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Form of workPosition Classification: Drug & Alcohol Clinician
Remuneration: $108,595 - $112,114
Hours Per Week: 36
Requisition ID: REQ460825
Advertising Closes: 26 February 2024
What You'll Be Doing
Provide therapeutic interventions to clients and/or their family/carers to ensure the provision of optimal health outcomes consistent with MNCLHD policies, procedures, standards, relevant legislation, and the NSW Health Code of Conduct.
This position provides the above service to the Alcohol and other Drug (AOD) Service at Port Macquarie and at outreach sites.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course (2 doses) of a Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA) approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccine (except for the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, which is approved by the TGA as a single dose primary course).
New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) immunisation history statement certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW. A NSW Health agency may require further information about the medical contraindication (including but not limited to an Immunisation Medical Exemption form – IM011 form).
Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
Salary will be accordance with NSW Health State Awards for the advertised classification/s. These awards are available at http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/careers/conditions/pages/default.aspx .
AN ELIGIBILITY LIST FROM THIS RECRUITMENT ACTIVITY MAY BE CREATED FOR FUTURE VACANCIES
- Qualifications eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers; or qualifications eligible for registration with the Psychology Board of Australia; or a bachelor degree in counselling or a related field, or other qualification deemed equivalent by the employer; or qualifications eligible for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia with relevant post –registration qualifications and at least 3 years' experience working in the clinical area of their specified post-graduate qualification
- Demonstrated current clinical knowledge, skills and ability to effectively assess and formulate treatment plans for people with substance use disorders.
- Demonstrated ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement activities and service evaluation processes with other staff and demonstrated capacity to provide clinical supervision.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, liaise with key stakeholders and provide education to other health professionals, and the boarder community on drug and alcohol issues.
- Sound communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to document accurately, write clearly and succinctly, and consult effectively with others.
- Competency in the use of information and communication technology, including standard office software, for email, internet, analysis of clinical data, and clinical documentation programs.
- Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation, Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
- Current NSW Driver's License and willingness to travel.
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