Vad Regional Care Navigator

Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Regional Navigator

• Clinical Nurse Consultant C

Based in Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health are looking for a Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Regional Navigator to join our team on a part time, fixed term basis until 30 June 2025 with the potential for extension.

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Care Navigators are a small team of highly skilled clinicians, spread across Victoria.  They are a point of contact for members of the public, health practitioners and health services across Victoria seeking information or support in accessing or delivering VAD. The navigator service works with any health service or clinician, individual or family who seeks their input.

The VAD Regional Navigator is responsible for:

• Providing practical support to people, carers and families in understanding the legislation and implications in a person’s specific context. They explore a person’s specific needs and goals of care and assist with identifying appropriate service referral pathways.
• Support VAD assessing medical practitioners in working through legislated processes. 
• Help build skills and capacity in the broader health service by providing ongoing professional education, upskilling, working with health services in determining their level of participation and reviewing or implementing appropriate policies and procedures.

The Gippsland Regional navigator is a sole position within the Gippsland Region, working closely and with support by the statewide service and service manager based in Melbourne.

Flexible working hours potential to split over split 4 days. Ideally we would like to work with the successful candidate to incorporate this position as a job share position with their existing role.

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:

• Tertiary qualification in a health-related field
• Relevant professional registration, for example AHPRA
• Demonstrated advanced and highly adaptable problem solving, critical thinking and sound decision-making skills
• Ability to work independently and prioritise own time appropriately in a fluctuating context
• Advanced clinical communication skills
• Demonstrated high level of communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills to liaise with a broad range of people and services
• Demonstrated skills in implementing improvement initiatives
• Competent in core computer programs used in health
• Willingness and ability to drive to attend home visits or health services
• Understanding of the Victorian health system and the ability to identify appropriate service referral pathways and/or coordinate access to Voluntary Assisted Dying

For more information about this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to contact NatashaCampbell on (03) 51738845 or ***************@lrh.com.au 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 $217 million expansion nearing completion, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increase medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Explore all the great things happening at LRH – www.lrh.com.au and take the next step on your career journey by submitting your application for this and other roles here - https://lrh.mercury.com.au

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 Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted on (03) 5173 8***.

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.