At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead trauma-informed care and support healing for individuals impacted by sexual violence.
- Company: Join the North West Hospital and Health Service, dedicated to community wellbeing.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, isolation bonuses, travel allowances, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Enjoy a vibrant lifestyle in Mount Isa with friendly communities and unique locations.
- Why this job: Make a meaningful impact in a supportive environment while advancing your nursing career.
- Qualifications: Relevant tertiary degree and registration/licences required.
Clinical Leadership.
Trauma-Informed Care.
Meaningful Impact.!
If you're passionate about person-centred care and making a genuine difference, this is an opportunity to lead a specialised service that supports healing, recovery and positive outcomes for individuals and families.
- Job details
- Position status: Fixed Term Temporary
- Position type: Full-time
- Occupational group: Health - Nursing
- Classification: Nurse Grade 7
- Workplace Location: North West Qld
- Job ad reference: QLD/MI695246
- Closing date: 04-Nov-2026
- Fortnightly salary: $5390.40 - $5852.40
- Job duration: Until 30/06/2028
- Contact person: Nursing and Midwifery Workforce
- Contact details: (07) 4744 4409 Access the National Relay Service
About the role
This is a unique opportunity to join the Family Advocacy Unit as the Clinical Nurse Consultant / Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Clinical Lead.
In this advanced practice role, you'll provide specialised trauma-informed care and forensic services to people impacted by sexual violence, while leading the ongoing development of a critical service that supports some of the most vulnerable members of our community.
- Working with us
- For 1 year will get you an isolation bonus of AUD$3,695.
If you stay for 2 years you will get AUD$11,085; and for your 3rd year (and every year after that) you will get AUD$7,390 (pro rata for part time employees).
- In your downtime, we will provide 2 return airfares p. a. (full time employees) (inc. spouse/dependents) or 1 return airfare p. a. (part time employees) to the nearest east coast provincial city in conjunction with your recreation leave.
- 12.75% employer superannuation contribution.
- Long Service Leave and Sick Leave accrual.
- Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.
- Plus 2 weeks p. a., travel as required and enrolment and conference costs for approved courses and conferences.
- We also offer staff accommodation (if eligible) or a private rental subsidy of AUD$82.50 per week for up to 17 months.
- Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff.
We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.
Requirements
- Mandatory requirements are a relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences.
- C Class Motor Vehicle Licence.
- Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
- This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
- A period of probation may apply.
- About North West Hospital and Health Service
The North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS) delivers public health services across approximately 300,000 square kilometres, supporting remote communities throughout North Western Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria.
We are committed to promoting community wellbeing and providing high-quality, accessible and effective healthcare for all.
- Unique locations
- Friendly communities
- Regional, rural and remote $$ incentives
The lifestyle in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel.
You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference... and want to stay.
Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!
Interested?
Contact: Nursing and Midwifery Workforce on (07) 4744 4408.
Applications close: Wednesday, 4 November 2026.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Our vision is to be Queensland's leading HHS delivering excellence in remote healthcare to our patients, working as an integral part of the community.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
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