Senior Nursing Leadership Role – Family Advocacy & Child Protection
Provide high-level nursing leadership across the Family Advocacy Unit, supporting trauma-informed, compliant and integrated responses for children, individuals and families at risk. This senior role combines strategic oversight with child protection and family violence leadership across North West HHS.
About the Role
Provide senior operational, professional and strategic nursing leadership for a specialist service that supports clinicians working with children, individuals and families experiencing vulnerability, crisis and complex risk.
This role also encompasses the Child Protection Liaison Officer (CPLO) function and provides leadership to Domestic and Family Violence, Sexual Assault and Trauma support services, working closely with statutory agencies and internal stakeholders to deliver coordinated, high-risk responses and improved outcomes for families.
* Provide strategic and operational leadership for the Family Advocacy Unit, ensuring high-quality, safe and effective service delivery through strong clinical and corporate governance.
* Lead child protection and statutory engagement, fulfilling the CPLO role and representing NWHHS across SCAN, information-sharing and interagency platforms.
* Oversee specialist portfolios including Domestic and Family Violence, Sexual Assault and Trauma services, ensuring alignment with legislation, policy and best practice.
Working with us
* 12.75% employer superannuation contribution.
* Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.
Requirements
* Mandatory requirements are a relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences.
* C Class Motor Vehicle Licence.
* Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
* This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
* A period of probation may apply.
About North West Hospital And Health Service
The North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS) delivers public health services across approximately 300,000 square kilometres, supporting remote communities throughout North Western Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria. We are committed to promoting community wellbeing and providing high-quality, accessible and effective healthcare for all.
* Unique locations
* Friendly communities
* Regional, rural and remote incentives
The lifestyle
The lifestyle in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel. You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference...
Interested?
Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.
Contact: Alyce Rosenthal on (07) 4744 4088.
Applications close: Thursday, 7 May 2026.
Occupational group: Health - Nursing
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