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Sunshine outside. Support inside. Get paid to live in paradise and join a patient-centred nursing care team within the Transit Procedure Unit. Your role will include coordinating patient flow, performing minor procedures and monitoring patients awaiting discharge and transfer. This role offers the opportunity to lead clinical decision-making, drive practice improvements, and contribute to innovative service delivery that enhances patient outcomes.

Job details Position status Fixed Term Temporary
Position type Flexible
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 6 (1)
Workplace Location Cairns region,Far North Qld
Job ad reference QLD/CAH691335
Closing date 14-Sep-2026
Yearly salary
Fortnightly salary
Total remuneration
Salary Other
Job duration Please see role description
Contact person Matthew smith
Contact details 07 4226 6139
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The Transit Procedure Unit (TPU) forms a key component of the Patient Access Unit team and plays a vital role in optimising patient flow and ensuring the effective use of inpatient bed capacity across Cairns Hospital. The TPU is designed to facilitate timely and appropriate patient discharges which is crucial to maintaining hospital access and equity of care.

In addition to its focus on discharge and flow, the TPU supports the multidisciplinary team by coordinating and delivering basic but essential patient care and procedures.

In this role you will..

- Provide nursing expertise and leadershipto help achieve unit specific and organisational goalss, key performance indicators and relevant standards.
- Support and assist the NM PFU to lead the team, drive change processes and assist in the efficient mananagment of human and material resources.
- Facilitate a learning environment by acting as clinica; resource,



encouraging and supporting career development and role medelling lifelomg learning.
- Implement and monitor the organisation's quality standards, work health and safety policies, procedures and programs and provide clinical governance in the relevant work area.

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

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📌 Clinical Nurse - (minor procedures unit), Cairns
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