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Social Worker

3 months ago

Hunter Valley, Australia Hunter New England Local Health District Full time

**_Join our team and be part of a compassionate community dedicated to improving access to essential pain services, supporting vulnerable patients, and fostering professional growth within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment_**

**Employment Type**: Permanent Part Time

**Position Classification**: Social Worker Level 3

**Remuneration**:$54.77 - $56.54 + 11% Super + Salary Packaging

**Hours Per Week**: 24

**Requisition ID**: REQ473498

**Applications Close: Sunday, 14th April 2024**

**Social Worker**

**Enhancing End of Life Care**

**John Hunter Hospital**

**About the role**:
This job involves working daily with patients who are distressed, disadvantaged, and vulnerable, and there will be a strong focus on looking at ways to improve access and engagement with Hunter Integrated Pain Service (HIPS) as well as linking into community support. This role involves working collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplinary pain team. This includes administrative staff, doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, dieticians, and clinical psychologists. The successful applicant will be involved in facilitating outpatient group sessions as well as individual appointments. These could be in person or over telehealth.

The successful applicant will report directly to the director of HIPS. In their discipline line, the head of social work at John Hunter Hospital will support them at a professional level. They will receive a comprehensive orientation package with ongoing support from the HIPS team tailored to their level of knowledge and experience. At HIPS there is equitable access to continuing education and professional development opportunities.

Note: Providing counselling/psychological therapies is not a primary focus of this role.

**Where you'll be working**:
HIPS is a tertiary multidisciplinary pain service located on the John Hunter Hospital campus in the beautiful city of Newcastle. HIPS prides itself on a broad biopsychosocial ‘whole person’ approach to chronic pain management. The team is friendly, respectful, and passionate about supporting patients to recover from chronic pain, with a strong focus on self-management.

The NSW Government has committed $835 million to redevelop the John Hunter and John Hunter Children's Hospital. The John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct project will deliver an innovative and integrated precinct with industry-leading facilities. The project will work in collaboration with health, education, and research partners to meet the current and future needs of the greater Newcastle, Hunter New England, and Northern NSW regions.

As the largest employer in the region, we encourage our staff to use their knowledge, skills, and experience to innovate and challenge existing methods of operating for the benefit of our patients. Meeting the principles of excellence, every patient, every time.

**Benefits**:

- Comprehensive orientation package and ongoing support tailored to the applicant's knowledge and experience level, fostering a supportive and nurturing work environment
- Equitable access to continuing education and professional development opportunities, promoting career advancement and skill enhancement within the organisation.
- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero.
- ADO's each month (for full time employees).
- 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees).
- Salary packaging options.
- Fitness Passport.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members.
- Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals.

**Requirements**:

- Must hold as a minimum a bachelor degree in social work which provides eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers, or other qualification deemed equivalent by the employer.

**This position is for you if**:

- You have excellent communication skills, both with patients and colleagues.
- You are committed to being a team player.
- You are passionate about working with people experiencing chronic conditions.
- You are interested, if not experienced, in the area of chronic pain; and eager to learn more about current evidence-based pain management.

**Need more information?**

**Information for Applicants**:
**An eligibility list will be created for future permanent part time and temporary part time vacancies.***

**We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.**

**This is a Category A position**.** **Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with** NSW Health policy directive **PD2023_022: Occupational **Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases** for Category A positions prior to offer. **All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.

**All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administrati