Senior Social Work Clinician, Liver and Cardiology Supportive Care

Northern Sydney Local Health District; Sydney; On-site; AUD 106,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Sydney Local Health District’s Royal North Shore Hospital Social Work Department is seeking a Senior Clinician Liver and Cardiology Supportive Care. The role delivers high level social work services to patients, families and carers, ensuring outcomes align with policies and standards.

You will plan, implement, evaluate and report on services while leading continuous quality improvement with the team and teaching junior staff in a multidisciplinary setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social work with eligibility for Australian Association of Social Workers membership.
• Extensive clinical skills in bio-psychosocial assessments, counselling and interventions.
• Experience in case management, advocacy and service coordination.
• Leadership and supervision of Allied Health staff and students.

Responsibilities

• Provide high level social work service to patients, families and carers to optimise health outcomes.
• Lead planning, implementation, evaluation and reporting on social work services.
• Identify opportunities for quality improvement and lead related activities with staff.
• Teach and supervise junior health professionals within a multidisciplinary team.
• Engage collaboratively with stakeholders to support care pathways and advocacy.

Skills

Bio-psychosocial assessments

Counselling

Therapeutic interventions

Case management

Advocacy

Clinical leadership

Supervision of staff

Education

Bachelor's degree in social work

Eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers

Job description

An exciting opportunity to join the RNSH Social Work Department.

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time until 30 June 2027 (with possibility of ongoing employment) Position Classification: Social Worker Level 3 Remuneration: $2,329.85 - $2,405.34 per week Hours Per Week: 38 Requisition ID: REQ686427

Who we are:

We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.

NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.

Where you'll be working

Royal North Shore Hospital Social Work Department

What you'll be doing

The Social Work Senior Clinician Liver and Cardiology Supportive Care provides high level Social Work service to patients, carers and families to ensure the provision of optimal health outcomes consistent with the districts and professional policies, procedures, standards, relevant legislation and Code of Conduct. The Social Work Senior Clinician is involved in planning, implementing, evaluating and reporting on services and will identify opportunities for improvement in clinical practice, as well as develop and lead ongoing quality improvement activities with other staff.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria

• Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
• A completed bachelor’s degree in social work that provides eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers with demonstrated experience as a Level 2 or equivalent.
• Demonstrated extensive clinical skills and knowledge in comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessments, counselling and therapeutic interventions, complex clinical casework/case management, advocacy and service coordination.
• Comprehensive understanding and demonstrated social work experience in the social and emotional needs of patients living with late stage liver disease or cardiac failure.
• Demonstrated experience in clinical and team leadership including proven capacity to teach and supervise Level 1/2 Allied Health Professionals, Allied Health Assistants and students.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication, negotiation, liaison, advocacy, conflict resolution skills, with computer proficiency and proven ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team and with key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated and high-level prioritisation and reasoning skills with proven ability to work autonomously under limited supervision, manage a demanding workload, apply reasoning skills and exercise independent professional judgement.
• Demonstrated ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement activities or service evaluation processes.

Additional Requirements

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.

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Applications Close: 05 November 2026

For role related queries or questions contact Kevin Bloom on [e-mail]