Family And Community Resource Liaison Of

Position Details
Reference Number 65430
Position Title Family and Community Resource Liaison Officer
Employment Type Part Time Ongoing
Entity Monash Health
Department 4C Reef
Location Monash Children's Hospital
Position Summary

• Work with a dynamic, supportive, passionate multidisciplinary team
• Provide non-clinical support children and families receiving care
• Part time permanent role 0.4 EFT

About Us
Monash Health provides integrated healthcare services available to over 1.3 million people, representing 32% of the population of greater Melbourne. The Children’s Cancer Centre, now known as Reef unit, is a state of the art unit within the Monash Children’s Hospital. We are proud of our commitment to providing exceptional care and services to meet the needs of patients and their families, delivered through a strong multi-disciplinary team of specialist medical, nursing and allied health professionals. We are now looking to engage a highly motivated professional to fill the role of our Family and Community Resource Liaison Officer.
About the Role
Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager you will complement the clinical care team and work collaboratively with the allied health and psychosocial team to coordinate and provide non-clinical support for children and their families. Specifically in this role you will:

• Support children and their families who are either inpatients or outpatients of the Children’s Cancer Centre services through play, recreation, social activities and respite
• Liaise with Monash Health Foundation and charity/philanthropic organisations to coordinate toy/craft/play donations
• Facilitate fundraising/publicity events and visiting programs within the CCC
• Foster optimal relationships between the Children’s Cancer Centre and these organisations and

About You
To be considered for this role you will need to demonstrate that you satisfy the following mandatory criteria:

• Hold a qualification suitable to this role – for example: relevant health qualifications, early childhood certificate, play/art/music qualifications, creative arts, and fundraising/public relations
• Superior communication skills that are cognisant of clinical circumstances
• Strong team player skills that support a child/family focused approach to work
• Creative and flexible approaches

You are a highly motivated and enthusiastic professional who has a family focused approach to work. You are looking to join a dedicated multidisciplinary team and have skills and experience that would enable you to contribute to the non-clinical support of children with cancer and haematological conditions and their families.You would be working 2 days a week.
What’s on Offer
The MCH is a state of the art facility. This role offers you the opportunity to work collaboratively as a member of the Children’s Cancer Centre team to provide non-clinical support services for children with cancer or haematological conditions and their families. Working collaboratively with both the Children’s Cancer Centre team and the Monash Health Foundation you will be help coordinate both in kind and financial donations that support the Children’s Cancer Centre service. Your role as liaison with philanthropic organisations and donors is critical within the Children’s Cancer Centre’s team.
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.
Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be considered.
Existing Monash Health Employees should apply using your Monash Health employee account. For any queries regarding employee accounts contact Recruitment Services at .
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 Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
• proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made. As part of our selection process, you may be invited by email to participate in an on-camera video interview. Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.
All applicants to positions with Monash Health will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza as part of their application. Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement which can be accessed via myGov. Offers of employment will only be made to candidates who can provide evidence that they meet full vaccination status.
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