Safe Injecting Room Richmond Jobs

The department of health and human services is coordinating a trial of a medically supervised injecting room at north richmond community health.

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North richmond has been the hub of victoria s heroin trade for two decades and a safe injecting room was recommended by the coroner after a spate of drug related deaths in the area. This is a unique opportunity to become a part of the two year trial of victoria s first medically supervised injecting room msir at north richmond community health. In late 2017 labor announced it would trial a medically supervised injecting room at the north richmond community health centre after decades of policy flip flops on the deeply divisive issue. Two community outreach workers for melbourne s first safe injecting room have been charged with drug trafficking.

The medically supervised safe injecting room s two year trial came to an end this week but an independent review finalised in june found the north richmond trial remains a work in progress. With the high numbers of victorians losing their lives to drug related overdoses the medically supervised injecting room msir is a safety first medical approach focused on harm reduction. Work at the medically supervised injecting room. But the solution has caused division among locals.

The following positions are available. Luke henriques gomes the guardian a u s t r a l i a n a s s o c i a. This position is responsible for supervising clients before during and after episodes of injecting. North richmond safe injecting centre opens after mass overdose deaths in a small inner city suburb of melbourne drug use is rampant and flagrant.

North richmond community health is seeking to employ a number of registered nurses. North richmond community health is now seeking expressions of interest for registered nurses with a keen interest in harm reduction for both short and long term secondments at the medically supervised injecting room msir. It provides a safe and hygienic place where people can inject. The service was established for an initial two year trial period which will be extended for a further three years based on the evidence gathered in the initial period.