Health NSW / Cancer Institute NSW is hiring a Senior Allied Health Drug and Alcohol Clinician to provide senior clinical leadership and advanced clinical expertise within a 24/7 statewide Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) brief advice and counselling service. You will ensure high-quality care and support a multidisciplinary team.
What You'll Do
- Provide senior clinical leadership through mentoring, advanced clinical expertise, and delivery of high-quality training to the multidisciplinary Contact Centre workforce and relevant stakeholders.
- Chair the Contact Centre's Clinical Review Meeting, facilitate peer-based client review processes, and contribute to clinical governance activities.
- Ensure high-quality clinical documentation that meets organisational standards, supports continuity of care, and informs shared care and referral pathways.
- Lead and contribute to quality improvement, auditing, research, and service development activities.
- Identify and address opportunities to enhance clinical practice, strengthen workforce capability, and support training needs.
- Provide orientation and training to new and existing staff across the service and in collaboration with sector stakeholders.
- Maintain advanced professional practice through ongoing development, clinical supervision, and contribution to broader service initiatives.
What We're Looking For
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Counselling, Social Work, or other behavioural sciences.
- AHPRA registration or eligibility for membership of the professional association as appropriate to the profession.
- Demonstrated relevant clinical alcohol and drug experience including assessment, brief intervention and counselling clients with substance use and co-existing mental health issues.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of best practice methods and frameworks for alcohol and other drugs and their application in brief interventions in telephone-based and online support services.
- Demonstrated capacity to provide clinical consultancy and support to multidisciplinary staff including nursing, social work and counselling professional backgrounds.
- Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication skills including ability to prioritise effectively and manage multiple tasks.
- High level computer skills, including using Microsoft Office and capacity to navigate databases, electronic client record and telephony systems.
Technical Stack
- Microsoft Office
- Databases
- Electronic client record systems
- Telephony systems
Team & Environment
You will be part of the Alcohol and Drug Service's Contact Centre, a multidisciplinary workforce.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range: $121,658 - $147,107 (Pro-rata) + Super + Salary packaging.
- Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport.
- Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank.
- Access to a government salary sacrifice program to make a proportion of your salary tax-free.
- Financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave.
Work Mode
This is an onsite role located in Darlinghurst at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney.
We celebrate diversity and inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.
