SLRON/05-2025/679 Senior Medical Social Worker (0.5) – (Paediatrics) Radiation Oncology

OASIS Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 30,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Dublin seeks a Senior Medical Social Worker for a part-time role in paediatric oncology. The position involves delivering quality social work services to children undergoing radiotherapy, ensuring comprehensive support for patients and their families.

Responsibilities

• Provide social work service to paediatric oncology patients and their families.
• Care for children during planning, treatment, and post-radiotherapy.

Job description

SLRON/05-2025/679 Senior Medical Social Worker (0.5) – (Paediatrics) Radiation Oncology

• Dublin, Ireland
• Part-time, Permanent

Who We Are

We are dedicated to being a world-class leader in cancer treatment, patient care, research, and education. Since opening in May 1954, St Luke's Hospital in Rathgar, Dublin, has been caring for cancer patients from all over Ireland. In July 2005, the then Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney, T.D., announced plans to develop a national network for radiation oncology.

Description

Established in 2010, St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network operates from three Dublin locations – St Luke’s Hospital and St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Centres in St James’s and Beaumont Hospitals, as part of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group.

SLRON’s main role is the delivery of radiotherapy treatment for patients with cancer. Multidisciplinary teams include medical, nursing, radiation therapists, physicists, health and social care professionals, management, and support staff, playing a pivotal role in the development, delivery, monitoring, and evaluation of these services within the hospital.

The purpose of the Senior Medical Social Worker (0.5) – Radiation Oncology (Paediatrics) position is to provide a quality social work service to paediatric oncology patients attending radiotherapy and their families/siblings. This includes providing care to children during planning, treatment, and post-completion of radiotherapy.

There is currently one permanent half-time post available in the Social Work Department at St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network, St Luke’s Hospital, Rathgar, Dublin 6.

Informal enquiries can be made to:

• email: [e-mail]

To be considered for this post, please complete the digital application form, ensuring you meet the eligibility criteria and post-specific requirements, before the closing date at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, 27th May 2025.

St. Luke's Radiation Oncology Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.