Social Worker Advanced Spinal Outreach Team

Your new role:

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Social Worker to join the Queensland Spinal Cord Injuries Service - Spinal Outreach Team. In this dynamic and specialised position, you'll play a critical role in improving the lives of people living with spinal cord injury.

Deliver advanced social work and interdisciplinary clinical support to individuals with SCI and their families.

Provide expert consultancy and proactive clinical interventions using telehealth, in-person visits, and regional outreach.

Represent the service as a clinical expert, contributing to strategic direction, education programs, and continuous service improvement.

About you:

You are a committed and forward-thinking social work professional with a deep understanding of complex rehabilitation needs.

Hold advanced clinical expertise in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, with the ability to assess, plan, and deliver care independently and collaboratively.

Proven ability to provide clinical leadership, mentorship, and supervision to social workers and interdisciplinary teams.

Demonstrated experience leading service development, quality improvement initiatives, or clinical research that enhances outcomes for people with complex needs.

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What we can offer you:

We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.

We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role

You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance.

About us:

The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.

We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.

We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.

Princess Alexandra Hospital, a place of countless opportunities to learn and grow your career

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

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