About the role
Permanent part time opportunity to provide advanced clinical knowledge and consultancy social work services across Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals regarding individuals with disabilities, including consumers who are current and/or prospective NDIS participants, as well as patients with complex psychosocial needs and patients on the residential aged care pathway.
About you
Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values:
In accordance with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) Code of Ethics and AASW Professional Practice Standards, deliver specialised social work clinical and consultancy service including functioning as a resource expert with advanced level clinical knowledge for patients with physical, neurological, psychiatric, developmental cognitive and sensory disabilities.
Work collaboratively with and provide high-level clinical advice and direction to social work practitioners and a range of health professionals, supervisors, relevant service managers and other stakeholders regarding social work and interprofessional management of NDIS participants and service delivery including prioritisation and changes in clinical practice, equipment and technological advances.
Provide professional leadership in the development of clinical practices, procedures and protocols that support the equitable access and health care of individuals with disabilities, engaging Hospital and Health Service and state-wide cross-discipline referencing where relevant.
Health Equity
It is expected that all Metro North Health staff, including the incumbent of this role as a valuable member of the Metro North workforce, contribute to the health equity agenda and meet the intent of supporting the defined six actions that specifically meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS), by actively supporting the elimination of racial discrimination and institutional racism; supporting increased access to health care; influencing the social, cultural and economic determinants of health; supporting the delivery of sustainable, culturally safe and responsive health services; and recognise the importance of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities and organisations to design, deliver, monitor and review the health and support services we provide.
Benefits when working for Metro North Allied Health
Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of 12.75% and access to generous salary packaging
Additional entitlements for employees (casual employees excluded) may include sick leave, carer's leave, long service leave, paid parental leave, leave without pay to travel, professional development allowance and leave
5% annual leave loading with up to 27.5% for shift workers
Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careersThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.
