• Grade 3, Senior Clinician (Social Worker) - General Medicine
• Full time, permanent position
• Austin Hospital, Heidelberg
• $112,000 base + salary packaging + super

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the North East of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the role:

As the Senior Clinician Social Worker, you will be responsible for providing advanced social work services to referred patients and families across General Medicine (primary location).

A regular day will see you work clinically with patients and undertake a range of senior duties that support the social work department operations and help progress the department's key strategic priorities.

Key responsibilities will see you:

• Apply your specialist knowledge to assess, treat and plan the discharge of referred patients
• Provide counselling services to patients and families
• Clinically lead and supervise staff
• Provide expert advice and secondary consultation within the clinical area, within social work department and other areas as required
• Undertake other senior duties such as quality improvement, research and teaching

You must have:

• A degree in Social Work

Ideally you'll have:

• Previously worked in a hospital setting
• An ability to work autonomously, in a multi-disciplinary environment

Our benefits:

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring and career development opportunities
• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists
• Five weeks annual leave, plus purchased leave options

Inclusion at Austin:

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We welcome and support applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, physically or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age.

Work with us!

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to the hiring manager.