Social Worker - Advanced (Team Leader) - Cairns Hospital

Queensland Government; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Government's Cairns Hospital Social Work Department invites applications for a senior social work leadership role. You will oversee clinical practice, coordinate workload, and ensure high-quality social work services across wards, clinics, and outpatient referrals, including after-hours and on-call coverage as required.

The role emphasizes leadership in research, education, and professional development, with opportunities to contribute to service improvements in Far North Queensland

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and manage workload across Cairns Hospital Social Work units.
• Lead research, education, and professional development initiatives for Social Work staff.
• Support the delivery of high-quality social work services across clinical wards and outpatient areas.

Job description

About us:The Social Work Department at Cairns Hospital provides services in the clinical areas of emergency, medical assessment unit, medical, renal, orthopaedic, surgical, women's health, paediatrics, adolescents, special care nursery, intensive care, coronary care, emergency, cancer care, end of life care, aged care, rehabilitation and stroke. The Social Work Department provides services to outpatients in cancer care and by referral and clinical prioritisation to other outpatient areas.Social Workers actively participate in professional development, quality improvement, clinical governance, supervision and field education activities.Social Workers may be allocated to any hospital ward or clinical specialty, including extended hours, on-call and rostered 7-day services. Social workers may work within other CHHHS health facilities as guided by service demands.We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.About your role:Provide clinical leadership and demonstrate high level management skills in monitoring and prioritising workload demands to enhance the delivery of Social Work services across all clinical areas of Cairns Hospital.Apply high-level professional judgement, strategic advocacy and decision making to independently manage a complex caseload, adapting routine and non-routine clinical practice based on valid and reliable clinical evidence.Lead research, education and professional development programs and activities.For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.Using AI for your application? Read our Using AI in Recruitment guide for applicants.Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.What we offer:Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.Learn what it's like to work with us, in an inclusive and supportive work environment.Discover our dynamic and culturally diverse region through community and lifestyle.Listen to what some of our staff have to say about working in our regions.Visit our website to learn more about our hospitals and health centres.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.