Social Worker G - Acute Surgical

SOCIAL WORKER

Grade 2 Hospital Social Worker

Full Time, Fixed term (Maternity Leave Cover) 12 Months

Austin Hospital, Heidelberg

Working clinically in the Liver Transplant State Wide Service within the Social Work Surgical Team.

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide.  We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the role:

As a Grade 2 Social Worker you will be responsible for providing clinical social work services to referred liver transplant and surgical patients and families. A regular day will see you work clinically with patients, attend family meetings and non clinical meetings, and undertake other duties that support the social work department and its operations. 

Key responsibilities will see you:

• apply your social work knowledge and skills to assess, treat and plan the discharge of patients
• provide counselling to patients and families
• supervise grade 1 social workers
• supervise social work students 
• undertake psychosocial transplant workup assessment
• participate in quality improvement, service improvement and/or research

You must have:

• a degree in Social Work and 
• ideally have worked in a health related setting
• ability to work and contribute to team culture and work within a multidisciplinary environment 

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day.  Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation ($11,660 in salary packaging benefits). 
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, discounted car parking.
• Five weeks annual leave (pro rata for part time), plus purchase leave options.

Inclusion at Austin Health

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies and abilities.  We welcome and support applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, physically or culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+, and people of any age.

Work with us!

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.  All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager.