Addiction Medicine Specialist

1 week ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia St Vincent's Hospital Network Full time

Position Title:
Addiction Medicine Specialist

Employment Type:
Maximum term, Part Time until 30/06/2026

Hours per week:32 Hours (0.8FTE)

Position Grade:
Staff Specialist

Salary:
As per the award

Enterprise Agreement:
The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations' Staff Specialist Agreement 2021

Department Name:
Alcohol and Drug Service

About us:

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community.

Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.


Benefits of working at St Vincent's include:

  • Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
  • Opportunity to access a large range of clinical and nonclinical education programs
  • Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields
  • Career development opportunities across the St Vincent's Health Australia Network
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Work/Life balance

About the role:


The Staff Specialist role is an essential member of the Alcohol and Drug Service multidisciplinary team, providing clinical leadership and promoting patient safety and quality.

The position provides specialist clinical care which may be in inpatient, outpatient and hospital liaison services as well as through the ADS Telehealth Service and the ADS telephony lines (Drug and Alcohol Specialist Advisory Service and the SafeScript NSW Clinical Advice Line).


The staff specialist will provide clinical leadership and expertise across a range of substance use disorders including assessment, pharmacotherapy, withdrawal and relapse prevention and referral and liaison with key treatment providers (including GPs).

The staff specialist will work in a multidisciplinary team to provide care using a range of technologies including telephone and videoconferencing.


Our Culture:

About you:

Application Instructions:

Selection Criteria:

  • Possess, or be eligible to possess, specialist registration with registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA);
  • Possess Fellowship of the Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians or other relevant Australasian Specialist College including Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Addiction Psychiatry certificate;
  • Demonstrated knowledge, skills and high standards of clinical practice in Addiction Medicine commensurate to experience which is appropriate to the requirements of the position;
  • If current Fellowship is with another relevant Specialist College, a commitment to gaining the Fellowship of the Chapter of Addiction Medicine while working with the St Vincents Alcohol and Drug Services
  • Demonstrated leadership skills that support and foster innovation to create a learning culture, with proven ability to improve the quality of services and patient care outcomes;
  • Demonstrated ability to provide high quality compassionate medical care as evidenced by recent practice experience in working congenially and collaboratively as both a leader and member of a multidisciplinary team, and as a provider of services that engender high levels of patient
satisfaction and experience;

  • Demonstrated ongoing contribution to the development, dissemination, and translation of new knowledge and practices commensurate with work in an academic teaching hospital environment;
  • Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries.
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