Senior Social Worker - Allied Health, Bayside Health Service!

Metro South Health is seeking an experienced Senior Social Worker to deliver high-quality, evidence-based social work services across acute hospital settings at Redland Hospital, including ICU, Emergency Department and MAPU, supporting patients, families and multidisciplinary teams through complex clinical care!

Job details

About your role

As a Senior Social Worker, you will provide advanced clinical social work services within a busy acute hospital environment, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to support patients, families and carers through complex clinical presentations.

You will:

• Deliver comprehensive social work assessments, risk assessment, planning and interventions across acute clinical areas
• Provide evidence-informed, patient-centred care within an interprofessional team
• Act as a clinical reference point for the social work team and respond to complex clinical demands
• Provide supervision, education and support to HP3 clinicians, students and Allied Health Assistants
• Participate in non-standard rosters including evenings, weekends and public holidays as required

About you

You are an experienced and motivated social worker with strong clinical judgement, leadership capability and a passion for delivering compassionate, high-quality care in acute health settings.

You will bring:

• A recognised tertiary qualification in Social Work and eligibility for membership with the AASW
• Demonstrated experience delivering complex social work services within acute hospital environments
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills within multidisciplinary teams
• Experience providing supervision, training and clinical support to less experienced staff and students
• Willingness to travel across Bayside Health sites

What we can offer you:

• 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 Metro South Health:

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

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

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.

• MS02675586 Role Description (PDF)
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)