Enrolled Nurse

Opportunities for Enrolled Nurses in Hopkins Prison

Attractive Base Salaries, Loadings and Allowances. Generous Leave and Professional Development Benefits.

About the roles

GEO Healthcare provides primary healthcare to men in Public Prisons across Victoria.

Enrolled Nurses employed by GEO Healthcare work under the supervision of Registered Nurses to deliver high quality patient care to men in Victoria’s public prisons. The Enrolled Nurse delivers health services which enhances and promotes the health of people in prison through evidenced base, comprehensive and professional nursing care within a prison setting.

Opportunities exist for full-time and part-time positions at Hopkins Prison

Enrolled Nurses will be employed under the terms of an Enterprise Agreement. Terms and conditions provided by this Agreement include:

• Enrolled Nurse salary range $74.5k - $77.4k (Based on Full time)
• Annual increments to salary
• Competitive Shift and Weekend Allowances.
• Relocation package (up to 10k)
• Generous annual leave, long service leave and ‘continuing professional development’ leave benefits.

For more information on this role, including more details regarding the key accountabilities, please click the appropriate link below:

• Enrolled Nurse position description.

Skills and Experience:

The ideal candidate will have:

Essential:

• Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as an Enrolled Nurse.
• Demonstrated recent and substantial clinical nursing experience.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and coordinate patient care.
• Demonstrated competence in clinical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work within multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to the professional practice within the health facility.
• Demonstrated competence in written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrates basic level of computer literacy.
• Clinical experience in a primary health care is desirable.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity and Workplace Health and Safety principles.

Other Requirements of the role:

• Valid Australian driver’s licence.
• Ability to work within a prison setting, which will involve direct contact with people in prison associated with the delivery of healthcare.
• Satisfactory completion of a National Criminal History Check.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Working outside of ordinary business hours may be required.

About GEO Healthcare

GEO Healthcare employs highly skilled multidisciplinary teams of healthcare practitioners to ensure people in prison can access and receive the healthcare services they need.

GEO Healthcare is a subsidiary of The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd – a company providing correctional and healthcare services in Australia for over 30 years.

We are looking for qualified people to join our company who share the company Values: Understanding, Respect, Accountability, Teamwork, Excellence.

Working at GEO Healthcare you will benefit from:

• An opportunity to work in a progressive service delivery environment
• Career opportunities, professional development and progression
• Access to our confidential Employee Assistance Program
• Many other employee (and family) benefits.

For further information on our organisation please visit geogroup.com.au/geohealthcare

How to Apply:

To apply, we ask that you complete short questionnaire below and attach a cover letter and current resume.

To obtain further information about the application and recruitment process, please contact Kath Whitehead at [email protected]

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People with diverse backgrounds and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

We are always looking for people to join or company who share the values that we stand for:

UNDERSTANDING RESPECT ACCOUNTABLE TEAMWORK EXCELLENCE