At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide clinical care and support healthcare delivery in correctional centres.
- Company: Join the Townsville Hospital and Health Service, a leader in healthcare innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, flexible work options, and generous leave entitlements.
- Other info: Work in a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development.
- Why this job: Make a meaningful impact on vulnerable populations while achieving work-life balance.
- Qualifications: Bachelor of Nursing required; postgraduate qualifications are highly desirable.
The predicted salary is between 4390 - 4700 $ per month.
Exciting opportunities available now with the Townsville Hospital and Health Service.
About your opportunity:
- Permanent full-time position
- Join our Prisoner Health Services team supporting healthcare delivery across the Townsville Men's and Women's Correctional Centres.
- This rewarding role combines clinical care, staff development, patient education, chronic disease management, and leadership within a multidisciplinary team.
- Enjoy a great work-life balance with flexible roster arrangements and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the health outcomes of vulnerable populations.
About your new employer:
- Townsville Hospital and Health Service (HHS) offers a diverse and rewarding healthcare environment, combining advanced clinical practice, innovation, and professional development.
- As a leading tertiary and referral service, we provide opportunities to work alongside multidisciplinary teams, contribute to complex healthcare delivery, and access ongoing education, training, and career advancement pathways.
- Our supportive and community-focused culture fosters collaboration, inclusion, and wellbeing.
- Located across the vibrant rural, urban, and coastal communities of North Queensland, Townsville HHS offers an enviable lifestyle, affordable living, flexible work options, and the opportunity to enjoy a rewarding career while achieving work-life balance.
Competitive salary and benefits:
- Salary range: $4390.00 to $4700.90 p.f. (Nurse Grade 6 Band 1)
- 4 to 6 weeks annual leave with 14%-17.5% loading
- 12.75% employer contribution to superannuation
- Plus Salary Sacrificing options may be available
Requirements:
- Qualification: Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent certification relevant to the position is mandatory.
- Queensland Corrective Services Criminal History Check: Applicants are advised that this position works in a Queensland Corrective Services facility and requires employees and volunteers to have a current Queensland Corrective Services criminal history clearance as per the Corrective Services Act 2006.
- Highly Desirable: Possession of a relevant postgraduate qualification in an appropriate field is highly desirable. Such experience may be discipline specific or have a service area focus.
- Adult Life Support certificate: Must obtain and maintain an annual competency in Advanced Life Support as per THHSCLI040151 Life Support Training and Assessment procedure.
- Shift Workers: Appointees will be required to work all shifts in accordance with the unit roster, which will include participation in an on-call roster.
- Driver Licence: This position requires the applicant to possess an appropriate license to operate a Class C (car) motor vehicle. Verification of license must be provided prior to commencement of duty.
- This is a Vaccine Preventable Disease (VPD) risk role.
Please refer to the Role Description for further details.
Enquiries are welcome; for a confidential discussion please contact: Penelope Williams on (07) 4430 5***.
Applications close: Friday, 28 August 2026.
Unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
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