Join Windana: Where our mission is to help people rebuild their lives.

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.

Why Windana?

We are a leading Victorian-based drug and alcohol treatment organisation. In November 2023, Windana & Taskforce merged into a single organisation - positioning us strongly for the future, extending our reach to more people with more services. With a combined history spanning almost 50 years, Windana is committed to making a positive impact.

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.

What we're looking for:

• Ideally previous experience working with clients with problematic alcohol, drug, or mental health issues.
• Completed relevant training to prescribe opioid substitution pharmacotherapy.
• Completed Master of Nurse Practitioner qualification or equivalent NMBA approved qualification.
• Current APHRA Registration and Endorsements Nurse Practitioner.
• Eligibility for MBS provider number & PBS prescriber number.

The team

We're a friendly, passionate, dynamic bunch of individuals that value continuous improvement and collaboration. We support growth and foster an inclusive and diverse workplace with a strong commitment to gender equality, wellbeing and LGBTQIA+ inclusion.

When can you start you ask? We are ready when you are

A valid Working with Children Check is mandatory for this position and a police check will be administered for preferred candidates. We are a child safe and equal employment opportunity employer.