Develop Your Career in Hospital Social Work

Metro South Health is offering an exciting opportunity for New Graduate Social Workers to join the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Temporary full-time positions (up to 12 months) commencing January 2026, with structured support and rotations across specialised clinical teams.

Job details

Your new role:

As a New Graduate Social Worker, you will provide high-quality clinical services to patients, families, and caregivers across a range of hospital settings. This role is designed to support your professional development while contributing to safe, patient-centred care.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering psychosocial assessments, evidence-based interventions, and discharge planning
• Providing patient education, advocacy, and referral to community and government services
• Participating in multidisciplinary team processes, case conferences, and care planning
• Supporting clinical education, supervision of observational students, and contributing to student learning
• Maintaining accurate records, reporting service data, and ensuring compliance with ethical standards
• Engaging in quality improvement and research activities under the guidance of senior staff

About you:

We are seeking passionate and committed Social Work graduates who are eager to develop their clinical expertise in a supportive, hospital-based environment.

To succeed in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for effective teamwork and patient care
• Ability to manage a varied caseload with guidance and support from senior staff
• Commitment to evidence-based practice, patient advocacy, and person-centred care
• Willingness to engage in supervision, reflection, and ongoing professional development
• A proactive approach to service improvement, collaboration, and interprofessional teamwork

Check out our quick tips and application essentials!

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.

We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.

We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

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 better together.

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.

• MS10663714 Role Description (PDF, 436KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 691KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 978KB)
  Information Package for Applicants