What your day could look like
As a Clinical Nurse - Infection Prevention and Control, you'll play a vital role in strengthening safety and quality across healthcare settings, supporting better outcomes for patients and communities. From guiding clinical practice to driving service improvements, you'll work closely with multidisciplinary teams to embed evidence-based care and build capability across the health service.
Every day, you'll contribute by:
Leading infection prevention initiatives that enhance safety and reduce risk across clinical environments
Partnering with teams to influence decision-making and embed best practice standards
Using data insights to monitor trends, strengthen reporting, and improve patient outcomes
Supporting education, mentoring, and continuous improvement to build confident, capable teams
Let's Talk About You
You're someone who leads with purpose and brings both expertise and empathy to your work. You're confident navigating complexity, using your judgement to guide safe, effective care while supporting others to do the same. You take pride in improving systems that protect patients and staff, and in fostering a culture where quality and safety are everyone's responsibility. You're not just here to do the job, you're here to make a genuine, lasting difference.
Here's what will help you thrive in this role:
Current registration as a Registered Nurse with professional practice certification
Strong clinical experience in infection prevention and control with evidence-based practice skills
Demonstrated ability to lead, influence and collaborate within multidisciplinary teams
Advanced communication, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
You'll stand out from the crowd if you have postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field and/or experience in clinical auditing, surveillance, or quality improvement initiatives.
Above all, you'll bring the values we live by, Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage, helping to create safer care and stronger communities across our region.
Why Join Darling Downs Health?
At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference - and the career possibilities are endless.
Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.
Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.
Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:
Maximise your take-home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.
For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits
Your future is here. Where are you?
If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.
Click 'Apply Now' to submit your application and upload the requested documents.
Find out more about us!
Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:
www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns
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