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SalaryEmployment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Social Worker Level 5Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $126,240.00 - $129,309.00 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ484657Applications Close: 30/05/2024With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed
and develop in your chosen career role.About UsNepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow Region.Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.The Nepean Allied Health team is seeking an experienced Social Worker on a Permanent Full Time assignment. The successful incumbent will be taking on the role of Acute Care Team Leader.This position will lead the Social WorkAcute Care Team at Nepean Hospital in providing Social Work to inpatients and their families. As the Team Leader, you will ensure that all team members work closely with medical, nursing, and other allied health staff to offer a comprehensive Social Work service to patients and their families who present at Nepean Hospital. Duties will also include accepting and prioritising referrals and providing case management when appropriate.In this position, you will participate as a member of the multi- disciplinary teams including attending case conferences and clinical planning meetings as required. When necessary, you will act as an advocate for patients and their families both in the health care system and community agencies.We invite you to grow your career with us. Take the next step and Apply today!Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees· Accrued Day Off (ADO) (full time employees only)· Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging· Novated Leasing· Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year· Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members· Fitness PassportNBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.What you will bring to the role * Degree in Social Work and eligibility for membership of the AASW
- Extensive specialist knowledge and clinical experience working with psychosocial issues in health care
- Demonstrated capacity to provide clinical services of a complex nature requiring advanced practice skills
- Demonstrated capacity to provide a consultancy service to health staff in relation to psychosocial issues in health care
- Demonstrated ability to provide clinical supervision
- Extensive experience in a health setting
- Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to manage a diverse range of tasks, work under pressure and manage a team
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, including negotiation skills
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