Registered Nurse - Mental Health

About the Opportunity

You are an enthusiastic and dedicated Registered Nurse with Mental Health experience who is committed to providing service excellence to everyone in your care. Work in a small knit Mental Health team that are a part of the larger Health Services team at Acacia Prison. You will support the medical management and health care of prisoners, through robust clinical assessment processes and the creation, implementation and management of prisoner care plans.

What you’ll be doing 

• Provide a comprehensive and accurate health assessment for patients
• Create care plans and evaluate patient’s progress towards expected outcomes
• Facilitate patient access to pharmacotherapy treatment
• Integrate relevant, comprehensive information which includes the patients’ risks and strengths, providing appropriate interventions to mitigate risks

About you - your ideal skills & experience 

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Relevant post-graduate qualifications (desirable)
• 2 years clinical experience in a mental health or acute setting
• Experience in conducting health assessments and case management of patient’s health care

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. If you like the look of the role, we’d love to hear from you.

This is a position of trust and responsibility and to support this we will conduct a thorough probity assessment, which includes a Federal police check as an essential selection component for this role.

Serco requires employees in this role to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people. Please consider this requirement when submitting your application. 

What We Offer

• Free onsite Car Parking
• Free Lunch time cooked meals provided on site
• Flexible salary packaging options, including novated leasing for new and used vehicles 
• Benefits@Serco, which includes a great range of career support programs, wellbeing packages and financial benefits, available through us and our selected partners, including access to Fitness Passport 
• Generous employee referral program 
• The opportunity to broaden your experience and learn from expert colleagues whilst applying your skills in new way

About us – Serco & proud

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, but everyone has a vital role to play from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000+ globally and 14,000+ in Asia Pacific responsible for delivering essential public services in areas including defence, justice, immigration, healthcare, facilities management & citizen services. To learn more please visit www.serco.com/aspac

Why Join Us

• You’d be joining a company that delivers essential public services (in partnership with governments) that impact a better future for communities, & those in our care
• You’ll get to have an impact on how we do things: Enjoy being part of a driven team with a collaborative culture that values decision-makers & action.
• We Invest in you: Accelerate your career through our learning & development opportunities – think skills based training, defined career pathways & fantastic internal mobility opportunities across the group!

If you’re inspired to make a positive difference, apply now.

For any additional questions, or to learn more, please contact me – Tom Russell – TA Lead – 0436 966 728

Serco’s values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride underpin everything we do. We are curious, creative and collaborative. Our people matter and make a difference every day. 

We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGTBQI+, veterans and people with disability. By joining Serco you will have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging