Social Worker - Senior

Join Our In-reach Rehabilitation Team in Princess Alexandra Hospital

Join the In-reach Rehabilitation team at Princess Alexandra Hospital and deliver specialist Social Work services that help patients achieve safe, successful transitions from acute care to home and community.

About This Role

Your new role:

As a Senior Social Worker in our In-reach Rehabilitation team, you'll provide specialist rehabilitation services in an acute hospital setting, working alongside a highly skilled interdisciplinary team to support patients with complex care and discharge planning needs. You'll also help shape service improvements, mentor emerging clinicians and contribute to evidence-based rehabilitation practice.

Deliver advanced Social Work assessment, intervention and discharge planning across acute medical and surgical wards.Work collaboratively within a shared-care rehabilitation model to support complex patient recovery.Provide clinical leadership, supervision and education to HP3 clinicians, students and Allied Health Assistants.Drive quality improvement, research and service development initiatives that enhance patient outcomes.

About You

You're an experienced Social Worker who thrives in fast-paced clinical environments and enjoys balancing expert patient care with leadership and service improvement. You build strong relationships, communicate with confidence and are passionate about delivering person-centred rehabilitation.

Extensive experience delivering complex Social Work services in a rehabilitation or acute hospital setting.Strong knowledge of disability, aged care and discharge planning systems.Excellent communication, collaboration and clinical decision-making skills.Proven ability to mentor, supervise and support developing clinicians.A commitment to evidence-based practice, quality improvement and continuous learning.

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What We Can Offer You

We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your roleYou'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About Us

The Division of Allied Health and Rehabilitation provides high quality, strong person-centred, evidence based, multi-disciplinary clinical, education and research services across the continuum of patient care. The Division also has the key function of leading First Nations Health and Outpatient Reform and Governance.

Rehabilitation services consists of inpatient, outpatient and community rehabilitation and persistent pain services for people with acquired brain injury (ABI), amputation, persistent pain, spinal cord injury (SCI) and other disabilities.

Allied Health modalities support all services across the hospital and wider community. These services aim to improve patient outcomes focusing on supporting self-management and independence, improving functional outcomes and rehabilitation and reducing admissions and length of stay.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.