Alcohol & Drug Information Service - Intake Clinican

**Job no**: 892761
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Southern
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health, Nursing/Midwifery, Public Health
- Southern Adelaide Local Health Network - Stepney - Outpatient services
- Salary $87,416 - $110,497 (Pro Rata) RN2C | Salary $88,255 - $102,240 (Pro Rata) AHP2 | Full Time - Ongoing

**Come join the Alcohol and Drug Information Team as an Intake Clinician**

**About the role**:
Reporting to the alcohol and Drug Information Service Manager, this role provides an efficient assessment, triage, information, counselling and referral service for people with alcohol and other drug related problems. They also provide information and counselling to their family and significant others.

Duties for the role will include:

- Encourage and support involvement of all relevant stakeholders in project and program design and development,
- Development of project briefs, project plans, and recommendations in relation to appropriate project/program milestones,
- Provision of advice, and development of systems and processes for independent project assurance, including design of Stage Gate Review processes,
- Support in risk identification and evaluation workshops to the programs to support strategic risk management,
- Monitor, provide advice and leadership on the delivery of benefits realisation plans and KPIs for projects and programs,
- Ability to identify performance outcomes, set priorities, plan and schedule work to achieve objectives and meet deadlines within a context of competing work demands/priorities and tight time frames with proven ability to be resilient and work positively in a changing high pressure environment.

**About you**:

- Assists and supports the ADIS Manager in workload management each shift as well as in clinical and education activities,
- Referring and/or booking clients into the most appropriate service to meet their needs,
- Assist the Nurse/Midwife Unit Manager and Nurse/Midwife Educators to maintain a learning culture by being a resource person, encouraging reflection and professional development, and assisting others to maintain portfolios/records of learning,
- Assisting with other projects or programs aimed at attaining DASSA’s corporate goals and objectives.
- **(RN2C)**Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate,
- Post registration qualification in Mental Health Nursing,
- Post graduate qualifications in addictions, substance use disorders or related areas, or the willingness to undertake further study in these areas.
- **(AHP2)**An Allied Health degree or equivalent which entitles registration with the relevant professional body or for self-regulated professions in eligibility for membership with the professional association.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

**Application Closing Date**:**11.55 pm Sunday 16th February 2025

**Attachments**:

- RN2C - DASSA Clinical Intake - Role Description
- AHP2 - DASSA Clinical Intake - Role Description
- Australian applicant guidelines
- International applicant guidelines

**Applicant Information**:

- We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
- The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
- SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref**:892761**

**Advertised**: 30 Jan 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 16 Feb 2025 11:55 PM Cen. Australia Daylight Time