Registered Nurse - Corrections (Psych and General)

⭐ Correctional Nurses Wanted – Casual Shifts Across Melbourne & Lara Prisons ⭐

Experience with Correctional facilities ESSENTIAL

Ontime Healthcare is expanding our Justice Health team and we’re recruiting skilled, corrections‑experienced Registered General Nurses and Psychiatric Nurses for casual shifts across multiple Victorian correctional facilities — including Melbourne, Lara and regional oppurtunities.

If you thrive in high‑acuity, fast‑paced forensic environments and want agency work that recognises your expertise, this is the opportunity to step into impactful, specialised practice.

Why Work With Ontime Healthcare?

✔ Above‑EBA pay rates for correctional shifts
✔ Flexible scheduling – you choose the shifts
✔ Paid EMR training for additional hospital opportunities
✔ Supportive, experienced agency team
✔ Exposure to diverse justice health environments across Victoria

What You MUST Bring

• Unrestricted AHPRA registration (RN or RPN)
• Correctional or forensic nursing experience – essential
• Post‑Graduate Diploma or Master of Mental Health Nursing (required for RPNs)
• Strong clinical judgement & trauma‑informed practice
• EMR familiarity and solid documentation skills
• Full vaccination or proven immunity (Influenza, COVID‑19, Measles, Chicken Pox, Whooping Cough, Hep B)
• Fit2Work Police Check (or willing to obtain)
• NDIS Check (highly desirable)

What the Role Involves

• Delivering trauma‑informed, patient‑centred care
• Administering medications and performing clinical assessments (Including Methadone Adminsitration)
• Resillience and flexibility to work across different units of care
• Monitoring patient wellbeing, risk, and mental health stability
• Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary justice health teams
• Maintaining safety, professionalism, and adherence to clinical standards

Ready to take on challenging, meaningful work in Justice Health?

Apply now to join Ontime Healthcare’s specialised corrections nursing team.