Are you a Registered Nurse with interest in Offender Health Nursing? Keep reading!

Capricornia Offender Health Service offers a rewarding opportunity to deliver quality, flexible primary healthcare to male prisoners at Capricornia Correctional Centre, Farm, and workcamps. We provide care that matches community healthcare standards, tailored to meet diverse health needs in a unique correctional setting.

In this role, you’ll be at the heart of delivering hands-on patient care, supporting smooth organisational systems, sharing knowledge through education, applying the latest research, and showing strong professional leadership as part of a dynamic, interdisciplinary healthcare team. Why wait, apply Now!

Casual | Multiple positions available.

Job details

About us:

Capricornia Offender Health Service (COHS) is responsible for the delivery of health service to prisoners in the Capricornia Correctional Centre (CCC), Capricornia Correctional Farm (CCF) and prisoner workcamps.  COHS provides a health service to a fluctuating population of approximately 1028 male prisoners within CCC and CCF. The needs of this client group vary widely and COHS requires a flexible system that responds to urgent/non-urgent, complex, planned chronic care and preventative health needs.

Prisoners can access appropriate primary care and emergency care equivalent to standard of that of the general community. COHS currently operates from a primary health care model for service delivery with a multidisciplinary team from the time the prisoner enters the system, through transfers to other facilities, and to their release into the community.

About the role:

A Registered Nurse (RN) leads and delivers person-centred care within a dynamic healthcare environment, utilising professional judgment, coordinating care, and contributing to education, research, and quality, specifically focusing on prisoner health, including opioid dependence treatment, within a multidisciplinary team.

About you:

• Must hold a current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Bachelor of Nursing qualification

What we offer:

• An hourly rate between $51.33 - $65.84 (including 25% casual loading)
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution

Additional Benefits

• Ongoing Professional Development and Education Opportunities
• Flexible Work-Life Balance and Variety
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) requirements:

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases as listed on the Role Description.

How to apply:

To apply, please submit the following:

• Your current CV or resume, including referees.
• A cover letter (1-2 pages) addressing how your experience, skills and values align with the key responsibilities and expectations outlined in the Role Description.
• Any additional forms / evidence as attached or listed on the Role Description.

For assistance:

1. Contact Recruitment.CentralQueensland@health.qld.gov.au 
2. Quote the Job Ad Reference (JAR) RK5H653315

Applications close: Thursday, 21 August 2025

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Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

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Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Information for Applicants (PDF, 316KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  RK5H653315 - Registered Nurse (Offender Health Service) (PDF, 434KB)
  Role Description