Alcohol And Drug Clinical Lead

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Classification: Registered Nurse Level 3 Grade 1 (P13946)
Salary: $115,743 - $120,506 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Location: Canberra Health Services
Section: Forensic Mental Health
Closing Date: 14 March 2024

What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 5% Superannuation.
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the Role:
Canberra Health Services is undergoing massive growth, and we want you to be a part of our team!

Forensic Mental Health Inpatient Services provides high quality Forensic mental health care to people in contact with the criminal justice system and located within the Dhulwa and Gawanggal inpatient units. The service aims to provide collaborative, equitable and comprehensive health care to consumers within the service.

At this level you will provide leadership and be responsible for the day-to-day Clinical Leadership of the Forensic Mental Health Inpatient Services AOD Team. This includes coordinating access to AOD services within CHS; providing Clinical Leadership to the Forensic Mental health inpatient Services AOD nursing team and providing care coordination to patients accessing AOD services in custody including monitoring and maintaining access to Opioid Maintenance Therapies.

This position works collaboratively with all staff including to ensure optimum service delivery and best evidence practice. The role will be responsible for quality initiatives, data collection, analysis and procedure development.

The Clinical Lead AOD Nurse will work within the Custodial Health senior nursing leadership team to drive change and promote a high-quality service to patients. You will be required to undertake professional development, supervision, participate in quality initiatives, and contribute to the multidisciplinary team processes.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011is required.

To Apply:

To apply for this position please submit a CV, and a maximum 2-page application addressing Selection Criteria, listed in the position description.

Note: Appointment to position may be based on written application and referee reports only.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
OurRole: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project - CHS is constructing a new critical services building called 'Building 5' which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory's history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Peta Kleinig on 0428 393 ***.