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Queensland Health

Clinical Nurse Consultant (Rheumatology) - Cairns Hospital

Queensland, Australia

Location
Queensland, Australia
Work
Not stated
Employment
Temporary
Level
Not stated
Function
Healthcare
Pay
A$140.2K – A$152.2K a year
Posted
4 days ago

Pay and the market here

The top of this role’s range, A$152K a year, is 20% above the median of A$127K for healthcare jobs in Queensland (middle half A$88K – A$149K, 845 jobs that state pay).

991 healthcare jobs open in Queensland: 1% remote, 688 posted in the last 30 days.

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About the role

COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT

About us

Integrated Medicine, Emergency, Child and Youth Services (IMECYS) is dedicated to delivering safe, high-quality healthcare that places patients, families and communities at the centre of everything we do. Our multidisciplinary teams work collaboratively to support positive health outcomes, enhance the patient journey and drive excellence in care across a diverse range of clinical services.

Spanning five service areas, IMECYS provides care across the Trinity, Cassowary and Hinterland hubs within Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service. Our teams are committed to innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement, ensuring exceptional healthcare services for the communities we serve.

About your role

  • Demonstrate expert and comprehensive knowledge of contemporary nursing practice.
  • Design, develop and implement innovative standards relating to improving facility/divisional performance.
  • Demonstrate high level communication and interpersonal skills including negotiation, consultation, effective written skills, and ability to use of management information systems to guide decision making.
  • In collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team, co-ordinate and formulate clinical policy and procedure that supports quality clinical practice, learning and research.
  • Analyse key clinical performance indicators to identify potential key clinical risks and assist in determining strategic direction and priorities for quality practice and patient safety, which supports the direction of Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service.
  • Provide senior nursing leadership and direction in the investigation and management of adverse clinical outcomes or professional practice matters and in the effective resolution of complex consumer feedback.

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

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Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. 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.

Learn what it's like to work with us, in an inclusive and supportive work environment.

Discover our dynamic and culturally diverse region through community and lifestyle.

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Source

Posted by Queensland Health on their own hiring page, smartjobs.qld.gov.au. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 09 Nov 2026 15:02 UTC; the original is the reference.

Contains information from SmartJobs, © State of Queensland, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0)

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