Health Professional Level 2

2 weeks ago


Canberra, Australia ACT Government Health Full time

**Health Professional Level 2 - Paediatric Diabetes Social Worker**
**(**
**Job Number**:
**02AKY**
**)**

**Description**

**Directorate**
- Canberra Health Services**Branch**
- Paediatrics, Division of Women, Youth and Children**Section**
- Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Service**Position Number**
- 48608**Position Title**
- Paediatric Diabetes Social Worker**Classification**
- Health Professional Level 2**Vacancy Type**
- Permanent Part-time (0.5FTE)**Location
- The Canberra Hospital, Garran ACT**Base Annual Salary**
- $70,679 - $97,028**Contact Officer**Closing Date**
- 8 June 2023**Our Vision**: creating exceptional health care together

**Our Role**: to be a health service that is trusted by our community

**Our Values**: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

The Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Service is looking for a hard working, enthusiastic and skilled social worker to help us support children and young people and their families living with diabetes. This is a part-time (0.5 FTE) permanent role at HPO2 level.

**POSITION OVERVIEW**:
The Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Service (PEDS) provides coordinated and integrated care for children, young people and their families with diabetes and other endocrinological conditions. It is an interdisciplinary service delivered under a partnership model in which shared decision making and respectful and sensitive care are central to achieving outcomes. Services are delivered at the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children (Canberra Hospital Campus) and Gungahlin Community Health Centre.

The Social Work service provides individual interventions for children and young people with diabetes and their families and carers. As a social worker you will provide clinical assessment, management, and evaluation of social work care to patients in tertiary and ambulatory care settings, with diabetes and other chronic conditions. The Social Worker will understand issues related to health and wellbeing and the impact on the person and their family/carer, including adjustment to change in their health. You will be an integral part of the Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Service, collaborating with Endocrinologists, Diabetes Nurse Educators, and Diabetes Dietitians to provide interdisciplinary care for people with complex diabetes.

This permanent part-time HPO2 Diabetes Social Worker position is 0.5 FTE (18.38 hours per week) and will be supervised and supported by the HPO3 Social worker. They will be operationally responsible to the PEDS Service Coordinator and report professionally to the Director of Allied Health in the Division of Women, Youth and Children.

**DUTIES**:
Under limited direction of the PEDS Senior Social Worker and Service Coordinator you will:

- Provide appropriate skilled clinical assessment and psychosocial interventions to children, young people and families with support.
- Exercise independent professional judgment on routine matters and perform novel and complex or critical tasks under professional supervision, decreasing as expertise increases.
- Liaise with patients, carers and service providers, to enhance and improve clinical outcomes and develop partnerships for health promotion and other service activities identified in the business plan.
- Assist in the education of other staff and students. Actively participate in supervision, continuing professional development and performance management.
- Actively contribute to the implementation of clinical governance activity, quality improvement projects, research programs and health promotion in areas relevant to service.
- Actively participate in team meetings, complete clinical and administrative data collection and case documentation to a consistent standard.
- Practice in accordance with the professional body’s code of conduct, practice standards and organisational guidelines and legislative requirements.
- Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

**ABOUT YOU**:
**Behavioural Capabilities**
- Ability to work within an interdisciplinary team environment
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Willingness to critically reflect on and develop your practice skills and framework

**Position Requirements/Qualifications**:
Mandatory
- Bachelor of Social Work qualification and a minimum of one year experience working professionally in social work.
- The successful applicant will need to be available for occasional after-hours work, with access to flex time.
- CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to



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