Careers at KINNECTOccupational Health Nursing
Diverse clinical and onsite work, no shift work and no on-call. Part-time at most locations. Honest flex mechanics on this page.
A varied nursing career, without the shift work.
One EVP, four ways for Occupational Health Nurses. **Meaningful work that matters:** pre-employment, health surveillance and prevention, keeping workers well at work rather than waiting for acute care. **Come for the challenge, stay for the people:** a diverse mix of clinic and onsite work with no shift work, no nights, no on-call, and a national nursing team that backs you in. **A place to grow your craft:** broaden into nurse immunisation, drug and alcohol testing, respirator fit testing and onsite project work. The Emerging Leaders Program is open to nurses too, not just workplace rehabilitation consultants. **Company values lived locally:** Highly Skilled, Happy People, Sustainable Value and No Surprises, shaped at your clinic and onsite jobs. Honest caveat: most OH Nursing roles are clinic-based with fixed core hours and onsite client schedules, so day-to-day flexibility looks different to a consulting role; mechanics below.
What's different at KINNECT
Work-life balance: honestly
No shift work. No nights. No on-call. Most OH Nursing positions run to clinic hours and onsite booking schedules, so 'flexibility' here means part-time arrangements at most locations and predictable hours, not a self-managed diary. Casual is offered at some locations only; we'll be specific in the role ad.
Diverse work & new skills
A broad mix of clients and wide diversity of work in your day. Travel around Australia, work onsite on projects and in the clinic: easily the cleanest job you'll do as a Nurse.
Reach your potential
Unlimited professional development, internal and external training, access to our emerging leaders and mentoring program, daily Positives emails, weekly awards and monthly incentives.
Occupational Health services KINNECT Nurses deliver
- 01
Pre-Employment Medical Assessments
- 02
Commercial Drivers Medicals
- 03
Confined Space Medicals
- 04
Health Monitoring Assessments
- 05
Spirometry, Audiometry & Vision testing
- 06
Drug and Alcohol Testing
- 07
Respirator Fit Testing
- 08
Phlebotomy
- 09
Occupational Immunisations (Nurse Immunisers)
Specifics for Occupational Health Nurses
We'd rather under-promise than over-claim. Here's the honest mechanic.
Who sets your day
Your day is set against the clinic and onsite booking schedule, in agreement with your Team Leader. You don't self-manage diary in the same way Workplace Rehabilitation Consultants do; bookings drive the rhythm.
Hours and contract type
Most positions are part-time or full-time clinic-based. Casual is offered at some locations only. School-hours arrangements are commonly accommodated where the booking schedule allows; we'll confirm what's possible for your location upfront.
Onsite work and travel
Most roles include site visits to client workplaces: sometimes regional, with a generous travel allowance. If a role includes regular travel, it's stated in the ad rather than discovered in week three.
In their own words
Real quotes from three current KINNECT Occupational Health Nurses, reproduced verbatim from our KINNECTer Stories.
I love the support. I don't mean the clinical support, the education support, or the technical support, even though, in my experience, these are second to none. The support I love is that in uncertain times, I have never felt that KINNECT would let me down. My happiness is important to KINNECT, and that means… a lot. I know that with three kids at home, I have the flexibility to be there for them when they need me.
After 20 years of Hospital Nursing involving shiftwork, it is such a refreshing change to have flexibility in my shifts, a work-life balance, that fits in with my family. I love that the clients are 'mostly' happy, healthy and willing to be at their appointment. I also love educating workers — explaining what their BP, audio or spiro results actually mean. It's empowering them in their own health.
KINNECT has given me the opportunity to help a diverse range of client groups, where I can utilise my clinical skills as a Registered Nurse and also upskill in areas of occupational health I wouldn't usually have the chance to. I have a super supportive team — this is not just my immediate team in Sydney, I'm talking nationally. I know that my team members will be available to assist whenever I need them.
Read this before you apply
This role isn't for you if…
- You want a self-managed diary like a consulting role.
- You're looking for shift loadings or hospital-style penalty rates.
- You'd rather work in acute clinical care than in pre-employment, health surveillance and prevention.
- You're not comfortable with the variety of clients and onsite environments OH nursing involves.
Your first year here
- Months 1–3
orientation to KINNECT systems, supervised clinic time, building confidence with our medical assessment protocols.
- Months 4–6
a full clinic load with active supervision and 1:1s.
- Months 7–12
independent practice across the full OH service mix at your location, with the option to put your hand up for the Emerging Leaders Program; yes, it's open to nurses, not just workplace rehabilitation consultants.
Where we recruit Occupational Health Nurses
We're a national business with opportunities right across the country, from major cities to regional centres.
- Liverpool
- Macquarie Park
- Mascot
- Newcastle
- Wollongong
- Brisbane
- Brisbane North
- Bundaberg
- Cairns
- Gladstone
- Gold Coast
- Ipswich
- Mackay
- Rockhampton
- Sunshine Coast
- Toowoomba
- Townsville
- Dandenong
- Laverton North
- Melbourne
- Joondalup
- Osborne Park
- Perth
- Rockingham
- Adelaide
- Darwin
Your KINNECT career starts here
Are you ready to personalise your own career journey?