Company

Queensland HealthSee more

addressAddressTownsville, QLD
CategoryConstruction & Property

Job description

Townsville Hospital and Health Service is the public healthcare provider for more than 250,000 people across a geographic area of 150,000km2, delivering a comprehensive range of services across 21 facilities, from primary care in regional locations to highly specialised care at the main hospital.

Townsville University Hospital, located adjacent to one of Queensland’s leading tertiary institutions, James Cook University, is the largest tertiary hospital in northern Australia, providing specialist referral services for 700,000 people living from Mackay, to the Torres Strait, to the Northern Territory border.

We are planning and innovating for the future, advancing healthcare through impactful research, training tomorrow’s health sector workforce.

The Townsville Hospital and Health Service vision is world-class healthcare for northern Queensland.

Our purpose is `great care every day'.

About your opportunity:

Casual position, Location: Townsville

This opportunity is for social work students to join our Social Work team at Townsville University Hospital.

The social work trainee performs a range of clinical support activities and on the job skills development while engaged in formal full-time or part-time tertiary studies necessary to acquire the relevant entry level qualification (mandatory) for employment as a Health Practitioner in Queensland.

Social work trainees are employed casually to accommodate the commitments required by their studies while gaining employment exposure to the workplace. The student contributes to social work service delivery model in the provision of effective patient care within Townsville Hospital and Health Service, working under the guidance and practice supervision of an allied health professional.

The ideal applicant will be someone who has proven ability and can demonstrate the following: 

  • Integrity: Be authentic, truthful, and transparent and strive for equity for all.
  • Compassion: Treat others with empathy, kindness and support.
  • Accountability: Be accountable for our decisions, actions, and behaviours.
  • Respect: Foster an environment of safety, civility, and inclusion.
  • Engagement: Have the ability to work in a team, achieving best outcomes.

Casual rates of $36.97 to $43.48 per hour (HP1)

Requirements:

  • To be considered, a trainee must:
    • Be enrolled in full time or part time study at an Australian university, in an allied health degree whereby graduation from the course provides an entry level qualification mandatory for employment as a Health Practitioner in Queensland.
    • Have completed at least the 1st year of university studies (evidence of enrolment and successful year completion required).
  • Appointment to this position requires proof of enrolement in a recognised Allied Health tertiary-level program that results in an Allied Health Profession qualification. Certified copies of the required information must be provided to the appropriate supervisor/manager prior to commencement of clinical duties.
  • Blue Card Checks: Potential applicants are advised that the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian Act 2000 requires Queensland Health to seek a ‘working with children check' from the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian prior to appointment to this position. 5.1.
  • This is a Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) risk role: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, and Pertussis.
  • Probation period may apply.
  • Pre-employment checks will be conducted.

Please refer to the Role Description for further details.

Why make the change?

Appreciate the change of pace as you immerse yourself in a tropical North Queensland lifestyle.

Discover Townsville! ( https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/about-townsville )

Contact: Sara O'Reilly on 07 4433 2***.

Apply ONLINE by: Tuesday 28 May 2024.

Unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

Refer code: 2277162. Queensland Health - The previous day - 2024-05-24 10:55

Queensland Health

Townsville, QLD
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