Job Description

First Step is seeking a compassionate, skilled and motivated Practice Nurse to join our multidisciplinary clinical team. Working within our integrated primary health model, the Practice Nurse provides high-quality, trauma-informed and person-centred nursing care to people experiencing alcohol and other drug use, mental health concerns, and other complex health needs. The role combines direct clinical care, care coordination, health promotion and collaboration with a broad range of health professionals to improve health outcomes and reduce barriers to care. This is an opportunity to work in a highly regarded, innovative service that places dignity, respect and recovery at the centre of everything it does. <br>

Essential selection criteria

Minimum qualifications <br>• Tertiary qualification in Nursing <br>• Current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse OR as an Medication-Endorsed Enrolled Nurse with no restrictions on registration to practice.<br>Essential skills and experience<br> • Skilled in conducting clinical assessments and review, liaising with other health providers, and providing secondary consultation with other program staA where required <br>• Experience coordinating the development, implementation and ongoing review of clinical assessment and care planning <br>• Ability to review and respond promptly, eAectively and appropriately to changes in client's health status <br>• Able to work closely with the multi-disciplinary team, particularly GPs and mental health practitioners, to resolve or report on patients’ needs or medical issues <br>• Skilled in performing routine diagnostic checks (monitor pulse, blood pressure and temperature) and general nursing duties as instructed by the clinical team<br> • Highly skilled at monitoring and recording a patient’s condition and document care provided <br>• Attendance and participation in case conferences and clinical review meetings;<br> • Administering vaccinations <br>• Providing pathology services <br>• Safe storage, documentation and administration of controlled medicines <br>• Controlling and managing medical stock levels<br>

Desirable selection criteria

Previous experience in an Addiction medicine practice<br>

About the practice

First Step is a centre for integrated care – medical, mental health and substance use – with an embedded community legal service. Operating in inner Melbourne, we deliver more than 14,000 bulk-billed or otherwise funded appointments each year to over 1,600 people. Our multidisciplinary team includes doctors, psychologists, nurses, peers, psychiatrists, care coordinators, lawyers and social workers, working side-by-side to support people with cooccurring needs such as substance use, trauma and mental distress. <br>We help people navigate complex systems by taking on the responsibility for care coordination, building trust, promoting self-agency, and supporting stability and connection. Recognised by the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System, First Step is a leader in integrated, whole-of-life care. Services are provided free of charge, from one team, in one place.

Benefits

This role is permanent full-time or negotiable (with a six-month probationary period). <br>As a not-for-profit organisation, First Step offers access to generous salary packaging benefits, allowing eligible employees to package up to $15,900 of their salary tax-free each year, plus up to $2,650 for meals and entertainment, increasing your take-home pay. Additional benefits include: <br> Working within a highly respected multidisciplinary team. <br> Regular supervision and support from the Clinical Lead. <br> Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP). <br> Opportunities for professional development and training. <br> Meaningful work supporting people with complex health needs. <br>