Social Worker Grade 1

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 65465

**Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.**

**About the Role**

The Social Work Renal program is looking for an experienced Grade 1 Social Worker to join the team to work across Casey, Clayton, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Moorabbin and the Kingston Centre. This is a full-time, permanent role primarily based at Monash Medical Centre. This role is predominately based at Casey, Dandenong and Cranbourne Dialysis Units but work across all sites will be required. Experience working with individuals with chronic illness and hospital social work experience is desirable. This clinical role provides an opportunity to showcase your skills in working with people from a range of diverse backgrounds as well as completing complex psycho-social assessments and development of patient centred care plans. It is a requirement of this role to participate in the Emergency Department and on-call rosters.

**About Us**

We are a busy and dynamic team assisting patients and families by providing a professional service for patients referred across acute medicine and outpatient clinics. Our Social Work service includes acute and specialty areas such as Intensive Care, Emergency Department and Women’s and Children’s services. As a Monash Health employee, you will have the ability to maintain a high level of communication with patients, visitors and colleagues enabling you to deliver exceptional care. As a member of the team you are integral to the Monash Health Social Work service delivery and consistently demonstrate our core values.

You will be part of a flexible workforce with personalised support. You will be a member of a dynamic team with the opportunity to work in a setting assisting adult patient cohorts from general medicine, general surgery, Emergency department, Women’s and Children’s and other specialty areas as required. The focus is on psychosocial assessments, risk assessments, complex discharge planning and family support.

**About You**

To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:

- You are a qualified and experienced Social Worker with experience providing a strong focus on patient centred care
- Through your hard working and enthusiastic nature you have the ability to adapt to changing settings and shifts during the business week and weekends or public holidays
- You are a dynamic Allied Health professional who is passionate about making a positive contribution to the health of your patients
- You are highly motivated to perform at your best every day, demonstrating excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Your dedicated to safe best practice and quality care
- An unwavering commitment to delivering patient centred care
- Possess a positive attitude to your work, compassion and the ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a team
- Motivation to be accountable for and manage specific portfolios in our relentless pursuit of excellence
- Experience in a hospital or other health setting is desirable.

**What you need**

To be considered for this important role you will ideally possess the following:

- An AASW accredited Bachelor degree or entry level Master’s Degree of Social Work that provides eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers
- Experience in a healthcare setting is desirable
- Good organisational skills and a positive, enthusiastic attitude towards work
- Experience in working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities
- Able to work autonomously
- A friendly, outgoing and reliable demeanour
- Well-developed clinical assessment and complex discharge planning skills
- A current Victorian drivers licence

**In Return**:

- Exposure to a variety of hospital settings and working with Monash Health’s exceptional healthcare clinicians
- Receive corporate benefits such as salary packaging, access to staff parking, on site Gym, and Employee Assistance Program
- You will be provided with Continuing education and access to online resources

**Monash Health is a great place to work**

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Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.

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