Consumer Peer Lead - Emergency Department

at  Monash Health

Job Requisition ID: 3479
Legal Entity: Monash Health
Location:Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168
Employment Type: Full Time
Posting Date: 29 Jan 2025

Specific purpose of this Emergency Department Consumer Peer Lead role is to provide professional specialist supervision, support, advice & leadership for Consumer Peer Workers in Monash Health Emergency Departments. This position will provide consumer peer professional supervision to the consumer peer workers in our Emergency Departments at Monash Medical Centre, Dandenong & Casey. Reporting operationally to the EMAAP team manager, this position will work alongside the Family/Carer Peer Lead (Engage Team) to ensure peer work roles and functions within the Emergency Department are clearly defined and integrated within each Emergency Department. This position is also responsible for the orientation, training, supervising practice, and professional development for the peer workforce within the Emergency Department consumer peer workforce. The Emergency Department Consumer Peer Lead position will be required to work across Monash Health Emergency Departments (excluding VHH) Monday to Friday from 0730 to 1600. The Emergency Department Consumer Peer Lead will be situated at an Emergency Department (excluding VHH) with the ability to engage in wider policy & workforce development and, contributing to recruitment processes with the EMAAP Manager, Engage Manager and Consumer & Family / Carer Operations Manager.