Compassionate Clinical Nurse Needed at SALHN

Are you a compassionate Clinical Nurse looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a positive impact? Join our dedicated team at SALHN, where you'll play a crucial role in providing comprehensive assessment, treatment, and support services to clients seeking assistance with drug and alcohol-related issues. In this pivotal position, your expertise and empathetic approach will be instrumental in helping individuals overcome challenges and embark on a journey towards recovery and well-being.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Outpatient Regional Manager, this role will be involved in working with specified individual patients/clients and/or groups/populations, in this case which is people with alcohol and drug related problems. Duties for the role will include:

• Working with the patient and their non-DASSA nursing, medical and allied health treating team, to plan and provide care for the patient,
• Providing proficient clinical nursing care to patients referred to the hospital Consultation Liaison Service with high severity alcohol and drug related problems and concurrent comorbid medical and mental health issues,
• Act to resolve local and/or immediate nursing care or service delivery problems,
• Participate in clinical teaching, overseeing learning experience, and goal setting for students, new staff and staff with less experience

About you:

• 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, 
• Effective communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills,
• 12 months in an acute medical & surgical hospital setting within a consultation and liaison multidisciplinary service providing assessment of people with complex drug and alcohol, physical health and mental health issues and development of care plans,
• (non-essential) Tertiary qualifications in nursing or human services related discipline such as Post Graduate Diploma or Masters qualifications in addictions, substance use disorder, mental health nursing, or the willingness to undertake further study 

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Melissa Newman, A/Regional Manager Central Services, 08 7425 5000, melissa.newman@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Wednesday 18th June 2025

Attachments:

• 906393- RD - Clinical Nurse Consultation & Liaison Service RAH- 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.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• 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: 906393