Make the move. Make a difference.

Looking for more than just a nursing job? Join a team dedicated to protecting patients, consumers and healthcare workers through excellence in infection prevention and control. Reporting across CHHHS facilities, you will provide expert leadership, advice and guidance to support compliance. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient safety, workforce wellbeing, and healthcare quality through clinical leadership and innovation in infection prevention and control.

Job details Position status Fixed Term Temporary
Position type Flexible-part time,Part-time
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 6 (1)
Workplace Location Cairns region,Far North Qld
Job ad reference QLD/CAH690485
Closing date 02-Sep-2026
Yearly salary
Fortnightly salary
Total remuneration
Salary Other
Job duration Please see role description
Contact person Abbey Lynch
Contact details 07 4226 6641
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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.

Working closely with the Clinical Nurse Consultant (Infection Prevention) and multidisciplinary teams, you will support and promote best-practice infection prevention and control across CHHHS. Acting as a key clinical resource, you will provide evidence-based advice, education and support to clinicians and stakeholders, contributing to safe, high-quality patient care and compliance. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient safety, healthcare quality and infection prevention outcomes across the health service.

About your opportunity:

- Practice collaboratively and provide clinical leadership within the interdisciplinary health care team to promote the safety, security and personal integrity of individuals and groups.
- Demonstrate sound knowledge and application of relevant legislation, guideline and standards specifically relating to infection prevention.
- Clinical Nurse (CN)



provides an early leadership role within the career pathway for nursing within the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health services and can function in more complex situations while providing support and direction.
- Undertake quality improvement and evidence-based practice activities to ensure the provision of quality, cost-effective patient care.
- Knowledge of quality improvement processes and activities and ability to apply validated research in ongoing improvements of clinical practice.
- Demonstrate evidence of increasing autonomous practice and greater levels of professional judgement, influencing practice as a team member.

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

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📌 Clinical Nurse (Infection Control) - Cairns
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