Assertive Outreach Drug

**Position Title**: Assertive Outreach Team Drug & Alcohol Clinician**
**Employment Type: Permanent Full Time**
**Hours per week: 38**
**Position Grade: Counsellor (Level 1/2), Registered Nurse (Year 1-8), Endorsed Enrolled Nurse (Year 1-5)**
**Salary**:$70,944.00 - $101,211.00 (Counsellor), $72,152.53 - $101,299.48 (RN), $65,024.93 - $70,655.00 (EEN) base salary per annum**
**Enterprise Agreement**:**The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations' Professional & Associated Staff Agreement 2022**
**Department Name: Homeless Health 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 wide of range of clinical and non-clinical 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**:
Knowledge, experience and passion for working with our Aboriginal communities is highly regarded. We are committed to the continuing professional development of our team members. Should you have this experience and knowledge or currently working or studying in this space, please share this information in your response to selection criteria or cover letter.

The vacancy exists in our Homeless Health Service for a highly experienced and motivated Drug and Alcohol Clinician with appropriate knowledge and skills to join our team. Our progressive, innovative, friendly and supportive team provides a caring and compassionate environment for our staff in their delivery of culturally appropriate, high quality patient centred care.

Our Assertive Outreach Team Drug and Alcohol Clinician provides evidence-based specialist healthcare, support and care coordination to people living with complex unmet health and support needs who are experiencing primary homelessness in inner city Sydney.

The D&A Clinician provides specialist assessment, treatment, referral and care coordination on an outreach basis, in collaboration with clients, the multidisciplinary team and a range of stakeholders. They aim to address clients’ cultural, holistic health and support needs utilising the principals of trauma informed care and strengths-based, harm reduction best practice approach. In this context, the successful applicant will assist clients to access mainstream and specialist healthcare and support services of their choice, to improve their health and wellbeing outcomes.

**The position is permanent full time, Monday - Friday. There may be occasional early start times.**

**Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent's**:
**About you**:
Are you a skilled, compassionate Drug and Alcohol Clinician who is committed to working alongside people with complex health needs to achieve their goals and improve health and wellbeing. You will need experience coordinating healthcare, and collaborating with a range of partner services, creating multi-agency support networks and care plans while keeping clients at the centre.

**Application Instructions**:
**Selection Criteria**:
Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent’s Health Australia.Degree or diploma in related health discipline with at least 3 years post qualification experience. Registered Nurses and Endorsed Enrolled Nurses must hold Australian Health Professionals Regulation Agency (AHPRA).Demonstrated competence, knowledge and experience in providing community-based specialist assessment, treatment and care coordination services to people experiencing substance use and addiction, in addition to comorbid health and support needs.Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to issues relating to homelessness, the principles of harm minimisation and trauma-informed care and the utilisation of a strengths-based framework.Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with clients, multidisciplinary team and a range of key stakeholders.Demonstrated commitment to clinical supervision, ongoing professional development and service improvement.-
Current NSW Driver’s License.

**Applications close on 4 March 2025**

**For more information and to apply, please click**here.