Are you ready to make a lasting impact on the lives of young people? As a Clinical Nurse (School-Based Youth Health Nurse) with Darling Downs Health, you'll be at the heart of youth health, providing vital care, guidance, and education to students across local schools. This is your chance to inspire healthier futures, build strong community connections, and play a key role in empowering the next generation to thrive!
What your day will look like….
You'll work closely with students to provide individual health assessments, support, and advice, addressing a wide range of health needs, from mental health to physical wellbeing. Your day will involve planning and delivering health education, facilitating group sessions, and promoting healthy behaviours across the school community. You'll collaborate with teachers, school leaders, and parents to create a holistic, school-wide approach to health promotion. Each day will offer a mix of hands-on care, proactive health education, and strategic planning to ensure the best outcomes for young people, all while fostering a safe and supportive environment for them to thrive.
Let's talk about you!
Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:
- Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
- Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
- Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
- Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
- Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.
Why Us?
Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.
Benefits!
- Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
- A diverse work culture
- Career development
- Professional development opportunities
- Education opportunities, Study and Research
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounted Private Health Insurance
- Fitness Passport
- Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
- Generous Salary Sacrificing
Next step….
Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.
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Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
For more information about Darling Downs Health, please go to www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns
Documents
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