Senior Project Evaluation Officer - Mental Health

We invite you to join the RCH and help turn our vision 'a world where all kids thrive' into a reality!

This is a Fixed Term, part-time or full-time (0.6 - 1.0 FTE) position until 30/06/2027 at 80 hours per fortnight.

The Senior Project Evaluation Officer is a key member of the RCH Campus Mental Health Strategy Implementation Team, responsible for designing, leading and delivering the evaluation of the BSP and SAPHER flagship reforms. The role will work with key stakeholders to:

• Design and implement robust evaluation frameworks for both flagship reforms, building on the existing BSP evaluation and SAPHER's alignment to current clinical guidelines.
• Monitor and report on delivery against agreed outcomes, including EMR integration and adoption, workforce confidence and competence, and reduction in occupational violence, seclusion and restrictive practices.
• Translate evaluation findings into practical recommendations that support usability, uptake and sustained impact of both tools across the Campus.

Launched in 2021, the Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) Campus Mental Health Strategy coordinated a comprehensive program of integrated, evidence-based approaches to mental health research, education, and care. The Strategy has supported the development of two digital tools to ensure evidence-based, best practices in mental health screening and decision support.

The Behaviours of Concern (BOC) optimisation project aims to improve patient and family experiences by enabling early identification and documentation of behavioural support needs in relevant children and adolescents presenting with BOC, and children and adolescents who are neurodivergent, within the EMR, enabling proactive care planning, tailored coping strategies, and trauma-informed approaches.

The Suicide Aggression Preventative Healthcare Evidence based Reform (SAPHER) Project modernises mental health risk screening, assessment and management within RCH. Under the project, a Risk Assessment and Formulation Tool (RAFT) has been developed by a multidisciplinary group of staff in collaboration with children and carer representatives and based on evidence-based and best practices in mental health risk management.

Your skills and experience:

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant field (e.g. public health, evaluation, psychology, social work, health sciences) and/or equivalent industry experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering program or project evaluations in a complex healthcare environment.
• Experience collecting, analysing and reporting on quantitative and qualitative data to inform service or quality improvement.
• Proven ability to build effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Critical analysis, systems and strategic thinking skills.
• Postgraduate qualification in evaluation, public health, or a related discipline.
• Experience evaluating digital health or EMR-integrated clinical tools.
• Knowledge of the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System and its recommendations.
• Experience or understanding of infant, child and adolescent mental health, trauma-informed care, or suicide and self-harm prevention frameworks.

What we offer:

• Salary packaging option with our partner, SmartSalary - Increase your take home pay by up to $11,500 per annum.
• Workplace culture of continuous improvement, growth, support and training.
• Clinical Education Hub on-site to support continued training and professional development.
• Hybrid work model, if applicable to role.
• Monthly Accrued Day Off (ADO) - 12 additional leave days per year, if FTE.
• Convenient location & close to public transport.
• Special events and discounted Private Health Insurance.
• Support for working mothers including two on-site Early Learning Centres, flexible working arrangements, breast feeding and pumping facilities.
• Help when you need it most! Staff counselling, financial coaching, legal support, nutritional support and specialist helpline services through our EAP partner, Converge.
• Unlimited access to select fitness facilities in your local area via Fitness Passport.
• Enjoy the convenience of an on-site retail precinct, featuring a range of shops, cafés, and food outlets.

Other Requirements:

• Employees are required to undertake a National Criminal Record Check and a Working with Children Check prior to commencing employment.
• Employees are required to maintain a valid Working with Children Check throughout their employment.
• Employees are required to maintain compliance with RCHs "Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases" procedure.

Why work at the RCH? RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.