Join a Specialist Rehabilitation Team Changing Lives

We're seeking an experienced Social Worker to deliver advanced clinical services, support service improvement initiatives and mentor developing clinicians within Queensland's specialist spinal rehabilitation service.

Job details

Your new role:

As a Senior Social Worker within the Transitional Rehabilitation Program, you will play a pivotal role in supporting people with spinal cord injuries as they transition from inpatient rehabilitation to community living. Working within a highly skilled interdisciplinary team, you'll provide advanced clinical care while contributing to service innovation, education and quality improvement initiatives.

You will,

• Deliver high-quality Social Work assessment, intervention, discharge planning and support services to patients and their families throughout the rehabilitation journey.
• Provide clinical leadership, expert advice and guidance to team members while supporting less experienced clinicians, students and Allied Health Assistants.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals, community organisations and external stakeholders to achieve positive patient outcomes and seamless transitions of care.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and research activities that enhance patient care and rehabilitation outcomes.

About you:

You are a compassionate and experienced Social Worker who thrives in complex clinical environments and is passionate about supporting people to achieve meaningful goals and independence.

You will have,

• Demonstrated experience delivering advanced Social Work services within rehabilitation, disability, health or complex care settings.
• Strong clinical reasoning, assessment and case management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and complex patient needs.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with experience working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and community networks.
• Proven ability to mentor, supervise and support developing practitioners while contributing to service improvement and evidence-based practice.

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:

Princess Alexandra Hospital:

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.

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  MS06685431 - Role Description (PDF)