About the opportunity

Advanced level of autonomous clinical and skilled 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

Improving patient outcomes

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.

Please refer to the Role Description for further details.

Competitive salary and benefits:

We offer attractive remuneration packages and generous leave entitlements.

Salary range: $5390.40 - $5852.40 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

Apply now

Enquiries are welcome, please contact for a confidential conversation: Lorraine Dempsey on (07) 4430 5429

Applications close: Thursday, 22 October 2026

Unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

Please download the Role Description from the 'Documents' section below for application/interview preparation and future reference.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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