Nurse Clinical Specialist – Community Mental Health Team

Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs, Central Australia Region

Alice Springs

Fixed vacancy available for 6 months

Alice Springs Hospital has a catchment area of over 1,000,000 km2. We care for some of the nation’s most socially disadvantaged people, with high levels of morbidity and mortality, many with diseases not seen elsewhere in the country.

Spectacular national parks surround Alice Springs. The lifestyle is laid back with an emphasis on outdoor activities and the arts. The central desert region of Australia is unique. It is a friendly, welcoming place suited to doctors with a sense of adventure and those interested in indigenous health issues, not generally seen by most doctors in Australia.

Alice Springs Hospital teaching hospital affiliated with the Flinders University in South Australia and Charles Darwin University in Darwin. It is the only major hospital covering over a million square km with a strong focus on indigenous and remote health as a result of such a dispersed population. Over two thirds of acute admissions are Aboriginal people both from town and remote communities. Consequently, cultural, language and communication skills are an important component of our service delivery.

An opportunity exists for a Nurse with Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs, Central Australia Region. As part of a multidisciplinary team, provide clinical services in Community Mental Health as a Nurse Clinical Specialist to Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs, Central Australian Region clients.

The clinician will undertake a Case Management role in a multidisciplinary team utilising prior extensive experience in mental health community settings to conduct a range of assessments and provide therapeutic interventions and education on mental health issues to clients and family members. The role requires a strong cultural safety framework, a commitment to evidence-based practice and experience working as an autonomous practitioner.

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For Further Information About This Vacancy Please Contact

Sarah Morrison on 08 8951 6939 or [email protected]

Quote vacancy number: 34552

Closing date: 23/01/2025

Applications should consist of a one-page summary sheet, resume / CV and copies of relevant qualifications.

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