Join a Passionate Team Supporting Children Across North West Queensland! Join the Paediatric Ward at Mount Isa Hospital and play a pivotal role in delivering specialist care to infants, children and adolescents across North West Queensland.
Job details
- Position status: Permanent
- Position type: Full-time
- Occupational group: Health - Nursing
- Classification: Nurse Grade 6 (1)
- Workplace Location: North West Qld
- Job ad reference: QLD/MI696211
- Closing date: 18-Nov-2026
- Job duration: Permanent, Full-time
- Contact person: Melissa Holden
- Contact details: (07) 4744 4862
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About the role
As the Clinical Nurse, Paediatrics, you will provide advanced clinical leadership within a busy and rewarding paediatric environment caring for children from birth through to adolescence.
Working autonomously and collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, you'll coordinate and deliver high-quality, evidence-based care for patients with a broad range of acute, chronic, surgical and complex healthcare needs.
This is an opportunity to influence clinical practice, support staff development and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that make a genuine difference to children and families across the region.
Working with us
- For 1 year will get you an isolation bonus of AUD$3,714. If you stay for 2 years you will get AUD$11,140; and for your 3rd year (and every year after that) you will get AUD$7,426 (pro rata for part time employees).
- 12.75% employer superannuation contribution.
- Long Service Leave and Sick Leave accrual.
- Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.
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.
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.
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?
Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.
Contact: Melissa Holden on (07) 4744 4862.
Applications close: Wednesday, 18 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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