Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan
Job type: Part time
Organisation: Monash Health
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Education and Training, Health and Allied Health, Family Violence Workers, Medical
Reference: 63367
We acknowledge the importance of the diverse experiences, talents and cultures that our staff bring to work each day. Embracing Diversity and Creating Inclusion is a key component of our Talent Management Strategy. The creation of a diverse and inclusive workforce is central to our ability to unlock potential and enhance our success, creating high-performance.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Culturally, linguistically and Refugee diverse backgrounds
**What we can offer you**:
- Grow your career as a Community Development worker with Victoria's Largest Public Health Care Service
- Rotating roster working Monday - Friday across the Major sites of Monash Health
**About Monash Health**
Monash Health is Victoria's largest public health service. We are proud to provide health care to one quarter of Melbourne's population, across the entire life-span from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 22,000 employees work at over 40 care locations across south eastern Melbourne, including Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children's Hospital, Moorabbin Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Centre, and an extensive network of Rehabilitation, Aged Care, Community Health and Mental Health facilities.
**About the Role**
We are seeking a motivated experienced Community Development worker with excellent communication skills to join the Complex Care Addiction Medicine Unit who operate within the Community Assessment and Response Team (CART). The Community Development Worker ensures that the patients/clients presenting to hospital with alcohol or drug related issues assists and provides appropriate care that transitions them back into the community. Essential to the role is addiction medicine experience as well as an understanding of the community services available to them. We operate from a person - centred care framework and strongly align with the social model of health.
**About You**
You are a dynamic Community Development Worker, with a genuine passion and interest in this unique opportunity and will commit to:
- Work across various Monash Health sites as required.
- Have sound skills in assessing and planning patient's community health discharge requirements.
- Current knowledge of various community health support services.
- Current experience in providing an outreach service to this cohort
**Looking after Our People**:
- We strive to ensure that all Monash Health work in accordance with all relevant Occupational Health and Safety, Infection Prevention & Respiratory Protection Program procedures.
- Ensuring you work within the scope of practice as a Registered Nurse, and escalating to the appropriate management line, Nurse Practitioners and Medical Professionals when required.
- Completing all mandatory and competency assessment training.
- On a personal level, you are enthusiastic and motivated and demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You are willing to commit to team work and ongoing professional development that align with the Monash Health's values and vision. You are dedicated to best practice and quality care and you are an advocate of Monash Health's Strategic Guiding Principles.
**What You Need**
Essential:
- Demonstrated recent experience as a Registered Nurse with at least 5 years post graduate experience.
- Current AHPRA registration
- Australian working rights
- Valid Driver's licence
- Current Working with Children's Check
- Current Police Check
- Desirable_:
- Previous Community experience
- Post-graduate qualifications in Addiction Medicine
**What we offer**:
- Access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills and knowledge base
- Avenues to further develop your leadership
- Mentorship and career guidance
- Support to attend relevant forums and conferences
- A supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies
- In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay, access to on site staff discounted car parking and 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 Chil