Paediatric Intake, Child and Family Health Services

**Employment Status**

Temporary Part Time

**Program**

Community Health Rehab & Palliative Care

**Location**

Barwon Health North

**Hours Per Fortnight**

48.00

**Position Summary**
- Join a collaborative and passionate multidisciplinary paediatric team
- Take this opportunity to make a difference with children and families of the North
- Fixed-term, Part-time, school hours available and work by phone

**About Our Facility**

Barwon Health is the largest health service in regional Victoria and based in Geelong, it is within commuting range from the west side of Melbourne. With approximately 7,000 employees, 22 sites and a broad range of services, Barwon Health plays a key role in the health and wellbeing of our local community and the Barwon South Western region.

Barwon Health North is a brand new $30 million two-storey facility located in the Northern Suburbs of Geelong to provide a state of the art flexible health facility to meet the growing needs of the community.

Barwon Health North provides accessible health care close to home and to public transport bridging the gap between the acute settings at the University Hospital Geelong by providing the following services:

- Urgent Care Services
- Medical Imaging
- Child and Family Health Services
- Healthy at Home (Chronic and Complex Care)
- Dialysis
- Specialist Clinics

The Barwon Health North Child and Family Health Services Team provide developmental assessment, support and therapy for children from birth up to primary school commencement in the Northern Suburbs of Geelong. We support families to meet their children’s needs. We collaborate with other Northern suburbs providers and agencies.

We are part of the Barwon Health North Area Health Team and are located at Barwon Health North. We are a multidisciplinary allied health, medical and mental health team skilled in the Paediatric age group. Our team members consist of speech therapists, social workers, occupational therapists, physiotherapist, complex care navigator, audiologist, psychologists, allied health assistants, child psychiatrist, dietitian, and paediatrician. We follow best practice based on a family centred care philosophy.

**About the Role**

This role will provide high quality care to children and families accessing the services and demonstrate developing professional leadership through proactive participation within the North Area Health and Child and Family Program teams. As the intake Clinician, you will be making contact via phone to families to discuss individual needs and appropriately placing families within the correct cohort of the service. You will be working as part of the multidisciplinary team ensuring health outcomes and family goals are met.

**About the culture**

Barwon Health is a values driven organisation and you will thrive working in a culture that values respect, compassion, commitment, accountability and innovation. The Community Health workforce is highly engaged and strongly committed to working with the community to achieve healthier lives. You will work with a highly engaged senior leadership team to ensure delivery of efficient, integrated care, education and research to advance health and wellbeing for all.

**Barwon Health staff benefits**
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development
- Access to employee wellness facility
- Salary packaging
- Social club
- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast

**About the Geelong Region, AUSTRALIA**

Sitting within one of Victoria’s six regional health centres, Barwon Health serves the community of Greater Geelong and beyond. Victoria’s second largest city after Melbourne Derived from the local Wadawurrung name for the region; Djillong, (Geelong) and means “Tongue of Land”.
- Enjoy a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes at affordable prices.
- High standard of schooling options throughout the area
- A stone throw from the Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road
- Appreciate beautiful parks, rivers, walks and wineries
- To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

At Barwon Health, we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

We Barwon Health are proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

**_ This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy._**

**Selection Criteria**

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