Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS) is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research. With a dedicated team of more than 5000 people, our point of difference is in the way we provide care to children, young people and their families every day. This is through our steadfast commitment to providing patient and family-centred care at every level of our service and our continuous drive for service and operational excellence.

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About Us

Children's Health Queensland is a specialist statewide hospital and health service dedicated to caring for children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

We are committed to collaborating with all of our healthcare partners, most importantly families, to ensure we consistently deliver safe, high-quality patient and family-centred care.

A recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, education and research, Children's Health Queensland delivers a full range of clinical services, tertiary level care and health promotion programs.

We provide an integrated network of services through:

• The Queensland Children's Hospital
• The Child and Youth Community Health Service
• The Child and Youth Mental Health Service
• Statewide services and programs, including specialist outreach and telehealth services
• Partnerships with other hospital and health services and non-government organisations

Children's Health Queensland provides services from key locations in the Brisbane metropolitan area and works with the 15 other hospital and health services as well as NGOs and charity partners in Queensland to deliver an integrated network of healthcare services and support across the state.

Your Opportunity: 

The Senior Carer Coordinator is based on the idea that people who have had a lived experience as a carer of someone with mental illness and have experienced recovery can support others caring for someone experiencing mental health difficulties and can intentionally engender hope by role-modelling recovery in a way that others without lived experience cannot. 

The Senior Carer Coordinator will:  

• Be based at the Queensland Children's Hospital and work within the CYMHS services located there.
• Be a positive role model for hope, encourage self-awareness and self-determination by sharing their own lived experience and life stories from the carers' perspective. 
• Works to facilitate the delivery, development and planning of support services to consumers, carers and families of the Child and Youth Mental health service.
• Promotes and provides guidance to the development and ongoing management of consumer and carer participation and provide systems advocacy in relation to consumer, carer, and family related issues.
• Utilise their lived experience of caring for someone with mental health issues to model recovery strategies to enable service providers and Non-Government Organisations (NGO's) to develop a better understanding of the recovery framework to achieve the best possible outcomes for young people and their families.

What CHQ HHS can offer

Apart from contributing to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, you will also benefit from a competitive remuneration package and a working environment which embraces professional development, builds capabilities and supports staff to maximise their health and wellbeing. Additional benefits include:

• Up to 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee Assistance Program
• Work/life balance, variety and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.

Some roles within Queensland Health are designated as ‘Vaccination Preventable Disease (VPD) risk roles'. A VPD risk role is a role in which the incumbent may be exposed to the risk of acquisition and/or transmission of a VPD. Please refer to the attached Role Description for more information and what requirements may exist.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online; Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• 638477_ AO5 Senior Carer Coordinator JP_QCH (PDF, 618KB)
  Role Description
  
  CHQ_Job Applicant information kit_Feb 2023 (PDF, 985KB)
  Application Kit