Located in the Latrobe Valley, x1 part time, fixed term role until May 2023

• Join a not-for-profit health care provider who is getting back to what matters
• Use your passion for smoking cessation to drive quality outcomes within our community
• Salary as per award dependent on qualifications/experience

At Latrobe Community Health Service you’ll be part of a positive and passionate workplace. We’re dedicated to providing you with career opportunities through work that is rewarding and meaningful within the community.

Do you have a passion to work in an innovative new program to help people cease or reduce smoking? Are you ready for a new professional challenge?

The role of the Smoking Cessation Counsellor is to provide specialist information, advice and individualised counselling to assist people who smoke and wish to reduce or cease.

Our integrated service model means you’ll provide your specialist expertise as part of a holistic solution for patients. You’ll be applying your talents and efforts in ways that make a genuine difference to people in your community.

To be successful, you will require;

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in community health, AOD and or social services.
• Face to face and virtual counselling experience.
• Knowledge and understanding of concepts and theories of smoking behaviour and cessation.
• Knowledge of health education/promotion.
• Experience in a similar or related service.
• Commitment to completed subsidised specialist smoking cessation training as required.
• You are a non-smoker.
• X3 doses of COVID-19 vaccination and an employee WWCC is required.

For more information please contact Rupa Sharma, Manager Integrated Primary Health Service – Central, on (03) 5143 9877.

At Latrobe Community Health Service we want to help you get back to what matters. To see the full position description and to apply, go to lchs.com.au/careers

We are an equal opportunity employer and therefore, we will consider all qualified applicants for employment. We are partnered with Job Access and pledged to Soldier On. We are a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and identities, LGBTIQ+ people, people with a lived experience of disability and service personnel and their families to name a few. We will make reasonable adjustments when required. We are a child safe organisation. Successful applicants will be required to obtain a satisfactory security clearance and an Employee Working with Children Check before we can make any offer of employment.