About the Role
As a member of a multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to the delivery of Addiction Specialist Services across the Department. This includes providing high‑quality clinical care in clinical liaison, outpatient clinics, and the Depaul House Residential Alcohol and Drug Withdrawal Unit.
You will be employed through the St Vincent’s Department of Addiction Medicine (DoAM) and participate in an Addiction Medicine Training Program accredited by the Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine. The position offers comprehensive training within St Vincent’s DoAM and, where appropriate, through external partner agencies that provide drug and alcohol services in collaboration with DoAM. This ensures broad clinical exposure and a well‑rounded training experience in addiction medicine.
You will be responsible for delivering high‑quality clinical care to patients experiencing drug and alcohol problems. This includes providing evidence‑based clinical services, contributing to service evaluation and research activities, and demonstrating a strong commitment to ongoing learning and professional development in Addiction Medicine.
During external rotations, you will continue to provide patient care under the supervision of accredited Addiction Medicine specialists. The role offers broad clinical exposure across the spectrum of addiction services, including general outpatient care, consultation‑liaison on inpatient wards, inpatient withdrawal management, opioid agonist treatment (including long‑acting buprenorphine formulations), dual‑diagnosis care, pain medicine, and correctional health.
In addition, the position includes opportunities for external rotations to specialised services such as the Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR), youth‑focused programs, and women’s health addiction services, ensuring a comprehensive and diverse training experience.
Duties
Classifications for this position will range from HM25 - HM30 ($129,048.40 - $177,622.12 per annum, pro-rata for part time)
What You will Bring
About Department of Addiction Medicine
The Department of Addiction Medicine at St. Vincent's (which includes Depaul House Alcohol and Drug Withdrawal unit) is one of Australia’s leading centers for the medical treatment of drug or alcohol addiction. The work includes direct patient treatment (both inpatients and outpatients), research, education/training and policy development. Our multidisciplinary team includes doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers, specialist counselors, and lived experience workers. Our treatment services encompass both acute withdrawal and long term management, using state-of-the-art methods and facilities. We have a strong culture of education, outreach to community and rural settings, training and teaching, from undergraduate students to senior clinicians across a wide range of professional disciplines.
Addiction Medicine at St Vincent’s strives to ensure that our clinical knowledge and experience informs public health policy, to achieve a more sophisticated understanding in the community of the nature and treatment of addiction, and to improve the health outcomes for those seeking assistance for drug or alcohol problems.
Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides an extensive range of adult clinical services across our Fitzroy, Kew and Truganina sites.
Together, we celebrate our values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence, making SVHM a unique, safe and welcoming place to work.
What We Can Offer You
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How to Apply
To apply, click the 'Apply' button. You will be prompted to create a Workday candidate profile and upload your current resume and cover letter, addressed to A/Prof Yvonne Bonomo, Director of Addiction Medicine. Please ensure contact details for 2 x Referees are included in your resume.
Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements and we will be able to adapt to these for you.
If you would like a copy of the Position Description, please contact jmsrecruitment@svha.org.au and include the JRnumber.
At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au
View Reconciliation Action Plan