What your day could look like
As a Registered Nurse in preventative and chronic disease care, you'll play a vital role in improving long-term health outcomes for individuals and families in a regional community. From delivering person-centred care to working collaboratively across teams, your work will directly support healthier lives and stronger connections to care.
Every day, you'll contribute by:
Delivering holistic, evidence-based care plans that improve patient outcomes in chronic disease management
Building trusted relationships with patients to support health literacy and long-term wellbeing
Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to coordinate quality, culturally responsive care
Contributing to continuous improvement, safety, and quality initiatives within the service
Let's Talk About You
You bring both clinical capability and genuine care to your work. You're thoughtful, collaborative and confident in your decision making, with a passion for improving health outcomes in community settings. You take pride in supporting patients to better understand and manage their health, and you value connection, respect and cultural awareness in everything you do. You're here to make a meaningful difference, not just deliver care.
Here's what will help you thrive in this role:
Current registration as a Registered Nurse with an Australian practising certificate
Strong clinical experience in preventative health or chronic disease management
Excellent communication skills and ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
Sound clinical judgement and commitment to safe, high-quality care
You'll stand out if you have experience working in rural or community settings and/or further study in chronic disease, primary health or community nursing. Most importantly, you're passionate about improving health equity and making a lasting difference in regional communities.
In this role, your impact will help build healthier communities through care grounded in compassion, integrity, dignity, innovation and courage.
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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