Registered Nurse - Drug & Alcohol

Serco is a place where you can grow

Join a team of 12,000+ professionals across APAC and experience a place of challenge, opportunity, and reward.

We offer lots of headroom for you to grow and flexible benefits to suit you in every stage of your life and career, including:

• Dayworker Monday – Friday – 5 weeks annual leave
• Career progression opportunities
• 10 days personal/carers leave
• 2 days volunteer leave
• Flexible salary packaging options, including novated leasing for vehicles
• Uniforms, meals, and onsite parking
• Benefits@Serco, including access to wellbeing packages and Fitness Passport

Make an impact at Serco

As a Registered Nurse – Drug & Alcohol at Serco's Clarence Correctional Centre, you will provide primary care using a patient-centred model, supporting inmates to actively engage in their health management. You'll be part of a supportive team, collaborating with correctional staff to deliver integrated health services that prioritise rehabilitation, safety, and high standards of care.

As a Registered Nurse in the Drug & Alcohol team, you’ll make a positive impact by:

• Assessing and managing intoxication and withdrawal states
• Acting as a triage point for non-alcohol and other drug staff
• Conducting comprehensive and accurate health assessments for patients
• Promoting the rehabilitation and reintegration of inmates
• Collaborating with correctional staff to ensure safe, patient-centered care
• Maintaining high standards of practice to facilitate safe healthcare delivery

About Clarence Correctional Centre

Opened in mid-2020, this 1,700-bed state-of-the-art facility is the largest correctional Centre in Australia. Located on the beautiful NSW Mid-North Coast approx. 6 hours' drive from Sydney and 3.5 hours from Brisbane our region offers rainforests, epic headlands, sand dunes, and some of the best Australian beaches with a variety of multi-cultural cafes, restaurants, and friendly community towns. Our closest communities include Grafton set on the Clarence River or if you are looking for that beach lifestyle; Yamba, Woolgoolga, or Coffs Harbour all offer something unique. 

Serco is a place for you

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

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Relevant postgraduate qualifications in mental health or drug and alcohol, or extensive experience in the field
• A minimum of 2 years of clinical experience in mental health and/or drug and alcohol programs
• Strong analytical skills to assess physiological, psychological, and social information

As a fast-growing and successful global company, Serco’s services span the areas of Justice, Migration, Defence, Space, Customer Services, Health, and Urban Mobility. By joining us, you’ll be part of a supportive culture with trusted leaders who help you achieve your goals, while also benefiting from a flexible approach to work-life balance.

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

Are you ready to do important work that really matters?

At Serco, we bring together the right people, technology, and partners to create impactful solutions addressing some of the world’s most urgent and complex challenges. We focus on serving governments globally, with a presence in Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, touching millions of lives.

We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disability.

By joining Serco, you’ll also have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues passionate about diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

Impact a better future at Serco.