The Substance Use Navigator (SUN) serves as a front-line resource in the Emergency Department (ED), engaging patients with substance use disorders (SUD) through compassionate, non-judgmental support to facilitate rapid linkage to treatment, harm reduction services, and community-based resources.
Responsibilities
Conducts bedside engagement of ED patients identified with substance use concerns using trauma-informed and person-centered approaches.
Establishes rapport and build trust with patients, including those in crisis or ambivalent about treatment.
Performs screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) activities.
Educates patients and families on substance use disorder, harm reduction strategies, and available treatment options.
Facilitates real-time referrals and warm handoffs to inpatient/outpatient treatment programs; medication-assisted treatment (MAT) providers; peer support and recovery services; community and social support resources.
Requirements
High School Diploma/GED
Associate's Degree/College Diploma Social Services, Behavioral Health, Public Health, or related field
Bachelor's Social Services, Behavioral Health, Public Health, or related field
Nice to have: personal lived experience of substance use and sustained recovery
Nice to have: experience working in an Emergency Department
Outreach Specialist providing Functional Support Services, Targeted Case Management, and Illness Management and Recovery services to adults and families in the community.
Compensation
Seacoast Mental Health Center, Inc. offers a generous compensation package including paid time off, health and dental plans, retirement account match, etc.
Responsibilities
Provide Functional Support Services to eligible adults and families
Deliver Targeted Case Management services
Implement Illness Management and Recovery curriculum
Provide specialist clinical leadership, mental health assessment and intervention for individuals experiencing acute mental health or behavioural concerns in the community as part of the PACER team.
Compensation
$74.54 to $79.11 per hour (including of 25% Casual loading). Our Employer 12% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.
Responsibilities
Provide advanced comprehensive mental health and risk assessments
Deliver brief therapeutic interventions and safety plans
The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high quality nursing care to patients/clients of the Sutherland Mental Health Service consistent with SESLHD and Sutherland Mental Health Service policies, procedures and standards.
Locations (2)
Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Compensation
$41.23 - $57.88 per hour, plus superannuation
Responsibilities
Coordinate and deliver high quality nursing care to patients/clients
Proactively engage with patients/clients to enhance service delivery and guide others in providing service excellence
Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and apply professional and ethical boundaries
Provide care and assessment and management of risk within the mental health environment
Deliver high quality patient care in Mental Health at a post graduate level