Nurse Practitioner

Make a Difference Where It Matters Most

Join Serco’s dedicated health team at Clarence Correctional Centre, Australia’s largest and most advanced correctional facility as a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner! This is a rewarding opportunity to provide primary health care in a safe, collaborative environment — where you can truly make a difference.

We’re offering relocation assistance, meals provided on-site, and a competitive salary with great benefits.

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About the Role

As a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Clarence Correctional Centre, you will play a pivotal role in delivering specialised, evidence-based mental health care within our Primary Health team. This position offers a unique opportunity to combine clinical expertise, autonomous practice, and leadership to positively impact a complex and often vulnerable population.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide advanced mental health assessment, diagnosis, and management for people in custody.
• Prescribe and monitor appropriate treatments, including medications and therapeutic interventions.
• Deliver person-centred care that is trauma-informed, culturally safe, and responsive to individual needs.
• Apply expert clinical judgement to manage complex presentations and respond confidently to dynamic situations.
• Collaborate with GPs, psychiatrists, psychologists, allied health professionals, and custodial staff to ensure coordinated care.

What You’ll Bring

• Current Nurse Practitioner credentialing with demonstrated experience in mental health.
• Strong clinical reasoning, critical thinking, and decision-making skills in high-acuity environments.
• Leadership and mentorship experience, with the ability to support and develop nursing colleagues.
• Understanding of the social, psychological, and systemic factors affecting mental health within correctional settings.
• Commitment to culturally safe, trauma-informed, and respectful practice.

Leadership and Collaboration

You will provide guidance and mentorship to the nursing team, contribute to workforce development, and drive continuous quality improvement initiatives. By fostering a collaborative approach with multidisciplinary colleagues, you will ensure holistic, coordinated, and high-quality mental health care.

This is a highly autonomous role, working 8 shifts per fortnight (9:00am–7:00pm).

What’s in it for you

• Competitive salary with flexible salary packaging (including novated leasing)
• Daily meals and free onsite parking
• Access to Benefits@Serco – wellbeing support, financial perks, career development, and Fitness Passport
• Opportunities to grow in primary, emergency, and correctional health
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for eligible employees (Share2Care program)
• Employee referral incentives to reward great talent

Who you are:

You are an endorsed Nurse Practitioner with:

• A Master of Nursing Practice and NMBA endorsement for Nurse Practitioner

• Strong clinical judgement, problem-solving, and leadership capabilities

• Alignment with the NMBA Nurse Practitioner Standards for Practice (2014)

• The ability to work independently, mentor others, and manage complex mental health care in a secure setting

• Experience in mental health nursing, acute psychiatric care, or correctional health with a mental health focus (highly regarded)

• Current Advanced Life Support and First Aid

Important information

Due to the nature of the role, a comprehensive probity assessment, including State and Federal Police Checks, is required.

We celebrate diversity and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTQI+ individuals, veterans, and people living with disability. At Serco, you’ll also gain access to employee-led networks that promote inclusion and belonging.

Impact a better future at Serco.

Apply now

For questions or help with your application, contact:

📞 +61 8 9450 9647

📧 beth.peeney@serco-ap.com