Child Health Nurse

Nursing

Posted: 14 Oct 2025

Location: Thursday Island QLD

Make a lasting impact where it’s needed most

Con­tract Dates: ASAP7 Novem­ber 2025 📍 Loca­tion: Thurs­day Island 

Medacs Health­care is seek­ing an expe­ri­enced Child Health Nurse to deliv­er vital care to fam­i­lies in the Tor­res Strait. This short-term con­tract offers the chance to work in a cul­tur­al­ly rich, remote com­mu­ni­ty where your skills will be tru­ly valued.

🌟 Why Join Medacs?

  • 💰 EXCLU­SIVE FOR OCTO­BER: Earn up to $1000 sign-on bonus for new Remote Area Nurs­es (T&Cs apply)

  • 🤝 Real Sup­port: Our team includes nurs­es who’ve lived and worked remote­ly — we under­stand your journey

  • 🧭 Flex­i­ble Start Dates: Your work-life bal­ance matters

  • 💼 Com­pet­i­tive Pay & Salary Packaging

  • ✈️ Trav­el & Accom­mo­da­tion Covered

  • 🎁 Refer­ral Bonus: Earn rewards when you refer a friend (T&Cs apply)

  • 🚀 Stream­lined Onboard­ing: We make it easy to get started

👩‍⚕️ About the Role You’ll pro­vide essen­tial mater­nal and child health ser­vices, includ­ing immu­ni­sa­tions, ear­ly child­hood devel­op­ment sup­port, and fam­i­ly well­be­ing ini­tia­tives. This role is based in a pri­ma­ry health­care set­ting, work­ing close­ly with local fam­i­lies and health teams.

What You’ll Need

  • Cur­rent, unre­strict­ed AHPRA registration

  • Min­i­mum 5 years’ expe­ri­ence in Child & Mater­nal Health

  • Immu­ni­sa­tion competency

  • ALS (com­plet­ed with­in last 12 months)

  • PALS cer­ti­fi­ca­tion

  • Post­grad­u­ate qual­i­fi­ca­tion in Child Health

  • High­ly desir­able: Sex­u­al Health and Neona­tal experience

📩 Ready to Apply? Send your CV to delta.​stinton@​medacs.​com Want to learn more? Call Delta Stin­ton on 📞 0423 362 433 for a friend­ly, con­fi­den­tial chat. If you can’t do these dates but are inter­est­ed in a sim­i­lar posi­tion please reach out!

Join Medacs and help shape health­i­er futures for chil­dren and fam­i­lies in the Tor­res Strait. Your next adven­ture starts here. 🌴