Social Worker - Rotating Leave Reliever

Queensland Health; Sunshine Coast Regional; On-site; AUD 84,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Government, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service, seeks a Social Worker to join a Rotating Leave Relief team. You will move across sites, provide psychosocial assessments, risk assessments and discharge planning within busy hospital environments, and support staff on leave with autonomous practice.

Experience in emergency departments and across acute/sub-acute areas is desirable. A flexible, collaborative multidisciplinary approach is essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Registration as a Social Worker and relevant clinical experience.
• Experience in emergency, acute or sub-acute hospital settings preferred.
• Ability to work across multiple sites with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychosocial assessment, risk assessment and discharge planning in fast-paced hospital settings.
• Rotate across clinical teams and sites to support staff on leave.
• Maintain documentation and participate in quality improvement activities.

Skills

Emergency department experience

Discharge planning

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Social Work degree and registration

Job description

This frontline support role provides essential support enabling the development and delivery of frontline services, programs and outcomes.We're excited to welcome a Social Worker to our Rotating Leave Relief team within the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service. Experience within an emergency department, and across acute and sub-acute areas would be highly desirable. The successful candidate will be comfortable moving across sites and clinical teams to provide valuable support for staff on well-earned leave. This role requires a flexible and adaptable clinician who can quickly orient to new environments, build effective working relationships with multidisciplinary teams, and confidently manage psychosocial assessment, risk assessment, and discharge planning within fast-paced hospital settings. This position demands the ability to work autonomously and independently in their clinical practice with a high degree of sound critical reflection.As a highly functioning multidisciplinary team member, we deliver high level Social Work clinical services across one or more specific work units, to stakeholders/customers of the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service and Queensland Health (SCHHS).Key Responsibilities include:Demonstrate competent knowledge, expertise and skill in the provision of Social Work services commensurate with level of experience in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards, existing evidence-based practice and established clinical protocols. For complex or novel cases, you will seek direction from clinical seniors as appropriate.Maintain appropriate documentation and patient records in line with Departmental, Unit and Health Service procedures, and contribute to the maintenance of accurate and timely information systems (statistics collection, quality data). Ensure that time spent across clinical and non-clinical work is in keeping with assigned requirements.Participate in quality and service improvement activities to continually improve patient/client care, including the development of clinical practices, procedures and protocols within the work environment.Commit to ongoing professional, service and individual development through participation in activities including professional development activities, professional supervision, supervision of students or clinical assistants, research activities.Remuneration value up to $137 760 p.a., comprising salary between $3213.00 - $4628.00 p.f., employer contribution to superannuation (12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (HP3) (Fixed Term Temporary position available until 27/06/2027). Applications will remain current for the duration of the vacancy. Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered).Why work for us?We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance. As a Queensland Health employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our Health Service.You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Sunshine Coast here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoast/careersAs a Sunshine Coast Health employee, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to:A wellness program;Generous superannuation;Flexible work arrangements;Career training and development; andSalary packaging.Check out the latest updates here:https://www.sunshinecoast.health.qld.gov.au/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.