Nurse Practitioner – Mental Health

Clarence Correctional Centre | Grafton, NSW

Make a difference where it matters most

Looking for a role where you can use your advanced mental health nursing skills, work autonomously and make a genuine difference?

Join Serco's Health Services team at Clarence Correctional Centre, Australia's largest correctional facility. You'll provide specialised mental health care to people in custody, working with a multidisciplinary team in a unique clinical environment where no two days are quite the same.

With $8,000 relocation assistance, daily meals provided and a competitive salary, this is an opportunity to take your career in a different direction while enjoying everything the Northern Rivers has to offer.

Discover the Northern Rivers – a sea or tree change worth making

Located just outside Grafton in Northern NSW, the Northern Rivers offers a fantastic lifestyle for those looking for a change.

Think beautiful beaches, coastal towns, lush hinterlands and welcoming local communities. Enjoy a more relaxed pace of life, affordable living and plenty of opportunities to get outdoors.

Grafton is approximately 6 hours from Sydney and 3.5 hours from Brisbane, with popular destinations such as Byron Bay and Coffs Harbour within easy reach.

Whether you're looking for a sea change, a tree change or simply a new adventure, the Northern Rivers offers a great balance between lifestyle and career.

And with $8,000 relocation assistance available, making the move is a little easier.

About the role

As a Nurse Practitioner – Mental Health, you'll play an important role in delivering advanced mental health assessment, treatment and ongoing care to people in custody.

This is a highly autonomous position where you'll use your specialist knowledge and clinical judgement to assess complex mental health needs, develop treatment plans, prescribe medications and monitor patient outcomes.

You'll also provide clinical guidance and support to the nursing team, working closely with other healthcare professionals to ensure patients receive appropriate, coordinated and person-centred care.

This is a Monday to Friday opportunity, with working hours to be discussed with successful applicants.

What you'll be doing

• Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments and identify patient risks and needs.

• Develop, implement and review individualised mental health care plans.

• Diagnose and manage mental health conditions within your scope of practice.

• Prescribe medications and monitor treatment effectiveness and potential side effects.

• Order and review diagnostic investigations where clinically appropriate.

• Identify changes in patient presentation and implement appropriate interventions.

• Coordinate referrals and work collaboratively with other health professionals.

• Provide clinical leadership, advice and guidance to nursing colleagues.

• Support clinical quality improvement and evidence-based nursing practice.

• Build therapeutic relationships and provide respectful, culturally sensitive care.

What you'll bring

You'll be an experienced Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who is confident managing complex presentations, making independent clinical decisions and working collaboratively with a wider healthcare team.

You'll also have:

• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.

• A Master of Nursing Practice and current Nurse Practitioner endorsement.

• A minimum of 5 years' full-time equivalent experience in mental health nursing.

• Strong mental health assessment, care planning and clinical review experience.

• Advanced clinical reasoning and decision-making skills.

• The ability to work autonomously while maintaining strong collaborative relationships.

• A sound understanding of harm minimisation, risk assessment and evidence-based practice.

Experience in correctional health will be highly regarded.

What's on offer?

We know making a career move is a big decision, so here's what's included:

• $8,000 relocation assistance to help with your move to the Northern Rivers.

• Competitive salary and flexible salary packaging options, including novated leasing.

• Daily meals provided while on site.

• Free onsite parking.

• Access to Benefits@Serco, including wellbeing support, financial benefits and Fitness Passport.

• 12 weeks paid parental leave for eligible employees through our Share2Care program.

• Employee referral incentives.

• Opportunities to broaden your experience across mental health, primary and correctional healthcare.

Important information

As part of the recruitment process, you'll be required to complete a comprehensive probity assessment, including State and Federal Police Checks, fingerprinting and Drug and Alcohol testing.

Serco is committed to building an inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTQI+ individuals, veterans and people living with disability.

Interested in finding out more?

If you'd like to know more about the opportunity, the team or what it's like working at Clarence Correctional Centre, I'm happy to have a confidential chat.

Nikki White
Talent Acquisition Business Partner
Email: nikki.white@serco-ap.com

Impact a better future at Serco. Apply now.