Social Worker
- Join St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba as a Social Worker in the Allied Health department.
- Provide quality patient care and support through psychosocial assessments and care planning.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient health and wellbeing.
About the role:
This rewarding opportunity will see you join the St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba (SVPHT) as a Social Worker in our Allied Health department on a casual basis.
You will bring your passion to the role where you will work with a great team to provide quality patient care.
Things that work for you: Hospitals& Treatment Centers
- Retail and Travel Discounts; Blue light card a discounted service for frontline workers (available for over 350 brands inc. Big W, The Good Guys, Samsung), JB Hi-Fi corporate benefits, airport lounge membership discounts
- Financial Wellbeing: Salary packaging options up to $15,990, novated leasing, plus an optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum, competitive hourly rates and paid approved overtime
- Health and Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families, fitness passport, free uniforms & annual flu vaccination, ability to purchase annual leave, discounted hospital admissions at any St Vincent’s Private Hospital, discounted private health insurance through Bupa or Medibank
- Join Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services
Things that work for us:
As an outstanding Social Worker, you will be responsible for delivering quality health care.
Your skills will include:
- Current member of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or be eligible for membership as a Social Worker prior to commencement in January 2024
- Ability to apply social work clinical knowledge and skills, experience and clinical reasoning in the acute care setting, including formulation of psychosocial assessments, care planning, brief intervention approaches and the development of a responsive and high quality services in achieving optimal physical, emotional, social health and wellbeing for consumers, families and their care providers.
- Commitment to ongoing professional social work development.
- High level communication and negotiation skills including written (psychosocial assessment), verbal, and computer literacy
- High level ability to build collaborative and effective relationships with multidisciplinary team members
About our hospital:
St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba is the largest acute private hospital on the Darling Downs. We are a 197-bed facility with highly experienced and skilled staff that work as a team to deliver the highest standard of healthcare to all our patients. Our services include medical, surgical, maternity, paediatric, emergency, cardiac, intensive care and rehabilitation. We are supported by comprehensive allied health services and advanced medical and diagnostic services. Pathology, radiology and pharmacy are also available on site, and our emergency department is open 24 hours, seven days a week.
Respectfully, no agencies please. APPLY NOW! If this is the role for you!
Your application must include:
- Cover Letter
- Resume
- Written 2-page response to selection criteria
- Completed position description
If you have any questions, please reach out to Allied Health Manager, Wendy Callcott on 0436 622 270 or email Wendy.Callcott@svha.org.au
Mission and Values:
As both a provider of care and as an employer, St Vincent’s aspires to create an environment that is truly inclusive for all people, always. St Vincent’s is constantly striving for inclusivity and to create and cherish a diverse place of care and work.
Part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit Mission and Values - Reconciliation
Pre-Employment Checks:
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