Registered Nurse Youth Detention Centre

West Moreton Hospital and Health Service; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Salary packaging

Up to 12.75% super

Job summary

West Moreton Health’s Prison and Youth Detention Health Services is seeking Registered Nurses to join its growing primary health care workforce in Youth Detention Centres. You will deliver inpatient and community-based primary health care, with a strong focus on adolescent health and well-being.

The role involves medication administration, wound care, health screening and health education, with opportunities for professional development, flexible work options, and a supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Adolescent health-focused nursing care.
• Clinical assessment, planning and evaluation of care.
• Strong communication with multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary health care to youths aged 10–18 in detention settings.
• Administer medications and manage wound care.
• Conduct health screening and deliver adolescent-focused health education.

Skills

Adolescent health care

Clinical nursing

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

AHPRA registration

Job description

If you are looking for a rewarding opportunity to join a progressive and growing primary healthcare service, Prison and Youth Detention Health Services would love to hear from you!

Prison and Youth Detention Health Services is a large and rapidly evolving division of West Moreton Health and is seeking Registered Nurses to join its growing primary healthcare workforce within Youth Detention Centres. This recruitment supports the service's workforce succession planning strategy and will establish a suitability pool for future permanent and temporary opportunities over the next 12 months.

If you are looking for a rewarding opportunity to join a progressive and growing primary healthcare service, PYDHS would love to hear from you.

About West Moreton Health

West Moreton Health is one of Queensland's most diverse and rapidly evolving health services, delivering health care to over 300,000 people across Ipswich, Boonah, Gatton, Laidley, and Esk. We provide preventative and primary healthcare services, ambulatory services, acute care, sub-acute care, oral health, mental health and other specialised services, including prison and youth detention health services, and alcohol and other drugs services to the region. At West Moreton Health, our employees apply our shared values to every aspect of their work. This helps make sure our workplaces are effective, inclusive and empower our employees to reach our goals.

As a Child Safe Organisation, At West Moreton Health

• We prioritise children and young people being seen, heard, and safe in every interaction.
• We create inclusive environments where the voices and needs of children and young people are valued and respected.
• We believe safeguarding is shared responsibility, upheld by every member of our organisation.

What it's like to work with us | West Moreton Health

About The Role

Registered Nurses provide primary health care to all young people aged 10-18 accommodated at the Youth Detention Centres. This nursing lead practice manages the daily health care needs of the young people with compassion and professionalism. Daily tasks include medication administration, wound care, health screening and health education with an adolescent focus.

Experience in adolescents and/or Paediatric Health would be beneficial. However, it is also an opportunity for a Nurse looking for a change from a hospital environment to a primary health care environment where they can use their skills to support the health and wellbeing of young people.

What We're Lookuing For

• Contemporary clinical knowledge in the area of primary health care nursing, delivering competent nursing care in complex situations while providing support to other team members. Clinical experience in corrections, primary health care, emergency or rural and remote health would be highly regarded.
• Ability to comprehensively assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships, open communication and a positive environment within a multidisciplinary team, actively contributing to the learning and development of others to a high standard.
• Demonstrated high standard of written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to use or learn to use information systems appropriate to the position.
• Ability to provide clinical education and support.
• A commitment to ongoing professional development and contribution to quality improvement processes.

Mandatory Requirements

• Vaccinated against, and remain vaccinated against, certain vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) as outlined in the Health Employment Directive NO. 01/16
• Appointment to this position requires proof of qualification and current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Why choose us

• Purposeful work that makes a meaningful impact.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Career pathways with support to step into senior roles and leadership.
• Wellbeing supports including peer networks, flexible work options, EAP and dedicated mental health programs.
• Competitive benefits including salary packaging and up to 12.75% super.
• A lifestyle you'll love in a region that blends rural charm, natural beauty and city convenience.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for all West Moreton Health vacancies.

Occupational group Health - Nursing