Clinical Nurse (Community Care Team)

About your opportunity

Permanent full-time

Join our dedicated multidisciplinary Mental Health Team and make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals experiencing mental health challenges. In this rewarding role, you will provide comprehensive mental health assessments, case management, therapeutic interventions, and group programs while collaborating with a range of healthcare professionals.

You will play a key role in delivering evidence-based care, supporting treatment planning, coordinating referrals, and ensuring positive client outcomes through ongoing evaluation and follow-up.

About your new employer

Townsville Hospital and Health Service (HHS) offers a diverse and rewarding healthcare environment, combining advanced clinical practice, innovation, and professional development. As a leading tertiary and referral service, we provide opportunities to work alongside multidisciplinary teams, contribute to complex healthcare delivery, and access ongoing education, training, and career advancement pathways.

Our supportive and community-focused culture fosters collaboration, inclusion, and wellbeing. Located across the vibrant rural, urban, and coastal communities of North Queensland, Townsville HHS offers an enviable lifestyle, affordable living, flexible work options, and the opportunity to enjoy a rewarding career while achieving work-life balance.

Competitive salary and benefits:

We offer attractive remuneration packages and generous leave entitlements.

• Salary range: $114,532 to $122,643 p.a. (Nurse Grade 6 Band 1)
• 4 to 6 weeks annual leave with 14%-17.5% loading
• 12.75% employer contribution to superannuation
• Plus Salary Sacrificing options may be available

Requirements:

• Qualification: Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent certification relevant to the position is mandatory.
• Highly Desirable: Possession of or working towards a relevant post-registration and/or tertiary qualifications in mental health nursing.
• Highly Desirable: Eligibility for appointment as an Authorised Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP) under the Mental Health Act 2016.
• Ongoing professional development relevant to the delivery of specialist Mental Health Services (MHSG) to maintain appropriate registration and/or association requirements is a requirement of all staff within the MHSG.
• All staff within the Mental Health Service Group (MHSG) may be required to work in other areas of the Service.
• Driver Licence: This position requires the applicant to possess an appropriate license to operate a Class C (car) motor vehicle. 
• This is a Vaccine Preventable Disease (VPD) risk role.

Please refer to the Role Description for further details.

Apply now and be part of something extraordinary!

Enquiries are welcome; for a confidential discussion please contact: Alison Davamoni on (07) 4433 9480.

Apply ONLINE: https:// apply-springboard.health.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-TV690341

Applications close: Tuesday, 1 September 2026

Unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

Please download the Role Description from the `Documents' section below for application/interview preparation and future reference.