Acute Care Social Work Team Lead

Work Initiatives; Fairfield; On-site; AUD 106,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

NSW Health’s Social Work Team Leader role at Northern Beaches Hospital seeks a motivated professional to lead acute care social work across ED, ICU and CCU. You will support senior staff, supervise students, and drive service improvement and accreditation initiatives.

The successful candidate will have a Social Work degree, eligibility for AASW, and strong negotiation and change-management skills, with a focus on multidisciplinary collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or post graduate degree in Social Work and eligibility for the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• Evidence of advanced clinical experience in an acute health setting as a Level 3 Senior Social Worker.
• Demonstrated experience in management and team leadership, including experience in staff and student supervision.
• Experience in developing and implementing policies and procedures for service improvement and skills in providing training and education.
• Well-developed time management skills with excellent written and verbal communication, including report writing skills and high level computer literacy.
• Demonstrated excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders, throughout all organisational levels.
• Demonstrated ability to initiate, lead, complete and implement quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and lead ongoing quality improvement activities with other staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and high level clinical social work expertise across the acute care services at NBH including the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit and the Critical Care Unit
• Support the Head of Department in refining and establishing services at NBH (including enhancement of the SW crisis on call service)
• Be committed to be involved in improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and ongoing attention to accreditation requirements
• Support the clinical development of students and less experienced clinicians
• Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams

Skills

Leadership

Clinical experience

Communication

Training skills

Negotiation

Policy development

Education

Bachelor’s or postgraduate degree in Social Work

Job description

NSW Health’s Social Work Team Leader role at Northern Beaches Hospital seeks a motivated professional to lead acute care social work across ED, ICU and CCU. You will support senior staff, supervise students, and drive service improvement and accreditation initiatives.

The successful candidate will have a Social Work degree, eligibility for AASW, and strong negotiation and change-management skills, with a focus on multidisciplinary collaboration.