Senior Social Worker, Rehabilitation

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Social Worker Level 3

Location: Nepean Hospital

Remuneration: $112, $116,038.00 per annum

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ599248

Applications Close: 28/09/2025

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment, working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.

Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney's western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.

We are seeking an experienced Social Worker to deliver high-quality psychosocial assessment, intervention, and management for patients and families within the Rehabilitation Unit at Nepean Hospital, with support to medical and surgical wards as needed. This role involves complex clinical work requiring advanced reasoning, autonomous practice, and sound professional judgement. You will play a vital role in supporting patients through the emotional and social challenges of illness and hospitalisation, while also contributing to smooth transitions within the hospital system. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide crisis intervention, counselling, advocacy, case management, and discharge planning.

Join us in making a meaningful impact on patient wellbeing through compassionate, expert care. Apply now to be part of a dedicated team committed to holistic health outcomes

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

• Accrued Day Off (ADO)
• Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
• Novated Leasing
• Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Fitness Passport

NBMLHD is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects the community we serve. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply.

NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.

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What you will bring to the role

• A Social Work Degree accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers
• Demonstrated experience working in an acute hospital setting and extensive knowledge of the social issues relating to patients undertaking rehabilitation
• Proven experience in crisis intervention, grief counselling, conflict resolution, supportive and individual counselling. Strong skills in mediation and conflict management, particularly in relation to family conflict.
• Proven ability in applying sound professional knowledge and clinical judgement when performing novel, complex or critical tasks. Complex cases/ critical tasks will involve conditions and elements that must be first identified and then analysed to discern interrelationships before practice decisions can be made.
• Demonstrated capacity to provide clinical supervision
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision and to make clinical decisions within a short timeframe
• Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team; basic computer skills; proven time management skills; excellent oral and written communication skills

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.

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