About us:

Cassowary Area Community Health (CACH) delivers person-centred community-based healthcare services to people living across the Cassowary Area including Babinda, Innisfail, Tully, Mission Beach and surrounds. The CACH service focus is promoting health self-management, maintaining independence, reducing avoidable hospital admissions, and improving quality of life through a multidisciplinary team approach including Nursing, Allied Health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers, and Child Health professionals

We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.

Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About your opportunity:

In this position you will…

• Promote clinical excellence and professional standards through the application of relevant legislation, policies, guidelines and contemporary nursing practice.
• Support and influence clinical decision-making through specialist knowledge, consultation and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and key stakeholders.
• Contribute to service planning, innovation and model-of-care development to ensure services remain responsive, sustainable and aligned with organisational priorities.

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. 

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