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Peer Support Worker
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
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4.0
Parkville VIC
Part-time, Full-time
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Peer Support Worker
Req ID: 8244
Posting Start Date: 29/09/2026
Advertisement End Date: 13/10/2026
Work Location: The RMH Parkville (City campus)

The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers.

Join the team. Build a career. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Job Description:

Consumer Peer Support Worker (Level 3)
Royal Melbourne Hospital Mental Health Services

  • Parttime ongoing opportunity | 64 hours per fortnight | 4 days per week with a rotating roster, including weekends
  • Join a supportive and collaborative team dedicated to making a positive impact on individuals' lives.
  • City Campus | Close to public transport | Generous salary packaging

RMH Mental Health Services is at the forefront of innovative mental health and addiction treatment, with a strong focus on culturally safe and trauma-informed practice. As part of our multidisciplinary teams, you will work alongside clinical and lived and living experience staff across a range of mental health settings.

Your purpose

  • Provide person-centred, non-clinical peer support that honours each person’s story, strengths and self-determination
  • Support consumers to identify their own goals, choices and pathways to recovery
  • Build connections with consumers based on trust, safety, respect and shared understanding
  • Use the principles and values of Intentional Peer Support in your day-to-day practice
  • Connect consumers with Safe Haven, community supports and other relevant programs and services

About you

  • Minimum 1 year experience in a similar Lived Experience Peer Support role
  • Capacity to work some evening shifts 1.00pm – 9.00pm across weekdays/ weekends on a rotating roster.
  • Completion of Intentional Peer Support core training
  • Experience in a peer support or similar lived experience role
  • Strong ability to build respectful connections through shared understanding, mutuality and trust
  • A strengths-based approach that values diverse experiences, perspectives and voices
  • Understanding of the principles and practice of Intentional Peer Support
  • Experience developing and facilitating group activities will be highly regarded
  • Certificate IV in Mental Health and experience working with ACCHO and Aboriginal communities and families will be highly regarded

Benefits of Working at RMH

  • Meaningful Work
    Make a real difference in the lives of patients, families and our community.
  • Career Growth
    Access learning, development, and diverse career opportunities.
  • Supportive Culture & Belonging
    Join in a diverse and values-led organisation built on kindness, collaboration and inclusion.
  • Innovation
    Help shape the future of healthcare through research, technology and new models of care.
  • World-Class Excellence
    Work alongside leading healthcare professionals at one of Australia's premier public hospitals, within the Parkville Precinct—one of the world's leading biomedical and research precincts.
  • Enjoy great employee benefits
    Salary packaging of up to $12,000 tax free and generous leave entitlements, including additional annual leave and a monthly accrued day off for eligible full-time staff (role/EBA dependent).
  • Work in the Parkville Precinct
    Work in the Parkville precinct with excellent public transport, onsite parking options and access to staff health services.

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Interviews may commence as applications are received. Early applications are encouraged as the role may close once filled.

Name and Contact: Erika Wiseman Erika.Wiseman@mh.org.au

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we work and are committed to a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

RMH is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with the Child Safe Standards.

As a leader in healthcare, we are dedicated to fostering a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging. We encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply and will provide adjustments to support equitable participation.

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