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SalaryPosition Title: Staff Specialist – Drug & Alcohol Services
Just the place to grow your career and be part of a valued team delivering care where it's needed most!
If you're passionate about delivering healthcare with the greatest impact, then come and join us at Justice Health NSW. Be part of a supportive environment, where you can apply your skills to address complex healthcare needs while broadening your treatment capabilities to maximise patient outcomes.
Justice Health NSW is a challenging yet rewarding place to take your career even further. With industry-leading safety standards, you can focus on doing your best work alongside skilled colleagues while gaining job training to progress your career.
The Role
We’re currently looking for a Staff Specialist who will work closely with the Clinical Director and Deputy Clinical Director, Drug and Alcohol team (Clinical Nurse Consultants, Nurse Practitioners, the state wide post release care planning services; relevant service sites Nursing Unit Managers/Nurse Managers, and D&A stream Staff Specialist colleagues) to ensure evidence based care is provided to patients and clinical risks are identified early and managed well.
The Staff Specialist will:
- Be responsible for the provision of specialist clinical care in the area of addiction medicine to patients in adult correctional centres and young people in juvenile detention.
- Ensure that service delivery to patients is of a high quality and includes comprehensive history taking and examination, suitable diagnostic formulations and management plans, timely and responsible referral, adequate recording of clinical information, following correct procedures for prescribing, ordering investigations and comprehensive discharge planning.
- Demonstrate strong clinical leadership to develop team approaches at a local level to clinical risk management, including leading regular multidisciplinary clinical case review meetings, ensuring regular, appropriate, and effective local site D&A clinical handover procedures. Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of new and innovative clinical practice as required by the strategic directions of the D&A service.
Salary & Benefits
Your salary of $186,241 - $229,825 (+ super and leave loading) is just the beginning. You’ll also have access to:
- Potential to base yourself in any of our state-wide NSW locations
- Additional allowances
- Free on-site parking at most sites to minimise your commute time.
- Access to salary packaging benefits.
- Fitness passport (if you’re eligible)
- Fantastic training & education opportunities available
Diversity & Inclusivity
We are an equal-opportunity employer. We employ all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability.
