Bring your child health expertise to Cooktown, where every day offers meaningful work, genuine community and an adventure unlike anywhere else!

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Job details Position status Fixed Term Temporary
Position type Full time
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 6 (1)
Workplace Location Cairns region,Far North Qld
Job ad reference QLD/TC689034
Closing date 20-Aug-2026
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Salary Other
Job duration Temp Full Time until January 2027
Contact person Stefanie Henebery
Contact details (07) 4043 0178
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Temporary Full Time | Immediate start up to January 2027 (with possibility of extension)

Cooktown

Keen to learn more? Give Stefanie Henebery (07) 4043 0178 a call for a relaxed chat about the role and your journey.

Tell me more... Cooktown is a historic coastal town in Far North Queensland, offering a relaxed lifestyle and friendly community spirit away from the hustle and bustle of city living.

- Tropical paradise surrounded by beaches, rainforest, mountains, and the Coral Sea.
- Outdoor lifestyle with world-class fishing, boating, camping, hiking, and four-wheel driving.
- Well-equipped community offering a hospital, schools, childcare, shops, cafés, and sporting facilities.
- Spectacular scenery featuring stunning sunrises, sunsets, and easy access to the Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics rainforest.

Make a real difference in children's lives from the very beginning. This rewarding role delivers high-quality, family-centred health care to children from birth to five years, supporting healthy growth, development and wellbeing. You'll play a key role in providing expert child health advice across TCHHS, leading the Cooktown immunisation program, and championing a proactive, primary health care approach that helps give local children the best possible start in life.

Professional and personal motivators!

As a Clinical Nurse 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 $4,390.00 - $4,700.90 per fortnight – you may be eligible for additional benefits – refer to
- Competitive salary packaging: Generous employer superannuation contribution of 12.75% and salary packaging options
- Generous leave entitlements including 17.5% loading on annual leave
- Professional Development: Our training is recognised as some of the best in the world
- Accommodation incentives

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
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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.

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