Director of Nursing/Facility Manager

Join Darling Downs Health as Director of Nursing/Facility Manager for Taroom and the Primary Health Care Centre in Wandoan where you’ll lead healthcare delivery and make a lasting impact across two communities. This is an opportunity to combine strategic leadership and clinical expertise to empower teams and strengthen service delivery. Accommodation assistance may be available for candidates relocating to the region.

What your day could look like

As Director of Nursing/Facility Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring your community has access to safe, high-quality healthcare close to home. From leading service performance and workforce capability to strengthening partnerships and driving continuous improvement, you'll help create positive outcomes for patients, staff and the wider community.

Every day, you'll contribute by:

• Leading multidisciplinary teams deliver safe, effective and person-centred care across facilities.
• Guiding clinical governance, quality improvement and accreditation activities that strengthen excellence.
• Building trusted relationships with staff, community members and key stakeholders to shape services that meet local needs.
• Managing resources, workforce priorities and operational planning to achieve sustainable service outcomes.

 Let's talk about you!

You're a confident and compassionate leader who brings people together around a shared purpose. You balance sound clinical judgement with strategic thinking, lead with integrity, and create environments where teams feel supported to grow and perform at their best. You'll take pride in strengthening rural healthcare services, developing and delivering outcomes for the communities you serve. You're not just here to manage services, you're here to create positive impact, solve, challenges and help shape the future of rural health care.

Here's what will help you thrive in this role:

• Current registration, or eligibility for registration, as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
• Proven leadership experience in complex healthcare environments, including workforce, operational and resource management.
• Strong knowledge of clinical governance, quality improvement frameworks and patient safety standards.
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, change leadership skills.

You'll stand out if you have postgraduate qualifications in Nursing, Health Administration and/or Management, and experience leading services in rural or regional healthcare settings.

Above all, you'll bring the values of 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.
• Benefit from additional entitlements for remote area nursing.

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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