At North Richmond Community Health (NRCH) we are proud to deliver courageous health and community services that collaboratively address health inequity. We nurture a workforce that is passionate and diverse, with shared values and a strong commitment to making positive health impacts within the heart of North Richmond. With access to a variety of flexible work arrangements, health and wellbeing activities and a rich learning environment, our team members are consistently able to deepen their expertise by being part of impactful and world recognised community health solutions.
Key details:
Generous salary packaging options
Part-Time, 24 hours per week
Fixed-Term until 22 June 2026
Strong connection to community and innovation
About the program
The Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR) provides life-saving, harm reduction services for people who use drugs. The Integrated Care Zone delivers wrap-around supports including OAT, GP services, BBV testing, and access to housing, dental, legal, and AOD supports.
About the role
The AOD Nurse Practitioner plays a critical role in delivering holistic, trauma-informed care within a low-threshold, harm reduction setting. You will provide advanced clinical assessment, prescribe and manage treatment, and support integrated care for clients with complex needs.
Key responsibilities include:
Conducting comprehensive bio-psycho-social assessments
Prescribing and managing MATOD within scope of practice
Developing and communicating treatment plans across multidisciplinary teams
Providing harm reduction education and client-centred care
Supporting overdose response and monitoring client wellbeing
Contributing to clinical leadership, supervision, and team development
Maintaining accurate clinical documentation and SafeScript compliance
Supporting quality improvement, research, and accreditation processes
About you
You are a confident and values-driven clinician with strong experience in AOD and harm reduction, and a deep commitment to equitable healthcare.
You will bring:
Nurse Practitioner endorsement with AHPRA (no conditions)
Master’s qualification aligned to Nurse Practitioner requirements
Experience in Alcohol and Other Drugs settings
Confidence in MATOD prescribing
Strong understanding of harm reduction frameworks and relevant policy
Ability to engage with clients with complex needs in a low-threshold environment
Excellent collaboration and communication skills
A commitment to social justice and improving health outcomes for vulnerable communities
Why join us?
At NRCH, you’ll be part of a team that’s making a tangible difference in people’s lives. You’ll enjoy:
A supportive, values-driven culture that embraces diversity and inclusion
Generous salary packaging and flexible working arrangements
Flexible Working Conditions
Free On-Site Car Parking
The chance to help shape the future of a respected community health organisation
Closing Date: 12 April 2026
For questions, please contact workforus@nrch.com.au
North Richmond Community Health began supporting the Richmond community on Wurundjeri land in 1974. Then called the North Richmond Family Care Centre, it was an organisation built to support the diverse needs of the 4,000 strong community members of the Langdon Park Ministry of Housing estate.
A group of progressive doctors approached the estate’s community-led Tenants Union in the early 1970s, and together they came up with the idea of a health centre that didn’t just provide vital medical services, but also fostered and supported the community.
Since it was opened, North Richmond Community Health has been a place for people of all linguistic backgrounds, physical, emotional and mental abilities, faiths and cultures. For 40 years, the community has come to our centre to meet, receive care, seek advice, socialise and celebrate.
In 1994, we received funding from the Victorian Department of Human Services to share its knowledge across the state, and the Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health (CEH) was formed. In the last 21 years, CEH has continued to develop their expertise in health and wellbeing, human rights, cultural competence and health literacy.
North Richmond Community Health’s current building opened in late 2012. At that time, North Richmond Community Health was given the honour of an Aboriginal name by Wurundjeri Senior Elder Doreen Garvey-Wandin: Wulempuri-Kertheba, which translates from Woi wurrung as ‘staying healthy together’.
As an organisation, we pride ourselves on our commitment to working with refugees, asylum seekers, newly-arrived migrants, people of different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who inject drugs and people of all socio-economic backgrounds.
We are constantly reiterating that commitment and developing it.
North Richmond Community Health has a long history, with many relationships in the community going back 40 years. We look forward to many more years of learning, working and building healthier communities.
