The Prison Health Service are seeking an experienced and outcome driven Nurse Unit Manager to join their multidisciplinary team, located at Townsville Correctional Centre in Stuart.

This is a Monday to Friday position with hours being negotiable.

About the chance

- Advanced level of autonomous clinical and professional practice.
- Advanced level of decision making in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team.
- Undertakes operational leadership.
- Works collectively to apply the principles of clinical governance.
- Applies professional and clinical expertise in collaboration with nursing and midwifery and multi-disciplinary stakeholders.
- Responsible for enacting strategies that supports a work-based culture that promotes and supports education, learning, research and workforce development.

PLEASE NOTE - This is a temporary full-time position, initially up to 6 months (with a possiblity of an additional 12 months extension).

About the Department

Prison Health Services operates between the Townsville Men's Correctional Centre (TCC) and Townsville Women's Correctional Centre (TWCC). The service provides primary health care to the patients within the prison setting. Responsibilities include medication administration, health education, chronic disease case management, responding to emergencies and working within a multidisciplinary team to provide equitable and safe care. Improving the health of prisoners is a hallmark of a just society. It is also an important public health measure given that the prisoner population moves between prisons and the wider community.

The role of the Nurse Unit Manager is to facilitate and provide nursing leadership, support,



clinical supervision and mentoring within the nursing team. This position provides operational management of the correctional facilities, including resource management, rostering for all nursing and medical staff, supervision for the team leader, as well as education, & research accountabilities and strategic management to facilitate the delivery of high quality, best practice care that delivers on the funding objectives.

The role will be underpinned by the Reducing Barriers to Health and Wellbeing:

- Coordinating patient-centred care
- Creating partnerships
- Facilitating systems improvement

Prison Health Service staff are subject to security and safety requirements of the Townsville Correctional Centre, represented under the Memorandum of Understanding. Staff are to familiarise themselves with the orientation and induction to the facility incorporating Correctional Service safety induction requirements including Corrective Services criminal history check as well as Queensland Health.

Role requirements

- Qualification: Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent certification relevant to the position is mandatory.
- Queensland Corrective Services Criminal History Check
- This position requires the incumbent to operate a class C motor vehicle and an appropriate licence endorsement to operate this vehicle is required.
- This is a VPD risk role.

Competitive salary and benefits:

We offer attractive remuneration packages and generous leave entitlements.

- Salary range: $ - $ p.f. (NG7)
- 4 weeks annual leave with 17.5% loading
- 12.75% employer contribution to superannuation
- Locality and Uniform allowance
- Professional Development allowance and leave
- Plus Salary Sacrificing options may be available

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📌 Nurse Unit Manager - Prisoner Health Service (Townsville)
🏢 Queensland Health
📍 Townsville