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Make the move. Make a difference
Duration: 01:15

Transcript for ‘Make the move. Make a difference video.’

[Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service logo on black background]

[Loud city and traffic noises]

[Vision of trains, busy intersections, traffic, buildings and sirens]

[Text on screen] Time for a career check up

Narrator: Time for a career check-up?

[Text on screen] Let’s go

Male voice: Let’s go

[Text on screen] Make the move. Far North Queensland

[Background music]

[Text on screen] Make the move

[Vision of two women and a man walking their dogs along the beach shoreline. Panning shot of the rainforest. Waves crashing towards the camera. A car driving away from the camera on a red dirt track line with trees. A helicopter sitting on a sand cay surrounded by reef with a small boat in the water nearby]

Narrator: Make the move to sandy beaches, fresh air, clear waters, outback adventures, and natural wonders.

[Text on screen] Make a difference

Narrator: Make a difference.

[Text on screen] The perfect career move

[Vision of clinicians in surgical gowns in an operating theatre. Clinician walking into a room where a patient lies ready for an MRI being watched by two other clinicians in colourful scrubs. Two First Nations women towards the camera down a ramp lined with wooden palings. Clinicians sitting in darkened room looking at a scan on the screen. Two clinicians, one standing and one crouching on the floor, in a rehabilitation gym helping a man with a prosthetic leg practice walking. Two clinicians standing next to a bed and one sitting on the bed with a client leaning against the wall. Two clinicians walking through a hospital ward towards the camera looking at paperwork. Two clinicians looking down at a woman on a treatment bed smiling. Two clinicians walking down a bright corridor towards the camera pushing a workstation on wheels. Three clinicians standing around a patient on a bed surrounded by medical equipment, one holding her hand. Three smiling clinicians standing outside the hospital chatting and laughing. Two oral health clinicians setting up a client to have a facial x-ray. A man and women sitting at a desk looking at paperwork in front of a computer. Two staff having a conversation while walking down a bright hallway.]

Narrator: Make the perfect career move where you can deliver exceptional health care, working alongside other skilled professionals in a passionate team environment. Work collaboratively to make a difference and create a healthy future together.

[Text on screen] Grow your career

[Two female staff walking outside a building having a discussion. Two women’s health staff feeling a pregnant woman’s stomach as she lays in bed smiling. Two clinicians pushing a newborn baby down a corridor filled with large windows in a clear cot. Three First Nations women sitting in a garden having a conversation. Female Nurse Navigator speaking with a client in their home]

Narrator: Receive mentoring from experienced colleagues and grow your career through training. Build strong community and cultural connections and provide care closer to home in places of astounding beauty.

[Text on screen] Make the move

[Vision of two paddle boarders in the ocean of the coast of an island. Several staff members holding coffees, walking and sitting. Three young women in exercise outfits walking along a path with the sun setting in the behind the buildings in the background. An older woman looking out over a view of rolling green hills and a cloudy sky. Two women sitting in a rainforest creek. Clinician speaking with a woman in a wheelchair in a clinical room. Woman laughing and smiling with a colleague. Aerial view of the Cairns Hospital and Esplanade waterfront, Atherton Hospital at sunset, and the town of Mossman. Various staff smiling directly at the camera.]

Narrator: Make new friends, special memories, and prescribe yourself a little sunshine. Learn from the best and inspire confidence. Work for Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service where your career, health, and lifestyle can thrive.

[Text on screen] Time for a career check up

[Vision of man working on dental appliances and smiling at the camera]

Narrator: Time for your career checkup?

[Text on screen] Make the move, make a difference.

[Vision of a woman looking over Cairns city at sunset from a look out]

Narrator: Make the move. Make a difference

[Text on screen] Be part of our team

Narrator: Be part of our team and apply now

[Text on screen] Join us, apply now

[Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service logo on black background]

[Text on screen] cairns-hinterland.health.qld.gov.au/careers

[Music fades]

End of transcript

Work with us

Find out about our salary, super and leave arrangements, healthy workplace benefits and more.

  • Workplace benefits

    Attractive pay and conditions, supportive and inclusive workplaces and opportunities to develop your skills and career.

  • What it's like to work with us

    The Far North Queensland lifestyle is like no other, from tropical beaches to ancient rain forests. Why not find out what life is like in our area.

  • Community and lifestyle

    Cairns is a dynamic and culturally diverse community, with excellent entertainment, recreation, arts and sporting facilities.

  • Working in our regions

    Hear from some of our staff about what they love about working and living in the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service.

Our health services are expanding

Join our growing team at Cairns Hospital

Our hospital is expanding, with 2 extra medical wards, an adolescent mental health ward and a new health innovation and surgical centre.

We have jobs for medical and allied health professionals, as well as operational services and administration services.

Recruitment and student placements

We offer rewarding and diverse opportunities to medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health graduates throughout Far North Queensland.

We have clinical placements for students in all of our hospitals and health centres.

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service is a platinum affiliate member with the Australian College of Nursing.

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Volunteering helps others and is a great way to meet new people, try new things and help your community. You'll work with our hospital staff to support patients and their families.

Learn more about volunteering on the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation website.

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