Consumer Advisor

**Employment Status**

Casual

**Program**

Research

**Location**

Multiple Locations

**Hours Per Fortnight**

0

**Position Summary
**Are you a thoughtful person interested in clinical ethics?**

**You are invited to join the Clinical Ethics Committee as a Consumer Advisor member.**

**About the Barwon Health**

Barwon Health supports people’s right to participate individually and collectively in the planning and implementation of their health care. Partnering with consumers is an important strategy to improve patient care, as consumer have first-hand experience of health services. Barwon Health does this by partnering with Consumer Advisors.

A Consumer Advisor is a person who voices lived experience perspectives and takes part in decision-making as a representative of the community. Ideally Consumer Advisors are well connected in their community and are able to access the perspective of many.

Consumer Advisors are actively involved in the development, planning and quality improvement of services, and the measure and improvement of patient and family experience. Opportunities range for sitting on committees, to varying levels of participation on working groups and projects.

**About the Role**

Clinical Ethics Committee Consumer Advisor

The responsibility of the Clinical Ethics Committee is to provide education for staff in clinical ethics, and to provide a forum for staff to receive assistance with ethically challenging situations.

A car park will be provided, or car parking costs will be reimbursed while attending the meetings.

A letter of reference will be provided at the end of your term on the committee.

**About the culture**

Barwon Health is committed to forming partnerships with consumers. We ensure our engagement strategies are tailored, targeted, safe and respectful. When we partner with consumers, we take the time to provide the support required to engage consumers representing diverse lived experiences.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

It is a priority for Barwon Health to attract, recruit and support Consumer Advisors from:

- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Communities
- People living with a physical or neurological disability, or their carers
- People from culturally and linguistically diverse communities
- People from the LGBTIQA+ community
- People who have experienced a mental health condition, or their carers
- This role must be fully vaccinated for COVID -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy._

**Selection Criteria**

Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?

**Contact Person**

Kim Henshaw

**Contact Person Job Title**

Consumer Engagement Manager

**Contact Number**

03 4215 0477

**Alternate Contact Person**

Sharyn Milnes

**Alternate Contact Number**

03 4215 3428

**Closing Date**

27/08/2023