Allied Health are looking for Senior Social Worker to join their team. The purpose of this role is to deliver senior social work services within the Metro South Health (MSH) Pathways Team to complex long-stay patients within all facilities across MSH. This position will operationally report to the Team Leader of the Pathways Team and professionally report to the Director of Social Work at the assigned facility; however, location of the position may alter depending on clinical need across MSH.

Job details

We are Metro South Health

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.

We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.

We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.

Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

• Utilise high level social work knowledge and skills in the areas of disability, aged care, guardianship, psychosocial assessment, complex system navigation and the relevant legislative frameworks to inform clinical practice and provide clinical advice to the interprofessional team and other relevant stakeholders regarding long stay inpatient discharge planning.
• Assist in the identification of long stay risk and facilitate clinical escalations within a patient safety and clinical governance framework to ensure that timely and effective solutions are addressed under the guidance of senior staff.
• Assist in the identification, development, implementation and/or review of clinical practices, procedures and protocols with a focus on NDIS and long stay patient pathways using the principles of evidence based practice under the guidance of senior staff.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 371KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  MS06641610 Role Description (PDF, 417KB)
  Role Description
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 415KB)
  Information Package for Applicants