Clinical Nurse Consultant - Diabetes Educator (Cairns based with outreach to Cape York communities)

🌿 Clinical Nurse Consultant –  Diabetes Educator (CNC CDE) | Permanent Full Time | Monday to Friday (No weekends or shift work)

📍 Cairns Base | Regular Travel to Cape York Communities 

This is diabetes care where it matters most!

You won't be sitting in a clinic waiting for patients. You'll be out in community - building relationships, sharing knowledge, and walking alongside people in managing their health.

If you're looking for purpose, connection, and making a valuable contribution in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities this may be the perfect career opportunity for you!

Why this role matters

Diabetes continues to have a significant impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples:

• Nearly 3 times more likely to be living with diabetes
• Earlier onset and higher rates of complications
• A major contributor to preventable hospital admissions in remote communities

About the role

As a Clinical Nurse Consultant - Diabetes Educator, you will:

• Deliver advanced diabetes education and clinical care across Cape York communities
• Work in genuine partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, families, and communities
• Collaborate with Directors of Nursing and multidisciplinary teams across Primary Health Care Centres
• Lead prevention, education, and care planning initiatives
• Drive quality improvement and service development
• Contribute to reducing preventable hospital admissions through proactive, community-based care

Discover more by reading the role description attached.

Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service is committed to creating a culturally safe and inclusive workplace. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply. We value lived experience, cultural knowledge, and community connection as critical strengths in delivering meaningful care.

The travel (this is a core part of the role)

• Regular travel via light aircraft and 4WD
• Staying in community 2–3 nights most weeks
• Travel allowances provided
• Balance between outreach and Cairns-based work

This is consistent, hands-on community engagement, not occasional outreach.

Torres and Cape will give you a career with purpose, plus excellent benefits and allowances;

• Base salary comprising between $139,951–$151,949 p.a + 12.75% super + salary packaging + 17.5% leave loading + additional benefits - see Workplace benefits | Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
• Professional Development
• Travel allowance 
• Monday to Friday role - no shift work or weekends

Who this role will suit

You'll thrive in this role if you're confident working in remote and culturally diverse environments and can build genuine trust through respectful, authentic communication. You're adaptable, solution-focused, and comfortable navigating the realities of remote practice, and most importantly, you're motivated by work that has real, visible impact in the communities you support.

This role will challenge you. You'll be working across distance, culture, and complexity. But if you're the right person, you'll be part of something that genuinely makes a valuable contribution in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders communities.

📞 Want to have a yarn before applying?

We'd love to talk through what this role really looks like day-to-day.

Imagine yourself here? Find out about Torres and Cape HHS and the Torres Strait and Cooktown and Cape York regions on the Tropical North Queensland website.

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How do I apply? Applications should be submitted ONLINE via the Smart Jobs and Careers website.

Please no unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.