Nurse Practitioner

at  Windana Drug Alcohol Recovery

Windana invites you to be part of our Life-Changing mission, where your expertise will be the driving force behind transforming lives affected by drug and alcohol dependence.

• Competitive salary with salary packaging options to enhance your take-home income.
• Full-time fixed term role until end of 2024 and very likely to become permanent in the New Year.
• Unique opportunity to develop service delivery across our AOD funded services.

AND THIS IS WHERE YOU COME IN!

The Nurse Practitioner will provide a range of treatment options to support individuals whose lives are impacted by alcohol or other drugs, including pharmacological support for withdrawal, referrals to health professionals, secondary consults to Windana Managers and Nurses.

The Nurse practitioner role spans across both the youth residential withdrawal setting and the non-residential withdrawal program. In consultation with the Operations Manager, you will broaden the scope of our service delivery to include face to face and telehealth support to other Windana sites.

• Provide advanced practice health assessments to clients seeking withdrawal from substance dependence in Windana Residential Withdrawal Programs.
• Create collaborative, clinically sound treatment plans, based on clinical judgement, scientific evidence, and client treatment goals.
• Initiate and interpret diagnostic investigations such as pathology and diagnostic imaging where indicated.
• Prescribe appropriate Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 medications within the legal framework and scope of practice of a nurse practitioner.
• Liaise collaboratively with internal and external service providers to ensure clients receive safe and individually tailored treatment and recovery plans, involving nominated significant others where relevant.
• Coordinate discharge plans and referrals to other service providers, ensuring discharge summaries are completed and provided to the client’s regular GP.

• Provide advanced practice health assessments to clients seeking withdrawal from substance dependence in Windana Residential Withdrawal Programs.
• Create collaborative, clinically sound treatment plans, based on clinical judgement, scientific evidence, and client treatment goals.
• Initiate and interpret diagnostic investigations such as pathology and diagnostic imaging where indicated.
• Prescribe appropriate Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 medications within the legal framework and scope of practice of a nurse practitioner.
• Liaise collaboratively with internal and external service providers to ensure clients receive safe and individually tailored treatment and recovery plans, involving nominated significant others where relevant.
• Coordinate discharge plans and referrals to other service providers, ensuring discharge summaries are completed and provided to the client’s regular GP