Project Officer Models of Care

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is 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.

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 paediatrics 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 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.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

Project Officer Models of Care:

• Fixed Term Part time (0.4 FTE) hybrid online and RCH
• Work for Australia’s leading Children’s Hospital
• Friendly and dynamic team
• Hybrid role

About the Role:

This is a fixed term position at 28 hours a fortnight for 6 months within the Mental Health Department.

You will be responsible for the writing of a model of care for the mental health services for 0-5 years’ consumers and their families/carers, a model of care for 6-11 years’ consumers, their families and carers and the model of care for the CAMHS and Schools Early Action (CASEA) project.

What you’ll achieve:

• Engage key stakeholder RCH MH and RCH clinicians especially, the content experts and Lived Experience staff, consumers and their carers/families in the area of the MH care of 0-5 years, 6-11 years and CASEA program
• Engage parents/carers of consumers in including their views, expectations of the models of care 
• Review of the available literature in the area of the mental health care of consumers and their families/.carers and the synthesis of the results in the models of care.
• Work effectively and collaboratively with staff within RCH Mental Health, the wider RCH and external stakeholders to complete the models of care
• Prioritise workload and competing demands.

Your skills and experience:

Essential:

• Tertiary qualifications in a mental health discipline
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills and inter-personal skills and attention to detail
• Competency in Information Technology software (e.g. Microsoft Office, internet search engines, etc.)
• Experience in literature review, service review
• Interest and/or experience in the writing of care pathways or models of care

Desirable:

• Demonstrated skills, knowledge and behaviours in successfully leading change initiatives
• An advanced understanding of the Vic Child Mental Health sector and the clinical work undertaken in community mental health teams literature

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and 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.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital.  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.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption

Are you ready to join our team? 

 Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button

Applications close 22 May 2024