Take the Next Step in Your Social Work Career at Redland Hospital!

Make a meaningful difference in patients's lives as a Senior Social Worker at Redland Hospital. Join a collaborative multidisciplinary team where you'll deliver high-quality clinical care, support complex patient needs and contribute to service improvement, clinical education and the development of emerging practitioners! Temporary full time opportunity!

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About your role

As a Senior Social Worker, you will play a vital frontline role in delivering evidence-based, compassionate social work services to patients and their families at Redland Hospital.

In this role, you will:

• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives, evidence-based practice and the ongoing development of clinical procedures and services.
• Provide clinical supervision, education and support to less experienced practitioners, students and support staff.
• Exercise clinical judgement and provide expert advice to support complex decision-making and high-quality patient care.
• Coordinate patient-centred care and discharge planning in collaboration with patients, families, healthcare professionals and community services.
• Deliver comprehensive social work assessments, risk assessments, interventions and evaluations for patients with complex needs.

About you

You are an experienced and compassionate Social Worker who thrives in a complex hospital environment and is committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Show initiative in identifying, planning and evaluating service improvement activities that enhance clinical practice and patient outcomes.
• Demonstrate the ability to supervise, mentor and support less experienced clinicians and students in their professional development.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, multidisciplinary colleagues and external stakeholders, including managing conflict professionally.
• Apply sound clinical judgement to complex cases, prioritising competing demands and coordinating effective patient management and discharge planning.
• Demonstrate substantial knowledge and experience delivering social work services within adult general medical and surgical wards.

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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.

Redland Hospital:

Redland Hospital is the major health centre for adults and children in the Redlands and Brisbane's southern bayside suburbs. We provide a range of services including emergency care, primary health and minor injury care, acute and subacute medicine, general surgery, maternity and paediatric, mental specialist outpatient and mental health care.

It's an exciting time as our Redlands Coast community grows bringing a diverse range of patients & an opportunity to make a real difference in the community. With more beds, new and expanding services the Redland Hospital expansion provides a range of opportunities to pursue and build a long-term career, enjoy a supportive work environment, professional growth opportunities, and a vibrant community!

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.

• MS11695509 Role Description (PDF)
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)