AddressMental Health Promotions Officer
- RPN4 or allied health equivilant
Based in Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health are looking for a suitably qualified person to join our enthusiastic and dedicated Mental Health Promotions Team on a part time, ongoing basis.
This position will service the Baw Baw communities and other areas as required.
Mental Health Promotion includes services that operate on a population level which aim to raise awareness of Mental Health issues, improve Mental Health literacy, reduce stigma and discrimination and maximise the population’s Mental Health and well-being.
The Mental Health Promotions Officer is responsible for the provision of community–wide activities that provide information and education designed to enhance community understanding, increase the likelihood of identifying and addressing Mental Health problems and promote good Mental Health. These programs may be targeted towards specific at-risk communities or communities affected by trauma.
LRH employees enjoy access to:
- Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering a range of health education and wellbeing services
- Access to ongoing development through daily education sessions, bespoke training and career & study support
- Tailored flexible work options to support work life balance, including ADO’s, 5 weeks leave, regional salary packaging and additional purchased leave
- Fantastic social club activities and diverse and inclusive workplace activities
- Workplace Wellbeing programs and activities uniquely designed for LRH staff
We are looking for candidates with:
- Extensive and proven experience in teaching and learning
- Sound knowledge and experience in Mental Health
- Demonstrated understanding and application to practice of the social determinants of health in a Health Promotion context including Mental Health Promotion principles
- High level capability in developing, implementing and evaluating complex Health Promotion initiatives
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and to meet specified timeframes
- Ability to work as a part of an interdisciplinary team as well as act independently and autonomously
- Sound interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to liaise and work collaboratively with external agencies
For more information about this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to contact Linda Waters on 51280100 for a confidential discussion.
About LRH
LRH was proud to be the recipient of the 2022 Premier’s Health Service of the Year (Medium) Award. This prestigious award recognises the amazing work of our team in driving change and improvement in the health outcomes for the Victorian community.
We are located 150 km east of Melbourne, and LRH is the regional provider of a broad range of specialist health services including hospital based, sub-acute and Mental Health services across Gippsland.
Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with $223.5 million expansion recently completed, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increase medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.
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Diversity and Inclusion
We actively embrace workforce diversity, equity and inclusion, and encourage applications from across our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. LRH’s Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officers are available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted at ***************@lrh.com.au
IMPORTANT: All staff employed in the healthcare sector are required to be vaccinated for 3 COVID-19 doses and current season influenza vaccination, unless a valid medical exemption applies.
