Job details

• Posi­tion sta­tus Permanent
• Posi­tion type Full-time
• Occu­pa­tion­al group Health — Nursing
• Clas­si­fi­ca­tion Nurse Grade 6 (1)
• Work­place Loca­tion Cairns region,Far North Qld
• Job ad ref­er­ence QLD/TC660958
• Clos­ing date 17-Oct-2025
• Year­ly salary $107960.00 — $115604.00
• Job dura­tion Per­ma­nent Full Time
• Con­tact per­son Karen Philp
• Con­tact details 0439 531 407 Access the Nation­al Relay Service

Per­ma­nent Full Time posi­tion available!

Ready for a mean­ing­ful role that starts with a yarn? Karen Philp, 0439 531 407 would love to hear your sto­ry and answer any ques­tions you may have about the role.

Tell me more…The posi­tion will be respon­si­ble for the deliv­ery of a com­pre­hen­sive, effec­tive health care ser­vice respon­sive to the spe­cif­ic needs of chil­dren, from birth to five years, with­in the Weipa clus­ter – Mapoon and Napranum. The posi­tion pro­vides an advi­so­ry resource for the TCHHS — Cape com­mu­ni­ties and man­ages the Immu­ni­sa­tion Pro­gram for Weipa. The Child Health pro­gram is com­mit­ted to the pro­vi­sion of health care based on the prin­ci­ples of pri­ma­ry health care.

Pro­fes­sion­al and per­son­al motivators!

As a Nurs­ing pro­fes­sion­al 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 $107,960.00 — $115,604.00 per annum – you may be eli­gi­ble for addi­tion­al ben­e­fits – refer to Work­place ben­e­fits | Tor­res and Cape Hos­pi­tal and Health Service
• Com­pet­i­tive salary pack­ag­ing: Gen­er­ous employ­er super­an­nu­a­tion con­tri­bu­tion of 12.75% and salary pack­ag­ing options Salary and ben­e­fits | Careers (health​.qld​.gov​.au)
• Gen­er­ous leave enti­tle­ments includ­ing 17.5% load­ing on annu­al leave
• Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment: Our train­ing is recog­nised as some of the best in the world
• 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.

• 2 Map Info (PDF, 907KB)
  Infor­ma­tion Pack­age for Appli­cants
  
  3 RANIP Recruit­ment Fly­er 2023 (PDF, 282KB)
  Infor­ma­tion Pack­age for Appli­cants
  
  4 TCHHS Nurs­ing & Mid­wifery Book­let (PDF, 3.85MB)
  Infor­ma­tion Pack­age for Appli­cants
  
  TC660958_​Job Descrip­tion (PDF, 396KB)
  Role Descrip­tion