Get paid to live in paradise and join Alcohol Diversion Program, Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Service as a Needle and Syringe Program Officer. You will work within the Needle Syringe Program (NSP) through the provision of a comprehensive range of sterile injecting equipment and provide evidence-based education, information, and brief intervention strategies to promote the health and wellbeing of people who inject drugs (PWID). You will work in partnership with internal and external agencies and assist with local and national research/surveys. You will promote and advocate for safe access to services for all clients and support people who use drugs to navigate barriers to accessing the wider health system.

Job details

About us: The outer western region of our service includes extremely remote communities. Cairns Hospital is the only major referral hospital in Far North Queensland and also provides care for people from Cape York and the Torres Strait.

About your role:

• Provide brief interventions, education, information, and referrals to NSP clients on topics such as safe disposal, blood borne viruses and other harm reduction topics appropriate to injecting drug use.
• Assess and monitor service users who present at the NSP at risk of overdose or in distress due to risky substance use.
• In collaboration with clinical AOD staff, encourage clients to participate in Hepatitis C testing and treatment.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are to apply online. If the information requested in the ‘how to apply’ section is not provided, you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• CAH652912 Role Description (PDF, 292KB)
  Role Description
  
  1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Documentation preparation guide (PDF, 229KB)
  Information Package for Applicants