Allied Health Student/Cadet
North West Hospital and Health Service
Posted 5 days ago
North West Hospital and Health Service (HHS)
- Unique locations
- Friendly communities
- Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives
Working with us
- Rural and Remote incentive: Category D allowance of $431.22 p.f. (pro rata)
- Valuable hands-on experience within a supportive allied health team.
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.
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... and want to stay.
Once a raw frontier town built in the heart of North West Queensland around the vast mineral resources, Mount Isa has grown into a thriving industrial and commercial centre renowned for its friendly and welcoming nature.
The Traditional Owners of the area are the Kalkadoon people.
Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!
About the role
Casual position available.
As an Allied Health Student Cadet, you'll work alongside experienced health professionals, getting real-world practice in both clinical and non-clinical work. With up to 60 days of paid employment over six months, this is your chance to boost your confidence, strengthen your skills, and learn what it's really like to work in healthcare.
In this role, you will:
- Take on supervised clinical activities matched to your skills and training.
- Support patients and families as part of a friendly, multidisciplinary team.
- Learn from feedback and workplace training to grow your confidence.
- Get involved in a mix of clinical and support activities.
- Help provide safe, person-centred and culturally respectful care.
Requirements
- Candidates must be currently enrolled in a recognised Australian University's pre-entry allied health degree program (i.e., Undergraduate or Graduate Entry Master degree) specific to the advertised discipline. Graduation from this course must provide the mandatory entry-level qualifications required for employment as a Health Practitioner in Queensland. Appointment to this position requires proof of enrolment to be supplied to the hiring manager.
- 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.
Interested?
Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.
Apply ONLINE: https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-MI662806
Contact: Ruth Dewar on (07) 4744 9100.
Applications close: Sunday, 12 October 2025.
About North West Hospital and Health Service
Our vision
Healthier Queenslanders.
Our purpose
To provide leadership and direction, and to work collaboratively to ensure the health system to deliver quality services that are safe and responsive for Queenslanders.
Our responsibilities
The Department of Health's role include:
1.providing strategic leadership and direction for health through the development of policies, legislation and regulations
2.developing statewide plans for health services, workforce and major capital investment
3.managing major capital works for public sector health service facilities
4.purchasing health service delivery
5.supporting and monitoring the quality of health service delivery
6.delivering specialised health services, providing ambulance, health information and communication technology and statewide health support services.
Hospital and Health Services are independent statutory agencies responsible for their own strategic plans.
Our strategic objectives
1.Supporting Queenslanders to be healthier: promoting and protecting the health of Queenslanders
2.Enabling safe, quality services: delivering and enabling safe, clinically effective, high quality health services
3.Equitable health outcomes: improving health outcomes through better access to services for Queenslanders
4.High performance: responsive, dynamic and accountable management of the department, and of funding and service performance
5.Dynamic policy leadership: drive service improvement and innovation through a collaborative policy cycle
6.Broad engagement with partners: harnessing the skill and knowledge of our partners
7.Engaged and productive workforce: foster a culture that is vibrant, innovative and collaborative
Source: this is an extract from the company’s own website.
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