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Posted: 16 December 2025

Registered Nurse

Permanent, full-time
$82,753.00 - $106,144.00
Cairns, QLD

About the position

🕒 Permanent Full Time position available!

Ready for a meaningful role that starts with a yarn? Stephen Christian, (07) 4069 3200 would love to hear your story and answer any questions you may have about the role.

🌅 Professional and personal motivators!

As a Nursing professional working in Torres and Cape HHS, your contribution in helping treat, rehabilitate and improve the lives of patients is huge!

You’ll work in diverse and supportive environments that offer attractive lifestyle opportunities and experiences and enable you to make a valuable contribution in small communities. These communities will help you grow, connect, learn and create life-defining experiences that will shape who you are as a health professional and a person.

📍 Why Bamaga?

Bamaga sits at the very tip of Cape York, giving you the chance to live and work where few Australians get to go. It’s a close-knit community with a rich Indigenous culture, surrounded by rainforest, beaches, and some of the best fishing and camping spots in the country. If you’re up for adventure and a truly unique lifestyle, Bamaga is the place to be.

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

  • Base salary comprising between $82,753.00 – $106,144.00 per annum – you may be eligible for additional benefits – refer to Workplace benefits | Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
  • Competitive salary packaging: Generous employer superannuation contribution of 12.75% and salary packaging options Salary and benefits | Careers (health.qld.gov.au)
  • Generous leave entitlements including 17.5% loading on annual leave
  • Professional Development: Our training is recognised as some of the best in the world
  • Relocation and accommodation incentives
  • Remote Area Nursing Incentive Package

🤝 Living within the Torres and Cape region means you will be able to enjoy: 

  • Immersing yourself in nature, from the outback to tropical rainforests, coral reefs and extraordinary landscapes.
  • Short commute to work, allowing greater work/life balance
  • Rich Indigenous Culture
  • 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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Discover more by reading the role description attached.

Torres and Cape HHS Values – Courage | Accountability | Respect | Engage

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

Please no unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

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