Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner 

Serco is a place where you can grow

Join a team of 12,000+ professionals across APAC and experience a place of challenge, opportunity, and reward.

We offer lots of headroom for you to grow and flexible benefits to suit you in every stage of your life and career, including:

• Free on-site parking
• Free buffet style lunches provided daily
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• Benefits@Serco, which includes a great range of career support programs, wellbeing packages and financial benefits, available through us and our selected partners, including access to Fitness Passport
• The opportunity to broaden your experience and learn from expert colleagues whilst applying your skills in new ways

Make an impact at Serco

As a Nurse Practitioner at Acacia Prison, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality healthcare to approximately 1,350 inmates from diverse backgrounds and cultures. You'll lead with expertise, offering guidance and advice while assessing both internal and external factors to ensure our services meet the evolving needs of our patients.

This is an opportunity to be part of a large, dedicated team of health professionals who are passionate, supportive, and united by a commitment to excellence. At Serco, we take pride in our collaborative, results-driven approach, and we’re looking for someone who shares our dedication to making a meaningful impact.

As a Nurse Practitioner in the healthcare team, you’ll make a positive impact by:

• Provide risk assessment, information and support for patients referred to the service.
• Provide support and orientation for new staff members.
• Assist in the management of projects, participating in quality improvements and policy developments.
• Carry out regular document reviews on individual patients and clinical documentation.
• Manage change and be proactive in uncertain and unpredictable patient’s health situations and working efficiently within the constraints of correctional environments and increasing patient acuity

Serco is a place for you

You are a compassionate and resilient nurse with a strong commitment to delivering high-quality mental health care. Your ability to adapt to challenging environments, work effectively within a multidisciplinary team, and maintain professional integrity is crucial. You excel in clinical assessments, quick problem-solving, and ensuring patient safety. With a passion for ongoing learning and a dedication to ethical standards, you’re the ideal candidate to make a difference at Acacia Prison.

To be successful in this role you’ll have:

• Current Registration: Eligibility for registration as a Nurse Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Advanced Clinical Expertise: Strong skills in clinical assessment, care planning, and managing complex patient needs, particularly within a correctional or forensic setting.
• Collaboration and Leadership: Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and provide mentorship and leadership to colleagues.
• Ethical Conduct and Professional Standards: Adherence to NMBA code of ethics, high professional standards, and compliance with Acacia Prison’s code of conduct and policies.
• Problem-Solving and Adaptability: Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage change effectively in unpredictable or challenging situations.
• Effective Communication: Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, essential for engaging with patients and colleagues.

As a fast-growing and successful global company, Serco’s services span across the areas of justice, migration, defence, space, customer services, health, and urban mobility.

In joining us, you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with trusted leaders that will help you achieve your goals.

Please note:

• This position carries trust and responsibility. To support this, a comprehensive probity assessment, including a Federal Police Check, is a key part of the selection process for this role.
• Our team members in this role must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our team. Please take this requirement into account when applying.

Are you ready to do important work that really matters?

At Serco, we bring together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create impactful solutions that address some of the world’s most urgent and complex challenges.

We focus on serving governments all over the globe. The work we do has touched the lives of millions in Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, and offers unique opportunities to leverage your skills across our core capabilities in health, defence, maritime, justice, immigration, and community services.

We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGTBQI+, veterans and people with disability.

By joining Serco you’ll have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.

Impact a better future at Serco.