Social Work Allied Health Assistant-level 3-Social work

Employment Type: Full Time, PermanentClassification: Allied Health Assistant 3 (PN 64485)Salary:  $69,915 - $77,593 (Plus 11.5% Super) Location: Canberra Health servicesSection: Social Work Closing Date: 15 February 2024

What can we offer you: 

About the Role:

The Acute Support Social Work Department is responsible for the care and support of patients across a range of critical and acute care areas of The Canberra Hospital. These include the Medical and Surgical inpatient wards, Intensive Care Unit, the Emergency Department, Maternity and Paediatric inpatient wards and a range of paediatric and adult outpatient clinics.

Social workers provide assessment and therapeutic intervention for a range of client populations throughout their patient journey. Patients present with a range of psychosocial issues that impact their health circumstances across the lifespan including ante-natal care, newly acquired and chronic health conditions, medical and surgical treatments, rehabilitation and ageing.

The Social Work Allied Health Assistant 3 (AHA 3) will have a general understanding of issues that impact the psychosocial well-being of patients and their family/carer, including adjustment to changes in health, ageing and disability.  The role promotes positive client outcomes through the provision of high-quality clinical services across a range of areas or units and working in a multidisciplinary team.

The Social Work Allied Health Assistant 3 (AHA 3) is competent within their discipline and works under a task delegation model from Social Workers in the Department. An AHA3 exercises initiative and judgement, requires limited supervision to complete work independently within their scope of practice. AHA’s will participate in clinical supervision from a dedicated Social Worker, minimum monthly.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

To Apply: 

Please submit a copy of your CV along with a 2-page response to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our communityOur Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new Critical Services Building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.