Advanced Carer Peer Worker
1 week ago
Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population.
This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About the Role
- Develop innovative and creative opportunities to increase the engagement of carers and families on the acute inpatient wards, thereby improving the outcomes for consumers, carers, families, staff and community.
- Serve as a positive role model to carers, families and staff and a source of information and education from a lived/living experience perspective
- Provide direct peer support to carers and families, building their capacity for the caring role, by engaging in individual and group peer support, advocacy and education activities.
- Co-facilitate relevant support groups, deliver skills training and evaluate carer-specific programs
- Actively identify areas of improvement to the service and the inpatient environment by advocating for a carer and family sensitive and inclusive culture in all service practices, procedures and frameworks.
Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
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