Clinical Nurse - Prison Health

Nursing

Posted: 7 Nov 2024

Location: Alice Springs NT

We are seeking an enthusiastic nurse to provide a clinical service to adults sentenced and residing at Alice Springs Correctional Centre (ASCC) within a multidisciplinary primary health service delivery framework operating 7 days per week offering shift work opportunities.

  • Nurse Lev­el 3 RDO (Remu­ner­a­tion Pack­age $126,639 — $135,192)
  • Prison Health — Pri­ma­ry Health Care
  • Sev­er­al ongo­ing and fixed vacan­cies available 
  • Alice Springs

We are seek­ing an enthu­si­as­tic nurse to pro­vide a clin­i­cal ser­vice to adults sen­tenced and resid­ing at Alice Springs Cor­rec­tion­al Cen­tre (ASCC) with­in a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary pri­ma­ry health ser­vice deliv­ery frame­work oper­at­ing 7 days per week offer­ing shift work opportunities.

The respon­si­bil­i­ties include treat­ing ill­ness, pro­mot­ing well­be­ing, and main­tain health sys­tems to bet­ter health out­comes for remand and sen­tenced pris­on­ers at the ASCC

The posi­tion reports to the Dis­trict Man­ag­er of Prison Health for pro­vid­ing appro­pri­ate, sound clin­i­cal and pro­fes­sion­al care, which affects the work process­es, ser­vices, and clients of the spe­cial­i­ty service.

You will be a reg­is­tered nurse hold­ing a cur­rent cer­tifi­cate of reg­is­tra­tion with the Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Board of Aus­tralia. Addi­tion­al­ly, you will have a demon­strat­ed under­stand­ing of issues affect­ing Abo­rig­i­nal health and the prin­ci­ples of Pri­ma­ry Health Care. All enquires are welcome

Alice Springs is a place of great nat­ur­al beau­ty and has a thriv­ing sport­ing, arts and cul­tur­al com­mu­ni­ty. Come and join the friend­ly and relaxed envi­ron­ment of the North­ern Territory!

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion about this vacan­cy please con­tact: Kaye Shipard on 08 8951 7757 or Kaye.​shipard@​nt.​gov.​au

Quote vacan­cy num­ber: 36377

Clos­ing date: 28.11.2024

Appli­ca­tions should con­sist of a one page sum­ma­ry sheet, resume / CV and copies of rel­e­vant qualifications.

For a copy of the Job Descrip­tion or to view career oppor­tu­ni­ties in the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Gov­ern­ment please vis­it https://​jobs​.nt​.gov​.au/​H​o​m​e​/​J​o​b​D​e​t​a​i​l​s​?​r​t​f​I​d​=​308852