About Us:

Cairns Sexual Health Services is a large clinic providing free and confidential STI testing, HIV and BBV, contraception, fertility control, and transgender care. Core clients include youth, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people living with HIV, gender diverse, and those seeking pregnancy options. The multidisciplinary team includes doctors, CNCs, clinical Nurses, a social worker, psychologists, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers, and Health Promotion staff.

About your opportunity:

• Implement and monitor the organisation's quality standards, occupational health and safety policies, procedures and programs and provide clinical governance in the relevant work area.
• Provide culturally appropriate, up to date, evidence-based care for a range of patients presenting for sexual health screening, or who have STIs, HIV, viral hepatitis, or sexual dysfunction. In addition, the clinic sees transgender individuals and commences and monitors hormonal therapies, and also see women for reproductive health care, including contraception and the provision of medical terminations of pregnancy.
• Education and teaching of junior staff and students.
• Involvement in Quality Assurance activities and ongoing epidemiological and clinical research, including drug trials.
• The position reports to the Director of Sexual Health and is based at the Cairns North Community Health Facility, though some outreach work may be required on occasion. The clinic is a specialist environment with a collaborative model of care.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest. 

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