Senior Social Worker - Renal

North West Hospital and Health Service; Mount Isa City; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6 days professional development leave

Professional development allowance

Rural and Remote incentive: Category D

Salary sacrificing options

Job summary

North West Hospital and Health Service – Mount Isa in remote northwestern Queensland is seeking an experienced social worker to provide advanced services to renal care patients across North West Queensland.

You will deliver psychosocial assessments, counselling and care coordination, lead and mentor staff, and advocate to improve access to health and community services across Mount Isa and outreach towns such as Cloncurry, Doomadgee and Mornington Island.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary degree and registration with the appropriate board.
• Working with Children Check is required before appointment.
• C Class Motor Vehicle Licence is required.
• Pre-employment screening including Criminal History checks will be conducted.

Responsibilities

• Deliver advanced social work services, psychosocial assessments, counselling and care coordination for renal care patients and families.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, mentoring and service improvement for staff and students.
• Advocate for patients and facilitate access to community, health and support services across the care continuum.
• Partner with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes across Mount Isa and outreach locations.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Counselling

Care coordination

Advocacy

Psychosocial assessment

Staff supervision

Education

Social work registration

Tertiary social work degree

Job description

North West Hospital and Health Service – Mount Isa QLD

You will provide advanced social work services to patients receiving renal care across North West Queensland.

• Deliver high-level social work services, psychosocial assessments, counselling, and care coordination for patients with chronic kidney disease and their families.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, mentoring, and professional support to staff and students while driving continuous service improvement.
• Advocate for patients and facilitate access to appropriate community, health, and support services across the care continuum.
• Partner with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes across Mount Isa and outreach locations including Cloncurry, Doomadgee, Normanton, and Mornington Island.

Working with us

• Eligible health practitioners entitled to accrue an additional three days professional development leave per annum, resulting in a total of six days professional development leave per annum.
• Eligible health practitioners working in designated remote areas will be entitled to a professional development allowance of $3,512.00 per annum.
• Rural and Remote incentive: Category D allowance of $431.22 p.f.
• Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.

Requirements

• 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.
• Mandatory requirements are a relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences/memberships.
• C Class Motor Vehicle Licence.
• Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
• This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
• A period of probation may apply.

About North West Hospital and Health Service

The North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS) delivers public health services across approximately 300,000 square kilometres, supporting remote communities throughout North Western Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria. We are committed to promoting community wellbeing and providing high-quality, accessible and effective healthcare for all.

• Friendly communities
• Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives

The lifestyle in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel. You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference... and want to stay.

Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!