Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 12th Aug 2022
- Melbourne > Parkville
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) vision is to be a great children’s hospital – delivering Great Care, Everywhere.
RCH is located within the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct, with more than 45 world-class biomedical organisations and more than 50,000 of the brightest minds working together to make the Precinct number one in the Asia Pacific region for health, education, research, and training. Within this, RCH is also a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation. Each organisation contributes to a paediatric academic health centre which is greater than the sum of its parts.
RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatric and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria. Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The RCH is the only provider of heart transplant services and CAR T-cell therapy for paediatrics in Australia. RCH is an effective advocate for patients and their families with a particular focus on vulnerable children and increasingly, mental health in young people. The hospital also supports many health promotion and prevention programs. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.
We work collaboratively with hospitals to deliver the right care, in the right place, at the right time. The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards: http://www.rch.org.au/quality/child-safety/
RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.
Further information about RCH is available at www.rch.org.au
We are seeking a Senior Project Officer Family Centred Care to join The Royal Children's Hospital with the Melbourne Children's Campus Mental Health Strategy. This is a full time (part time hours, job share will be considered) parental leave replacement for 12 months.
Detection and support of carer and sibling mental health and wellbeing
Carer mental health literacy education
To view the Position Description, please click here.
For further information about this position please contact Belinda Horton, Program Director at [email protected], using the subject line: Senior Project Officer Family Centred Care enquiry via EthicalJobs.
RCH is committed to a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.
We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.
The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.
All applicants please be aware that it is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the time of, and during, employment. Further, some RCH positions require the Annual Influenza Vaccination under Direction from the Secretary, Department of Health (Directions). If your position is identified as Risk Category A or B you are required to have the annual Influenza Vaccination unless you have a medical exception in line with the Directions. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button