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Get ready! The  DANA ‘2020 Vision’  Australasian Conference and  Nurse Practitioner Symposium

August 13th and 14th 2020
The Pullman Adelaide

Welcome to the DANA 2020 Vision Australasian Conference and Drug & Alcohol Nurse Practitioner Symposium.

Our hard-working committee is pulling together a program of diverse, talented and entertaining speakers and workshops that you have said that you want. Program details will be released in the very near future.

The theme for the two days is ‘2020 Vision’ – we will be looking to find  new ways of thinking, acting and working with people with lived experience of dependence.

Make your presence felt! 

We would love to hear from you. We encourage submissions from novice presenters right through to expert presenters. If you are new to presenting, we can provide you with assistance to prepare for your presentation.

Nurse Practitioners, and transitional candidates, are encouraged  to consider submitting   an abstract for a presentation during the Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioner Symposium.

Find out more by clicking the button below.

DANA Call for abstracts

DANA Abstract submission form

DANA Abstract authors’ details form

Take the next steps  and save!

Apply for leave now!
Take advantage of early bird rates
Make you travel plan  now. Click HERE.

Complimentary pre-conference workshop

When you register you may also take advantage of the ASSIST (Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test) complimentary pre-conference workshop on August 12th.

Key Dates

Submission of abstracts opens                 15th February
Early bird registrations open                       1st  April
Submission of abstracts closes                   1st  May
Early bird registrations close                     31st  May
Full registration opens                                  1st June
Registrations close                                       1st  August

Accommodation

This event will take place at The Pullman Hotel, 16 Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide, South Australia on Thursday and Friday August 13th and 14th, 2020.
You are eligible for corporate rates at either The Pullman Adelaide or The Ibis (a five minute walk to The Pullman Adelaide).

This is what you need to do. Click HERE.

Exhibition

Why not take advantage of this opportunity to provide delegates with information about your product or service? We have exhibition stands available as well as satchel inserts or sponsorship of specific events associated with the conference. All of these put your name in front of our delegates.    Send an email to [email protected] for more information.

Like to know more?

Visit the DANA Conference website. Click HERE

#DANAconf2020

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Now recruiting: AOD Clinical Leader Nurse Educator – NSW Southern Highlands

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NSW Southern HighlandsMission Australia wants to recruit a Nurse Educator for the Triple Care Farm.

This is located on 110 acres in the NSW Southern Highlands at Robertson and accepts referrals from young people Australia wide.

They provide assessment, treatment and intervention for young people between the ages of 16-24 participating in the residential rehabilitation and treatment program. The withdrawal program supports young people for up to 28 days, providing supervised withdrawal and a range of holistic supports and therapies

Reporting to the Team Leader, the Nurse Educator will be responsible for clinical mentoring and coaching. You will be experienced and confident in witting clinical and nursing policies.

Find out more. Click HERE.

Applications close midnight, Friday 21 February 2020. 

Important Notice:

DANA posts free job advertisements on behalf of third parties who seek to employ drug and alcohol / addiction nursing staff.

The information about the advertised jobs is provided by DANA in good faith based on information provided by the employer seeking staff.  DANA does not screen employers or endorse their employment opportunities, work practices or services. It is the responsibility of each applicant to review and research each employment opportunity as well as verify the terms and conditions of employment with the employer.

Now it’s even easier to be a DANA member

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Have you ever wondered if your DANA Membership is up to date? (I know a lot of you do, because I get the emails!)  With our new software, CiviCRM, you will be able to find this out for yourself.  You will be able to check if your membership is up to date, change your details, change your communication preferences and over time a whole lot more. As yet we haven’t added in your membership numbers but will do so in the very near future. It will eventually streamline and automate our entire membership process.
Go ahead- explore it….
Click on the          MEMBERSHIP TAB
Then, through the drop down menu  click on        MEMBERS AREA
Follow the prompts.

Detailed instructions with  a visual step-by-step guide helpful. Click CiviCRM101
We are bound to experience some  teething problems (have you ever known a major IT change without them?)  Let me know if you have a problem or question.  Please send me an email, [email protected]

Cheerio
Colleen Blums

Now recruiting: NURSE EDUCATOR GRADE 3 – Langton Centre (Sydney + districts)

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Sydney at nightApplications close 30 Jan 2020.

NURSE EDUCATOR GRADE 3 – Langton Centre

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Educator Grade 3 – NSW AOD Treatment Clinical Care Standards

What you’ll be doing

The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
The goal of SESLHD Drug and Alcohol Service is to improve health, wellbeing and social outcomes for individuals, families and the community, related to drug and alcohol use. SESLHD Drug and Alcohol (D&A) Service offers a range of treatment and support services for people with problems from their alcohol, prescription or illicit drug use, and/or their families and carers.
The position is based at SESLHD D&A Services which are located in clinics at the Langton Centre in Surry Hills, St George Hospital in Kogarah, and Caringbah Community Health Centre at Sutherland Hospital. Inpatient D&A services are provided at Sydney Hospital, Prince of Wales, St. George and Sutherland Hospitals.   As this position will be working on a state-wide Workforce Development (WFD) Package, some intra-state travel will be required.

The Nurse Educator will develop a WFD package for NSW AOD Treatment Clinical Care Standards:

  • Consult with state-wide government and NGO Alcohol and Other Drug (AoD) services and coordinate working groups for the development of the competencies
  • Identify a range of high quality training opportunities already available
  • Develop training where there are identifiable gaps.
  • Develop a WFD Implementation Strategy.
  • Delivery training to support the implementation strategy

The position will also deliver training and credentialing in the Overdose Response & Take Home Naloxone (ORTHN) Project in participating services across NSW.
This position will be required to support the WFD needs of SESLHD DAS as the state-wide project requirements allow.

Find out more. Click HERE.

Important Notice:

DANA posts free job advertisements on behalf of third parties who seek to employ drug and alcohol / addiction nursing staff.

The information about the advertised jobs is provided by DANA in good faith based on information provided by the employer seeking staff.  DANA does not screen employers or endorse their employment opportunities, work practices or services. It is the responsibility of each applicant to review and research each employment opportunity as well as verify the terms and conditions of employment with the employer

Urgent! Very short deadline. Submit an EOI- D&A CN Brisbane

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Submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for:

NGr 6 Clinical Nurse: Metro North Mental Health- Alcohol and Drug Service

Temporary Full-time: 20/01/2020 to 30/06/2020

The Clinical Nurse, Melaleuca Clinic is a Registered Nurse who has an advanced knowledge base and clinical competence in the area of alcohol and drug nursing, particularly in opioid substitution therapies.  This position is responsible for providing speciality skills in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the needs of people with drug dependence issues are met and client outcomes improved via enhanced integration in continuums of care within the Alcohol and Drug Service and across the District.

You only have until Friday January 10th – 5 pm to submit your EOI.

Click HERE to find out more.

Important Notice:

DANA posts free job advertisements on behalf of third parties who seek to employ drug and alcohol / addiction nursing staff.

The information about the advertised jobs is provided by DANA in good faith based on information provided by the employer seeking staff.  DANA does not screen employers or endorse their employment opportunities, work practices or services. It is the responsibility of each applicant to review and research each employment opportunity as well as verify the terms and conditions of employment with the employer

Photo by ZACHARY STAINES on Unsplash

DANA releases a new video to celebrate!

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Dear Colleagues

You know it. I know it.
The World Health Organisation knows it.
We are facing an imminent shortage of nurses, including Drug and Alcohol Nurses.
Australia’s demand for nurses will significantly exceed supply, with a projected shortfall of approximately 85,000 nurses by 2025.  The story is similar in New Zealand where they expect a 15,000 shortfall by 2035.
However, it’s not just Australia and New Zealand, it’s global.

Because nurses and midwives play a vital role in providing health care,  2020 has been designated ‘The International Year of the Nurse and Midwife’.

To celebrate,  DANA has prepared a short graphic animation featuring  insights into the extent of the world’s use of drugs and alcohol and  an overview of our role as Drug and Alcohol Nurses in  addressing  this .  It is simply called  ‘Drug and Alcohol Nurses Save Lives’ .  You can view it by clicking HERE.

If you would like to view it again (and again), then visit the home page of this website. It is embedded in the top right corner. Click HERE.

Over the months to come DANA will be outlining its plans to address the shortage of Drug and Alcohol Nurses.

May you have a happy, healthy and successful 2020.

Darren Smyth
DANA President

Now recruiting: AOD Nurse Practitioner – Wodonga (Vic)

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This is a new position!

It is based in Wodonga.

It is Part Time 60.8 hours per fortnight (0.8 FTE) and fixed Term until 31/12/2020

You must be able to  travel.

Find out everything that you need to know by clicking HERE.

Applications close 5pm Monday 16th December 2019

Important Notice:

DANA posts free job advertisements on behalf of third parties who seek to employ drug and alcohol / addiction nursing staff.

The information about the advertised jobs is provided by DANA in good faith based on information provided by the employer seeking staff.  DANA does not screen employers or endorse their employment opportunities, work practices or services. It is the responsibility of each applicant to review and research each employment opportunity as well as verify the terms and conditions of employment with the employer.

A Message for the Festive Season from the President of DANA

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May this Festive Season bring you joy, happiness, hope and respite from the cataclysmic  events that so many of you have endured in recent months.

Let me  say ‘thank you’  for your contribution to, and ongoing support of, DANA. The hard-working DANA Committee deserves special mention. Without them there would be no DANA. Through their dedication DANA has achieved a lot over the last twelve months from the highly acclaimed ‘Power of Connection’ Conference and Inaugural Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioner Symposium , held in Sydney  in August  this year to the  DANA scholarships awarded to members for their ongoing professional development and the launch of the DANA Workforce 2020 research program.

Have you joined the growing ranks of Credentialled Drug and Alcohol Nurses / Advanced Certified Addiction Nurses yet? If not, make this your resolution for 2020 and use the process to validate your experience knowledge and expertise.

Be sure to join us on August 13th and 14th at the Pullman in Adelaide  for the DANA ‘2020 Vision’ Conference, including the DANA Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioner Symposium.

Let me take this opportunity to wish you the very best for the Festive Season. Be happy and above all stay safe!

Darren Smyth
DANA President

Now recruiting: AOD RN North West Tasmania

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The Tasmanian Health Service is seeking interest from suitably qualified applicants for a Registered Nurse – Alcohol & Other Drug vacancy.

Salary

$63,468 to $86,857 per annum  in accordance with the Nurses and Midwives (Tasmanian State Service Agreement) 2016

  • Access to the Grade 4 salary range $78,666 – $83,194 is subject to successful application for progression to Grade 4.

Classification Registered Nurse, Grade 3-4

Award

Nurses and Midwives (Tasmanian State Service) Award

Period of Employment

Permanent, full-time, day work, working 76 hours per fortnight commencing as soon as possible. Hours may be negotiated with the successful applicant

Location  Alcohol and Drug Service North West

Duties

  • Strengthens health outcomes through the provision of safe, quality and clinically appropriate nursing care in partnership with patients/clients, their families and other health professionals.
  • As part of a multidisciplinary team, provide quality treatment and specialist interventions for persons presenting to the Community Team with alcohol and drug related problems.
  • Provide direct nursing care following established nursing procedures

Essential Requirements

  • Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse

The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre‑employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer.  The following checks are to be conducted:
1.  Conviction checks in the following areas:
a)  Crimes of Violence
b)  Sex Related Offences
c)  Serious Drug Offences
d)  Crimes involving dishonesty
2.  Identification check
3.  Disciplinary action in previous employment check

 

Applicants should note that, for a period of six months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.

How to apply

Apply Online at: https://careers.pageuppeople.com/759/cw/en/job/1037970/registered-nurse-alcohol-other-drug-517284
Applications will only be accepted online. This ensures important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete an online application form, complete/upload your selection criteria responses and attach your resume.  Please note that attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.

Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details for two referees before applying.

For further information contact

Sarah Moakes
Alcohol & Drug Service Team Leader (North West)
Phone: (03) 6464 3131
Email: [email protected]

Better health and quality of life around Tasmania.
Visit us at www.ths.tas.gov.au

Important Notice:

DANA posts free job advertisements on behalf of third parties who seek to employ drug and alcohol / addiction nursing staff.

The information about the advertised jobs is provided by DANA in good faith based on information provided by the employer seeking staff.  DANA does not screen employers or endorse their employment opportunities, work practices or services. It is the responsibility of each applicant to review and research each employment opportunity as well as verify the terms and conditions of employment with the employer.

Now recruiting: D&A Consultation and Liaison – Byron / Ballina (NSW)

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Employment Type: Permanent Part  time

Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Gde 2
Remuneration: $50.81 – $52.48 per hour
Hours Per Week: 16 (plus additional Temporary hours for 12 months)
Requisition ID: REQ139390

An excellent opportunity to work in the beautiful Byron Ballina Region working permanently two days a week as Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2 – Drug and Alcohol Consultation and Liaison.  The rollout of this position also has a further two working days a week temporary funding for an initial 12 months, with the possibility of an extension. This position may also be required for temporary backfill for a similar position in The Tweed Hospital. The successful applicant will have a wonderful opportunity to make a significant contribution, to individuals and to the wider community.

Find out more. Click HERE.

Applications Close: 9th December, 2019 

Byron Bay Hinterland, NSW, Australia. 8/1/2016
Photo credit – James Horan/ Destination NSW

Important Notice:

DANA posts free job advertisements on behalf of third parties who seek to employ drug and alcohol / addiction nursing staff.

The information about the advertised jobs is provided by DANA in good faith based on information provided by the employer seeking staff.  DANA does not screen employers or endorse their employment opportunities, work practices or services. It is the responsibility of each applicant to review and research each employment opportunity as well as verify the terms and conditions of employment with the employer.