The Royal Children's Hospital

Health Liaison Officer - Mental Health Multidisciplinary Team

The Royal Children's Hospital  •  Commonwealth of Australia (Onsite)  •  7 hours ago
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Job Description

Your Role as Health Liaison Officer – Mental Health Multidisciplinary Team

The Health Liaison Officer plays a key role in connecting Wesley Mission Queensland’s Mental Health Multidisciplinary Team with general practice and primary care providers. Working within a multidisciplinary team, this role builds strong stakeholder relationships, supports referral pathways and shared care arrangements, and helps ensure coordinated, person-centred care across the community. Based at a WMQ site, the role actively engages with stakeholders in community and primary care settings.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

  • Building and maintaining effective referral pathways and shared care arrangements with general practitioners, practice managers and primary care stakeholders.
  • Developing and sustaining strong relationships with general practices, primary care networks and community partners to support service access and integration.
  • Promoting the Mental Health Multidisciplinary Team program and act as a key liaison between WMQ and external stakeholders.
  • Supporting coordinated, person-centred care by facilitating communication and collaboration across multidisciplinary and primary care teams.
  • Assisting with care coordination activities to ensure smooth transitions between the program and a participant’s broader care network.
  • Identifying opportunities to strengthen stakeholder engagement, service accessibility and referral outcomes.
  • Representing WMQ within the community, engaging stakeholders in their own settings to build awareness, partnerships and service connections.

What We Offer

  • Salary Packaging: Package up to $15,900 each year on everyday living expenses and up to $2,650 on meals and entertainment reducing your taxable income and giving you more in your pocket.
  • Career Advancement Opportunities: We provide ample career advancement opportunities at WMQ, offering diverse pathways for growth and professional development.
  • Wellbeing Support: Access to discounts on private health insurance and gym memberships, and free, confidential counselling through our employee assistance program.

What We’re Looking For

  • Relevant tertiary qualification in Public Health, Community Development, Social Work, Human Services, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience building stakeholder relationships and referral pathways within primary care, healthcare, or community services.
  • Strong community engagement, partnership development, or advocacy experience.
  • Ability to deliver presentations and communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
  • Understanding of and commitment to working with diverse communities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, CALD, Pasifika and LGBTQIA+ communities.

A Valuable Addition, Yet Not a Must-Have!

  • Knowledge of existing networks within general practice or primary care in the Brisbane South region.
  • Experience working within a multidisciplinary mental health team.
  • Knowledge of the Initial Assessment and Referral Decision Support Tool (IAR-DST).
  • Experience developing engagement strategies, collateral or communications for health programs.

Essential Requirements

  • Proof of COVID-19 vaccination status (or as required by legislation and WMQ policy)
  • Relevant probity checks required by legislation and WMQ Limited policy.
  • Current Driver’s Licence and willingness to travel for work

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The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
org.au
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