HomeThe future is bright. AOD nurse-led models of care

The future is bright. AOD nurse-led models of care

AOD (or addictions) nursing as a speciality continues to grow, with the potential to drive innovation through nurse led models of care. Despite well-embedded examples of successful AOD nurse led programs in Victoria, there is room for more awareness and recognition of the specialist skill set of AOD nurses. Join us in this discussion about why we don’t have to re-invent the wheel, nurses are well placed within various residential and non-residential settings to care for some of our most marginalised patients through the use of truly patient centred models of care and from a lens that is often not well understood by other arms of healthcare. We’ll look at how projects like the ANMF/Turning Point AOD training and scholarship program attracts, supports and retains this critical nursing workforce.

Madeleine Harradence | Assistant Secretary, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch)

Madeleine Harradence, Assistant Secretary of ANMF (Vic Branch) since 2019, advocates for AOD nurses, leading a training and scholarship project with Turning Point since 2016. An experienced emergency nurse, she represents nurses, midwives, and personal care workers while serving as Vice President of the Victorian Trades Hall Council.

Megan McKechnie | Nurse Practitioner Alfred Health/Access Health

Megan McKechnie, Senior Addictions Nurse Practitioner at Alfred Health, oversees the Addictions stream for Alfred Mental & Addiction Health. With experience across acute and community AOD and mental health services, she focuses on improving acute care access for patients with substance use disorders and integrating harm reduction into core acute care systems.

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