The Clinical Nurse (CN) role delivers specialised, trauma‑informed support to children and young people, with a particular focus on clients presenting with complex, high‑risk, and multi‑layered care needs. CN’s practice is grounded in an understanding of the impacts of trauma on development, behaviour, attachment, and emotional regulation, ensuring care responses are safe, predictable, relational, and culturally attuned. This role works autonomously within the CPFMS multidisciplinary team and is pivotal in the planning, managing and delivering of child protection specialist nursing care.

The CN provides clinical leadership for professional and clinical practice, education and research.

About The Team The Child Protection and Forensic Medical Service (CPFMS) provide services to children who have been harmed or who are at risk of harm.

The Clinical

Nurse is an integral member of the CPFMS multi-disciplinary leadership team, who is responsible and accountable for quality and clinically effective paediatric nursing care at an expert level in the field of child protection.

The Clinical

Nurse provides collaborative family-centred care whilst promoting safe and professional standards of nursing practice and conduct, and providing support and direction to other nursing staff, students, interdisciplinary team and community agencies.

About The Role In this role you will deliver quality outcomes for children, young people and families (Leader of Self) inaccordance with the Children's Health Queensland Leadership Excellence Framework and the Queensland Public Service and the CHQ values .

You'll fulfil the responsibilities of this role in accordance with Schedule 2, Nurses and Midwives (Queensland Health) Award - State 2015 - Generic Level Statements (GLS) Nurse Grade 6 Band 1 and the Queensland Health and Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQHHS) commitments and values, in achievement of the organisational goals and Domains of Practice.

Your Contribution Will Include





- Domain 1: Direct comprehensive care or provision of direct care
- Domain 2: Support of Systems
- Domain 3: Education
- Domain 4: Research
- Domain 5: Qualified Leadership

Please refer to Role Description for more information. About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital , Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service , our Child and Youth Mental Health Service , and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HHS

Benefits

If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- Competitive renumeration
- Annual pay increases
- 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
- 17.5% annual leave loading
- Salary packaging
- Employee wellness and assistance program
- Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here . Occupational group Health - Nursing

📌 Clinical Nurse (Brisbane)
🏢 Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service
📍 Brisbane