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Latrobe Regional Health is a leading provider of health care services across the Gippsland Region

About the role

Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse Peer Navigator role in a leading regional hospital? Join the Mental Health Services 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 is looking for Peer Navigator to join our growing team on a part-time (0.7EFT) ongoing basis.

We are seeking passionate and empathetic individuals to join our Lived/Living Experience workforce as Peer Navigators. These roles Consumer Peer Navigator and Family-Carer Peer Navigator are integral to supporting people accessing acute mental health care and their families, carers, and supporters.

Drawing on your own lived or living experience where as a consumer of mental health services to as a family member or carer – you will provide emotional and practical support, foster hope, and help people navigate their recovery journey.

Working as part of a collaborative multidisciplinary team, you’ll strengthen discharge and transitional care processes, centre lived experience perspectives, and contribute to system improvement.

Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service

The role of the Peer Navigator is:

• Build peer relationships by purposely and appropriately shared lived experiences to support consumers and/or families, carers, and supporters.
• Strengthen discharge and transitional support in partnership with the multidisciplinary team.
• Support individuals, families, and carers to express their preferences, access services, and actively participate in care planning.
• Provide service orientation, navigation support, and linkages to community and peer resources.
• Promote lived experience perspectives to influence service delivery and system change.

About you

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

• Personal lived or living experience relevant to either Consumer or Family-Carer role.
• Understanding of challenges people face when navigating mental health services.
• Willingness to purposefully and appropriately share your story to support others.
• Experience in peer support or similar lived experience role (minimum 6 months desirable).
• Strong communication, advocacy, and relationship-building skills.

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Sarah Davis-Gilmore, LLE Family-Carer Lead & Consultant via email: [email protected] for a confidential discussion.

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description - Consumer Peer Navigator

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description - Family-Carer Peer Navigator

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: 29 October 2025

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.