Make the move. Make a difference.

Go further in your career. Make every day different by joining our Emergency Department, Mareeba Hospital. We have a current vacancy as Registered Nurse. In this role you will provide high-quality emergency care and support the delivery of secure, patient-centred rural healthcare within a collaborative multidisciplinary team.

Job details Position status Fixed Term Temporary
Position type Full-time,Part-time
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 5
Workplace Location Cairns region,Far North Qld
Job ad reference QLD/CAH690734
Closing date 28-Oct-2026
Yearly salary
Fortnightly salary
Total remuneration
Salary Other
Job duration
Contact person Kate Garner
Contact details 40929332
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About us:

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services.

Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

Mareeba experiences a tropical savanna climate, characterized by a short, hot wet season and a long, warm dry season. Agriculture and tourism drive the local economy, with diverse tropical fruits, vegetables, poultry, and cattle contributing to the region's prosperity.

Mareeba Hospital provides healthcare services to the local community, supporting primary health centres and Lotus Glen Correctional Centre. It offers emergency care, medical imaging, maternity, and medical wards, along with a variety of specialist outpatient services.

The Mareeba Hospital Emergency Department provides a twenty-four-hour, seven day a week emergency service for the assessment, treatment, admission, transfer and discharge of adults and children with emergent, urgent, and non-urgent illnesses and injuries.

About your role:





Clinical care provided in the Emergency Department is based on the rural generalist model of care. This model is supported by a clinical staffing configuration that supports sustainability and retention of clinical staff and services across the facility.

Your main tasks may include (but are not limited to):

Full patient assessments.

Direct patient care

Performing vitals, ECGs, urinalysis and other testing.

Triage (with relevant experience).

Resus (with relevant experience).

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

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What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of . Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.

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📌 Registered Nurse, Emergency Department- Mareeba Hospital (Cairns)
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