Peer Navigator, Emergency Department Assessment Unit (Edau), Mental Health-Esmhs

Peer Navigator, Emergency Department Assessment Unit (EDAU), Mental Health - Eastern Suburbs Mental Health Service
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 1
Remuneration: $41.14 - $54.74 per hour, plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ476182
We are seeking an experienced Peer Workers with excellent communication skills, extensive knowledge of the mental health service system and an interest in service development and innovation to join the team as a Peer Navigator working the in EDAU.
This role is available in a part time capacity and there are two part-time roles available – 0.42FTE and 0.58FTE.
For more information we encourage you to contact Deirdre Carberry on deirdre.carberry@health.nsw.gov.au
Interviews are expected to be held between 8 April 2024 and 12 April 2024.
Where you'll be working
Emergency Department Assessment Unit (EDAU) Eastern Suburbs Mental Health Service, located on the Prince of Wales Hospital campus, Randwick
What you'll be doing
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
Provide high level speciality support for the management of consumers of the Emergency Department Assessment Unit (EDAU), ESMHS on Prince of Wales Hospital (POWH) Campus, to support the efficient and effective operation of the unit to achieve business and service objectives.
The position will draw upon their lived experience of mental health challenges and their personal recovery journey, to develop empathic relationships and support personal recovery, using recovery-oriented and trauma-informed principles in providing support for consumers of the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD).
The EDAU is a specialised Short Stay Unit co-located with the POWH Emergency Department for ED patients who require extended care for acute behavioural, toxicology and/or drug and alcohol-related presentations.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
All workers and new recruits are required to receive 2 doses of a Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccine to commence employment/ engagement or continue to work within a NSW Health service.
A worker and new recruit will be considered compliant if they have a medical contraindication to all available Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccines and provide medical contraindication evidence in line with the policy requirements.
In addition, all Category A workers and new recruits are required to receive one dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine annually to be considered compliant.
Category A workers and new recruits who are non-compliant with seasonal influenza vaccination or have a medical contraindication to influenza or COVID-19 vaccinations must comply with all other infection control risk reduction strategies as directed while working in a Category A position.
SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.
Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Candidates
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can provide support. If you have any questions or would like guidance on the recruitment process, please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email to:
Selection Criteria: * Relevant qualifications in Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work or relevant equivalent lived experience to support others in their own mental health recovery journey.

• Demonstrated knowledge and appreciation of personal/lived experience as a consumer of Mental Health Services and demonstrated ability to utilise the lived experience to support others in their own mental health recovery journey in a Consumer Peer Worker Role.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently or as part of a multidisciplinary team and actively contribute to clinical care planning processes in a team setting within allocated timeframe
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate with key stakeholders for the Peer workforce and consumer participation.
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to contribute to strategic service planning and policy development for the Peer workforce and consumer participation.
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible and adapt work practices to meet current and emerging business needs.
• Current drivers’ licence or a willingness to travel in accordance with the demands of the position.
• Demonstrated ability to determine priorities and manage tasks to achieve work objectives within the multidisciplinary team.

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Applications Close: 31 March 2024