• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
• Excellent Career Progression
• Permanent, Part Time, 2 days per week

About the Role

This is a Lived Expertise Position - you must state in your cover letter that you have a lived/living experience of mental health challenges and of accessing mental health services and how this has changed the course of your life.

Under the direction of the Nurse Unit Manager and Team Leader, you will apply knowledge from your lived/living experience to educate and train the lived experience workforce via research, planning and ongoing training. You will be based at St Vincent's North Fitzroy PARC, the position will involve travel to other sites.

• Research the role and history of Consumer movement, and Lived/Living Experience Workforce (LLEW)
• Undertake needs analysis of current LLEW needs including reference to the to St Vincent's LLEW Strategy
• Develop training and education through research, using own lived experience and application of the values and principles of the Consumer movements and other materials

Classifications for this position will range from MP36-MP39 Lived Experience Level 3 ($76,086 - $83,168 per annum pro rata)

Your Contribution

A lived/living experience of mental health challenges and of accessing mental health services, in a way that has changed the course of your life.

At least two years experience in a Lived/Living Experience Workforce role in mental health.

What We Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay!
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
• Culture of continuous improvement

About North Fitzroy PARC

North Fitzroy PARC is a 10 bed short term residential service for adults with a mental illness. PARC is a therapeutic environment, where there is one to one support and group work.

PARC is a sub -acute facility, where consumers can step down discharge from the adult in patient unit, and step up from community case management, if they need additional short term care and support.

Working at St Vincent's
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application

Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.
Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.
SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).