Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Senior Health Education Officer - Graduate
Remuneration: $93,774.00 - $123,335.00 per annum (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ571644
Applications Close: 27 May 2025
Vaccination Category: A

Outstanding Experiences. Infinite Opportunities.

Here in the Riverina, we treasure your skills and experience and we’re ready to roll out the red carpet to welcome you to town.

We’ve prepared oodles of goodies to help you move and settle in, including:

• Salary packaging up to $20,600 per annum tax free for living expenses! Take advantage of novated leasing a new car!
• Relocation assistance and accommodation support considerations
• Subsidised gym and leisure centre membership for you and your family
• Free confidential counselling services for you and your family

Craving a fresh start somewhere new and actually interesting? Join the incredible team in the Murrumbidgee District. Jump in at a comfort level that suits you: from state-of-the-art hospital that will remind you of the city, to small multi-disciplinary health facility where you literally get to do it all. No matter where you choose, your learning will be nurtured and you’ll be well supported to operate at the top of your scope.

There’s heaps to show your family when they come to visit, which is a breeze - you’ll be central to Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. (You can always pop home for the weekend on a quick flight if you find a break in your social calendar!)

Want to know more about the community of Wagga Wagga? Visit us here

About Your Role

The Senior Peer Worker, Suicide Prevention Services works under the direction of the Manager, SPOT and Safe Haven, to support the peer workforce and ensure delivery of high quality care to people accessing the services.

Drawing on their relevant qualifications and professional experience, the Senior Peer Worker, Suicide Prevention Services will provide guidance and support to Peer Support Workers in the SPOT and Safe Haven teams. This will include role modelling professional practice standards, providing individual and group supervision and delivering workplace education.

You will also use your personal lived experience of suicidal crisis to provide appropriate responsive care to visitors to the Safe Haven service; a warm, welcoming, non-medical environment. Working with other members of the multidisciplinary team, you will support people accessing the SPOT service and link them with other appropriate services as required.

The position also works with the Coordinator Consumer Participation Strategy, Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol services to participate in peer supervision and undertake activities to inform the strategic development of the MLHD peer workforce.

The Safe Haven and SPOT services operate from 1330 – 2200 Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Evening and weekend work is a requirement of the position.

Learn more about the role and requirements here.

Upgrade Your Career and Lifestyle at MLHD

Your application will require you to include a resume and cover letter outlining your skills and experience and why you are a good fit for this position.

Go on, you’ve earned a promotion, a world-class workplace, inspiring colleagues, award-winning staff and patient programs - all wrapped up in a rich tapestry of cultural treasures. Contact Lisa Gwynne, Acute MH Inpatient Unit Transitional NP on 0459 999832 or [email protected] now for a confidential chat.

MLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic, or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.

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