Location: Melbourne
Job type: Not provided
Organisation: Monash Health
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Nursing
Reference: 54806
**_Working in Public Health has never been more important or meaningful._**
Monash Health is the largest public health service in Victoria, employing over 22,000 people across a range of specialities.
Monash Health has been caring for, and providing healthcare and aged living solutions, to Victorians for over 100 years. We provide healthcare for the entire lifespan from pre-birth to palliative care and all stages in between.
**About our** Monash Health Gender Clinic**
The Monash Health Gender Clinic is a state-wide service that provides client-centred care for transgender and gender diverse people. The Gender Clinic comprises a specialist team of psychiatrists, psychologists, peer workers, research and administrative staff.
Monash Health Gender Clinic has a number of newly funded positions available for peer workers and family/carer peer workers to provide services for clients experiencing gender incongruence.
**A day in the life**
This permanent position for a Level 3 family/carer peer worker or peer worker will be based at the architecturally designed, purpose built Victorian Pride Centre in St Kilda, and is flexible from 0.4-0.8EFT. You will work within an established, friendly team environment, providing clients/family/carers as appropriate with peer support, and assisting with access to community services. Opportunities include involvement with our Consumer Advisory Panel and opportunities for engagement with research and quality activities.
**What you bring**
Peer worker positions require lived experience of gender incongruence, and family/carer peer worker positions require lived experience of being a family member or carer of a person experiencing gender incongruence. In addition to meeting one of these criteria, you have either completed Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer work, or are willing to complete with Monash Health's support. Eligibility for Level 3 employment requires previous work experience in the field, and the capacity to supervise Level 2 workers.
On a personal level, you are:
- able to communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences
- a flexible worker with excellent time management
- committed to delivering quality care, service & advocacy
- enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively
- innovative with regard to service delivery within public health
**In return**
Ours is a connected team with strong shared values and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Ours is also a highly skilled, collaborative and welcoming multidisciplinary team where the only limit in your career is you.
We are committed to working with you to become your professional best. Resources to support you include supervision from the Monash Health Consumer and Family Carer Service, and collaboration with other specialist gender services state-wide. Reasonably flexible working hours and arrangements are accommodated.
**_ There is no better time to join us and here's just a few reasons why: _**
- mentorship and career guidance
- support to attend relevant professional development forums and conferences
- a supportive learning environment should you wish to undertake further studies
- salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
- access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
**How to Apply**
Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.
Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:
- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children's Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.
A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.
Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.