Nurse Lev­el 3 — Remu­ner­a­tion Pack­age Range $126,687 — $136,586 (Salary Range $107,936 — $116,489) + Allowances

Prison Health — Pri­ma­ry and Pub­lic Health Care — Alice Springs 

Sev­er­al ongo­ing and fixed vacan­cies are available

• Come to the Ter­ri­to­ry for the expe­ri­ence and stay for the lifestyle!
• Make a dif­fer­ence in prison health with a reward­ing career and great benefits.
• Bring your exper­tise to our dynam­ic, and diverse health­care setting!

About the Role:

As the Clin­i­cal Nurse, you will play a key role in treat­ing ill­ness, pro­mot­ing well­be­ing, and main­tain­ing health sys­tems to improve health out­comes for remand and sen­tenced pris­on­ers at Alice Springs Cor­rec­tion­al Cen­tre (ASCC). This role involves deliv­er­ing pri­ma­ry health care ser­vices in a chal­leng­ing and dynam­ic envi­ron­ment, con­tribut­ing to the over­all health and well­be­ing of the indi­vid­u­als in your care and works with­in a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary pri­ma­ry health ser­vice deliv­ery frame­work oper­at­ing 7 days per week offer­ing shift work opportunities. 

You will report to the Dis­trict Man­ag­er of Prison Health, pro­vid­ing sound clin­i­cal and pro­fes­sion­al care that pos­i­tive­ly impacts work process­es, ser­vices, and clients with­in the spe­cial­i­ty area. 

About You:
To be suc­cess­ful in this role, you’ll have: 

• Demon­strat­ed under­stand­ing of issues affect­ing Abo­rig­i­nal health
• Demon­strat­ed under­stand­ing of the prin­ci­ples of Pri­ma­ry Health Care
• A grad­u­ate cer­tifi­cate in a rel­e­vant spe­cial­ty area.
• Well-devel­oped knowl­edge, skills, and expe­ri­ence in nurs­ing, with an abil­i­ty to act as a clin­i­cal resource for oth­er staff.
• Abil­i­ty to men­tor and sup­port junior staff and con­tribute to clin­i­cal edu­ca­tion and qual­i­ty improve­ment initiatives.
• Abil­i­ty to meet the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Cor­rec­tion­al Ser­vices secu­ri­ty clear­ance requirements

You’ll need to be adapt­able to shift-based work, with a will­ing­ness to engage in a chal­leng­ing yet reward­ing health­care envi­ron­ment in a cor­rec­tion­al setting.

The Ben­e­fits:

• Com­pet­i­tive remu­ner­a­tion package
• Reten­tion bonus
• Salary pack­ag­ing
• 11.5% super­an­nu­a­tion

Gen­er­ous leave entitlements

• Relo­ca­tion support
• Sup­port to grow your career with pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment opportunities
• Enjoy sta­ble employ­ment in the NT Government

Lifestyle and Community
Cen­tral Aus­tralia and its largest town, Alice Springs (or Mparn­twe in Arrernte lan­guage), is the spir­i­tu­al and phys­i­cal heart of Aus­tralia. Locat­ed in the cen­tre of Aus­tralia, it is a unique and cap­ti­vat­ing place. 

Alice Springs is the third-largest town in the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry, with a pop­u­la­tion of approx­i­mate­ly 33,000 peo­ple. The town is halfway between Dar­win and Ade­laide, about 1,500 km each away. It is sur­round­ed by stun­ning nat­ur­al beau­ty and is a great place for you to expe­ri­ence the regions nat­ur­al won­ders and cul­tur­al­ly sig­nif­i­cant sites, includ­ing Ulu­ru, the Lara­p­in­ta Trail, the Mac­Don­nell Ranges, Ormis­ton Gorge, Kata Tju­ta (the Olgas) and Kings Canyon and the Red Cen­tre Desert. Well-main­tained, sealed high­ways pro­vide the most direct routes between the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry from cities in South Aus­tralia, Queens­land and West­ern Australia. 

Alice Springs has state-of-the-art sport­ing facil­i­ties, cin­e­mas, a strong empha­sis on com­mu­ni­ty arts, and a great social atmosphere. 

Alice Springs is recog­nised as one of the most diverse, accept­ing com­mu­ni­ties in the coun­try, and with the Territory’s cul­tur­al­ly rich soci­ety and com­mu­ni­ty spir­it, makes it an easy place to meet peo­ple and make new friends. 

Apply now! https://​healthjobs​.nt​.gov​.au/

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

Quote vacan­cy num­ber: 36375 

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​me/Jo…