Activity Optimisation Lead, Mental Health

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Full Time - Fixed Term

**Salary**:$1,611 - $1,611

**Grade**:Undefined

**Occupation**: Medical and Nursing

**Location**: Parkville

**Reference**: 13188

Activity Optimisation Lead, Mental Health Department
- Full time Fixed Term (2 years)
- Hub of medical precinct in Parkville, Melbourne
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Friendly and dynamic team

**About the Role**:
This is a Fixed Term, Full Time position at 80 hours per fortnight for 2 years within the RCH Mental Health Department.

You will be responsible for successfully driving system change across RCH Mental Health to enable the achievement of expected service-wide performance targets. These include the mental health targets contained in the Statement of Priorities for the RCH and achievement of NWAU activity targets across inpatient and outpatient RCH Mental Health services.

Classification for this position will range from Grade 7, Level 1 to Grade 7 Level 5 (AO71to AO75)

**What you’ll achieve**:

- Strong understanding of how processes and techniques interact with other related functions.
- Actively inspire a shared vision, model a values-based approach, and create a culture in which new ways of working are encouraged and enabled
- Promote and facilitate accountability for quality and safety systems and the achievement of identified safety and quality KPIs.

**Your skills and experience**:

- Tertiary qualification or equivalent in a related field (Psychology, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Social Work, Public Health, Project management) and/or significant relevant industry experience.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development in relevant area.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in working with data systems and data analytics to improve outcomes

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

**About the Department**:
The RCH Mental Health is a service that provides wellbeing, and mental health supports for young people aged 0-18 years that are experiencing serious mental health and wellbeing concerns.

We provide a range of hospital inpatient, specialist, consultation and community mental health services for infants, children and young people. Our teams are generally interdisciplinary (a mix of mental health care professionals of different backgrounds). They have extensive child, youth and family expertise. We assess young people and offer a range of ways to help in recovery from a mental illness. Our mental health professionals include: Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Paediatricians (doctors), Psychiatrists (doctors), Psychologists, Social Workers, Speech Pathologists, Family Therapists and Peer Workers.

**What we offer**:

- Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay
- Professional development and special events

**Other requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

**Application process**:
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

**Why work at the RCH?**

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption.

**Are you ready to join our team?**

Applications close **06/05/2025**

Applications close Tuesday 6 May 2025 at 11.59PM

Posted 22 April 2025