Work Type: Part-time
Salary: $75,000 - $130,000
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Gippsland - Latrobe
Reference: 1930
Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse Lived Experience Worker - Consumer role in a leading regional hospital? Join the Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs (MHAOD) Hub Team at Latrobe Regional Health, where we value our employees by providing a safe and supportive workplace culture that enables you to thrive.
Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) is looking for a Lived Experience Worker to join our growing team on an ongoing part-time basis.
About the Role
Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) is seeking a Lived Experience Worker – Consumer to join our Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs (MHAOD) Hub. This is a meaningful opportunity to work within a transformative model embedded in the Emergency Department, supporting individuals during crisis presentation and through the critical transition back into the community.
This non-clinical role is central to implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System and strengthening peer-led, recovery-oriented practice across our service.
As a Lived Experience Worker – Consumer, you will provide emotional and practical peer support to
individuals presenting with mental health and/or alcohol and other drug (AOD) challenges, including co-occurring concerns.
Drawing on your own lived and living experience of recovery and service use, you will:
You will also contribute to documentation, reporting, team meetings, supervision and reflective practice in line with National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards and recovery-oriented frameworks.
Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service
About you
You are someone who:
Desirable:
Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:
Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Teagan Evans, Acting PECT NUM via email: [email protected] for a confidential discussion.
Please click here for a copy of the Position Description
About us
Located in the picturesque region of Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) offers the perfect balance between career and lifestyle. Enjoy easy access to Melbourne, stunning beaches, majestic mountains, and serene lakes. With flexible working hours, you can make the most of what Gippsland has to offer.
LRH cares for a population of about 300,000 and is the regional provider of specialist services. Our catchment covers 42,000 square kilometres, from Phillip Island to Mallacoota in the far east of Victoria. LRH offers cardiac care, surgery, medical, renal, emergency care, aged care, women's and children's services, pharmacy, allied health and rehabilitation. Medical and radiation oncology are offered by the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre.
Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with the $223.5 million expansion completed in March 2024, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increased medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.
Diversity and inclusion
We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email: [email protected]
How to apply
Join us in our mission to provide exceptional healthcare services to our community. Apply today and make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. Please click the APPLY button to be directed to our Careers page for direct application. Applications should include a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria and current resume.
Applications close: 31 May 2026
Explore all the great things happening at LRH by visiting our Careers and Training page of our website www.lrh.com.au/Careers-and-Training/ and take the next step in your career journey.
Before commencement, the successful applicant will
Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.