Nurse Clinical Specialist - Community Adult Mental Health Team

Nurse Level 4 - Remuneration Package Range $145,686 - $156,383
(including salary $123,717 - $134,257)
Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Service / Central Australia
Alice Springs
One vacancy is available, either ongoing or fixed for 18 months

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An opportunity exists for a Nurse with Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs, Central Australia Region.  As part of a multidisciplinary team, provide clinical services in Community Mental Health as a Nurse Clinical Specialist to Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs, Central Australian Region clients. 

The clinician will undertake a Case Management role in a multidisciplinary team utilising prior extensive experience in mental health community settings to conduct a range of assessments and provide therapeutic interventions and education on mental health issues to clients and family members. The role requires a strong cultural safety framework, a commitment to evidence based practice and experience working as an autonomous practitioner.

Alice Springs Hospital has a catchment area of over 1,000,000 km2. We care for some of the nation’s most socially disadvantaged people, with high levels of morbidity and mortality, many with diseases not seen elsewhere in the country 

Spectacular national parks surround Alice Springs. The lifestyle is laid back with an emphasis on outdoor activities and the arts.  The central desert region of Australia is unique. It is a friendly, welcoming place suited to anyone with a sense of adventure and those interested in indigenous health issues, not generally seen by most health care professionals in Australia

Alice Springs Hospital teaching hospital affiliated with the Flinders University in South Australia and Charles Darwin University in Darwin. It is the only major hospital covering over a million square km with a strong focus on indigenous and remote health as a result of such a dispersed population. Over two thirds of acute admissions are Aboriginal people both from town and remote communities. Consequently, cultural, language and communication skills are an important component of our service delivery.  

For further information about this vacancy please contact: 
Sarah Morrison on 08 •••• •710 or sarah.morrison@nt.gov.au

Quote vacancy number: 23712
Closing date: 14/09/2026

Applications should consist of a one page summary sheet, resume / CV and copies of relevant qualifications.

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