Enjoy the Far North lifestyle while working with the Babinda Multi-Purpose Health Service team as a Social Worker. In this role you will provide leadership within Cairns and Hinterland Hospital Health Service Social Work including clinical practice supervision, assistance with performance management processes and participation in the business and quality activities to ensure timely and effective service delivery.

Job details

About us: 

Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About your opportunity: 

The Babinda Multi-Purpose Health Service is part of the Rural and Remote Service for Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service. Babinda and provides high quality Allied Health Services including Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Social Work and Podiatrist. This position is located within the Babinda Hospital and provides services to Acute inpatients, Aged Care Residents and Outpatients.

About your role: 

• Deliver high level rural generalist social work clinical services across a varied range of clinical areas including complex casework in acute, sub-acute and non-acute inpatient care.
• Apply high level professional judgement and decision making to manage a complex caseload, adapting routine and non-routine clinical practice based on valid and reliable clinical evidence with minimal direct clinical practice supervision.
• Provide a leadership role in the clinical assessment and intervention planning for service consumers from a Social Work and multidisciplinary team perspective, ensuring timely identification of client's needs, service provision, and discharge planning within the work unit or professional team.
• Ensure patients and other staff are treated fairly and with mutual respect and understanding, regardless of cultural, religious, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland

Further information

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

Applicants are to apply online. If the information requested in the ‘how to apply’ section is not provided, you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application.

Documents

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

• 1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Documentation preparation guide (PDF, 229KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  CAH635002 Role Description (PDF, 824KB)
  Role Description