area Community Health - Innisfail region


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Care that stays with families forever.

Make a real difference in the lives of children and families across the Cassowary region. As a Clinical Nurse (Child Health), you will provide advanced, family-centred care that supports healthy growth, development, and wellbeing from the early years onward. Working closely with families, schools, health professionals, and community partners, you will deliver expert clinical care, health promotion, and early intervention services that empower children to thrive and achieve their best possible health outcomes.

Job details

Position status Permanent
Position type Flexible part-time
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 6 (1)
Workplace Location Cairns region,Far North Qld
Job ad reference QLD/CAH696430
Closing date 23-Nov-2026
Job duration Permanent Part Time
Contact person Kerri Tyler
Contact details 07 4016 1519
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COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT

About us:

Cassowary Area Community Health delivers person-centred community-based healthcare services to people living across the Cassowary Area including Babinda, Innisfail, Tully and Mission Beach and surrounds. The service focus is promoting health self-management, maintaining independence, reducing avoidable hospital admissions, and improving quality of life through a multidisciplinary team approach including Nursing, Allied Health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers, and Child Health professionals.

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers an area of 142,900 square kilometres. We go as far as Tully in the south, Cow Bay in the north and Croydon in the west.

About you:

In your new role you will....

  • Provide advanced child and family health nursing care that promotes healthy development, strengthens family capacity, and supports early identification and intervention through clinic, community, and home-based services.
  • Lead and coordinate the delivery of contemporary, family-centred care, ensuring services are safe, effective, culturally responsive, and aligned with best practice standards.
  • Strengthen community connections and work in partnership with government and non-government organisations to deliver coordinated, accessible, and responsive services for children and families.
  • Support a culture of learning by engaging in ongoing professional development, mentoring colleagues, and contributing to the capability development of the nursing workforce.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

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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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Last updated
2 May 2023

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