Your new role:

As part of the Geriatric and Rehabilitation Unit (GARU), you'll provide social work services supporting patients' recovery, independence, and wellbeing through assessment, intervention, and discharge planning.

• Managing an allocated caseload within an interprofessional team, using evidence-based practice and ethical standards.
• Providing education, supervision and guidance to students and support staff under the direction of senior clinicians.
• Contributing to quality improvement and research activities to enhance service delivery.
• Participating in multidisciplinary meetings and case conferences to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• Collaborating with patients, carers, and external agencies to provide holistic, compassionate care.

About you:

You are a motivated social worker with strong clinical and interpersonal skills, passionate about rehabilitation and aged care, and committed to evidence-based practice and ongoing learning.

• Possession of a tertiary qualification in Social Work and eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• Demonstrated ability to provide high-quality, patient-centred social work assessment, intervention and management.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to contribute effectively within an interprofessional team.
• A commitment to developing your clinical knowledge and participating in professional development and supervision.
• Capacity to assist with education, service improvement and research initiatives within the department.
• A current Blue Card (Working with Children Check) or ability to obtain prior to appointment.

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What we can offer you:

• A supportive, multidisciplinary work environment that values teamwork and inclusion.
• Opportunities to grow your career through mentoring, supervision and leadership pathways.
• Access to flexible work arrangements promoting work-life balance.
• Working within a diverse, inclusive organisation that celebrates and reflects its community.
• 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, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Princess Alexandra Hospital:

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.

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 better together.