AddressAbout the role
An exciting opportunity has become available for a highly experienced Social Work Senior to work in our Cancer Services team at Mater Hospital Brisbane. This role is being offered full-time, permanent role based at South Brisbane.
The successful applicant will be a skilled practitioner who ideally has extensive experience in delivery of Social Work services to patients and families in a hospital setting. Evidence of clinical leadership through leading quality improvement activities, undertaking service evaluation, provision of clinical supervision to staff and contributing to clinical education is also required.
Salary range: $60.01-$64.54 (HP4) per hour plus superannuation and salary packaging
What you’ll be doing
You will deliver high level Social Work clinical services in accordance with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) Code of Ethics and Professional Practice standards by:
- Independently manage a complex and varied caseload
- Apply independent clinical judgement with minimal supervision
- Provide services in Oncology and Palliative Care requiring clinical expertise
- Provide delegation, supervision, training and support to less experienced health practitioners, allied health assistants, students, support staff and volunteers within Mater Adults Social Work team
- Contribute to the development of new and existing services, models of care, procedures and protocols
- Identify, initiate, plan and evaluate quality and service improvement activities
- Actively contribute to the research culture and collaborate on clinical research activities
- Provide clinical Social Work advice within professional and multidisciplinary teams and when liaising with patients, their families/carers and external agencies
- Significantly contribute to promoting a learning culture within the team through mentoring, clinical supervision and delivery of training
- Applying differential assessment methods to identify clinical risk appropriate to the client group
- Applying high level advocacy skills to address patient needs
About you
The successful candidate will:
- Have a degree in Social Work that provides eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Tertiary qualifications from overseas institutions will require evidence of assessment from AASW included with application for the application to be considered
- Post graduate qualifications in Social Work or related field, and/or AASW Accredited Mental Health Social Worker desirable
- Extensive experience in provision of Social Work services, ideally in a hospital and health setting
- Demonstrated high level clinical practice and independent clinical judgement in the delivery of Social Work assessment and interventions
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, contribute to decision making and address conflict with profession and multidisciplinary teams, patients, carers and other stakeholders
- Evidence of clinical leadership, mentorship and supervision within a Hospital Social Work team
- Demonstrated ability to initiate, develop and evaluate quality and service improvement activities that improve clinical services and patient outcomes
Why join us?
Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.
We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE
- Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
- Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
- Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
- Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
- Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
- Access to on-site, discounted parking
- Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues
For further information specific to the position, please contact Jody Ebenezer, Team Leader – Social Work on *************@mater.org.au.
Applications close on 12th of May. Please note, we may contact applications prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!
Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.
Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.
