Senior Social Worker - Paediatric Intensive Care And Neonatal Intensive Care Units

Senior Social Worker - Paediatric Intensive Care and NeonatalIntensive Care Units

John Hunter Children's Hospital

About us:

John Hunter Children’s Hospital (JHCH) is part of The Children, Young People and Families Directorate of Hunter New England Local Health District. It is one of three tertiary Children’s Hospitals in NSW, the only one situated outside of a capital city.

About the job:

• This position will work within the John Hunter Children’s Hospital Social Work service. This team is passionate about improving the health and psychosocial outcomes for Children, Young People and their Families. This is a collaborative team within a supportive learning and development culture.
• In this role you will work across the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). This will involve working with families in states of crisis, grief, hope and adjustment. This role will be undertaking crisis psychosocial assessments with some situations requiring longer-term intervention and psychological support to patients and their families.
• You will provide Social Work leadership to the Clinical Teams to help ensure families have a good understanding of what is happening from a medical perspective.
• This role will work alongside other NICU Social Workers as well as other Social Workers working within the Intensive Care Unit and the Children’s Hospital.
• In this role you will be supported through an orientation period. There will be opportunities for relevant ongoing professional education and development. This role will receive both professional supervision and line management support.

Benefits:

• Superannuation contributions 11%.
• Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees).
• Four (4) weeks annual leave for temporary and permanent employees (pro-rata if part time).
• Salary packaging - Up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing.
• Fitness Passport.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members.
• Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals.
• Working for a highly regarded public health facility, where supporting the local community is at the forefront of our business strategy.
• Career Development opportunity.

Requirements:

Our successful candidate will possess the following:

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work and eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• Actively participate in the Social Work After Hours On Call roster providing crisis response across John Hunter and John Hunter Children’s Hospital.
• Passion for supporting families in times of crisis, trauma and end of life.
• Willingness to support families using grief and loss models of care in end-of-life care situations.
• Open to learning and innovation in clinical practice.

Additional information:

• An eligibility list will be created for future permanent part time and temporary part time vacancies.
• This position is part time over 4 days. There is a requirement that the candidate work Thursdays and Fridays but there is flexibility on what the other two days of the week are. 
• We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.

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For role related queries or questions contact Sarah Smith on ************@health.nsw.gov.au

Information for Applicants:

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This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2023_022: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.

Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. 

Salary Packaging: is beneficial to most HNELHD employees and may increase your take-home pay! Salary package a range of personal expenses including novated motor vehicle leases, relocation expenses, and HECS/HELP debt. Find out more by contacting SalaryPackagingPLUS! via *********@salarypackagingplus.com.au or 1300 40 25 23.

HNE Health employees may be eligible for a range of benefits such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.

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