Horsham-Ararat region, Victoria University of Melbourne

Department of Rural Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Salary: $79,910 – $86,499 p.a. (pro rata) plus 17% superannuation.

Part-time (0.6 FTE) fixed term position to 31 Dec 2018, located at East Grampians Health Service in Ararat, Victoria.

The University of Melbourne, Department of Rural Health (DRH) is funded by the Commonwealth as a workforce program. As part of this, the DRH has developed a project in partnership with East Grampians Health Service (EGHS) aimed at improving retention of the nursing and allied health workforce. The Project Worker position has been established to support nursing and allied health professionals in all aspects of living and working in the Ararat rural city region. The Project Worker will play a pivotal role in supporting the development and implementation of the retention project.

The Project Worker is responsible for supporting the design and delivery of solution-focused supports for nursing and allied health staff and developing community networks for the purpose of aiding the personal and professional adjustment of staff who are new to EGHS and/or to living in the Ararat rural city region.

The Project Worker will be an excellent communicator, able to build strong working relationships within and across organisations, teams and in the community. With a track record in project management, the Project Worker is responsible for timely data collection and project reporting to the partners as well as providing secretariat support to the project’s two steering groups.

The position is accountable to the DRH Responsible Researcher for the project (Dr Cosgrave) and the EGHS Director Development & Improvement (Mario Santilli). This position will be located at East Grampians Health Service in Ararat.

Close date: 10 Sep 2017

Full details and to apply:
http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/891310/project-worker-nursing-and-allied-health-retention-project

Source: Uniting News