• Part-Time, 0.6 FTE, Fixed-Term
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?
cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role
This position sits within the AOD Response cluster which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people who use alcohol and other drugs in the Inner North and West of Melbourne.

The Community Health Nurse will support consumers who find accessing mainstream health care settings difficult. This involves providing nursing assessments to people who present with a variety of support needs including alcohol and other drug use, mental health, wound care, NSP access and overdose response. The successful candidate will work both outreach shifts and on site at Healthworks, on a set roster.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Undertake assertive street outreach within a multidisciplinary team
• Provide harm reduction education, advocacy, referral, needles/syringes and other injecting and disposal equipment to clients to support safer using
• Undertake community engagement, development activities and tasks which reduces stigma and promotes community safety and wellbeing
• Support and assist clients to understand and navigate health and other community services within cohealth and externally including housing, social inclusion and recreation services

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• A significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click here
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Experience working with Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander community in the health sector
• Demonstrated community nursing experience, particularly working with people experiencing homelessness, substance dependence, chronic health issues, and other forms of disadvantage
• Sound knowledge of health and social issues affecting people who use drugs and experience homelessness, including blood borne virus prevention, pharmacotherapy treatment, stigma, and discrimination
• Strong belief and personal alignment in cohealth Values and Mission

Application Process

To download the PD, and to apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6871850.

Applications close 20 March 2026 at 10pm.

To apply for this job click on apply now and you will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter. We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Scott Withy on Scott.Withy@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.