About Prison Health Services

The following correctional centres' health services are managed by Prison Health Services:

• Borallon Training and Correctional Centre (BTCC)
• Brisbane Correctional Centre (BCC)
• Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre (BWCC)
• Helana Jones Centre (HJCC) (low secure women's located at Albion)
• Wolston Correctional Centre (WCC)
• Brisbane Youth Detention Centre (BYDC)

For more information about working for Prison Health Services please refer to the attached guide.

About the Role

The Registered Nurse provides best practice in nursing care according to the ANMC National Competency Standards to a group of patient/clients in a Primary Health Care setting in collaboration with other health service providers. Assess and monitor the overall health care of prisoners, implement patient focused individualised care working within a primary health care model. Respond to medical emergencies, triage patients according to the Australian Triage Scale Category System, perform systematic clinical assessments and liaise with medical staff, senior nursing staff, and Queensland Ambulance Service for patient transfer to hospital.

About You

You will have demonstrated minimum of post graduate clinical experience (Acute, Emergency, Primary Health Care).  You will also be someone with the ability to comprehensively assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care.

Vaccination Preventable Disease
This role is designated as ‘Vaccination Preventable Disease (VPD) risk role'. You must be able to provide evidence that you either:

•  have been vaccinated against the VPD's listed in the role description; or
• you are not susceptible to the VPD's listed in the role description.

You will be asked by the recruiting manager to supply this evidence if you are the preferred candidate for the role. More information and evidence forms can be found at here.

( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/employment/work-for-us/dept-of-health/pre-employment/vaccinations/providing-evidence/default.asp ) 
To apply you will need to download and read the role description and information package, please provide your CV or resume including the names and contact details of two referees and a short response (maximum 1-2 pages) on how your experience, abilities, knowledge and personal qualities are relevant for the role, taking into account the key accountabilities of the role.  If you are viewing this advertisement on Seek, to access the Role Description please click on “Apply for this job” to be taken to our website.