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Employment Type : Temporary Full Time till 10 July 2026
Position Classification : Social Worker-Level 3-Oncology Team
Remuneration : $56.69 - $58.52 per hour plus superannuation
Hours Per Week : 38
Requisition ID : REQ586092
Applications close : Sunday 6 July 2025
Support Patients and Families Through Their Journey – Social Worker Level 3 Needed in Oncology.
The Role
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’ . SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
Plan, coordinate, and implement in-depth levels of clinical expertise and extensive specialised knowledge within a social work specialty area in order to provide high quality counselling, advocacy and therapeutic care to the patients, their carers and families of the facility consistent with NSW Health, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) policies, procedures and standards.
South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is committed to improving the care provided to our patients in line with our vision of Working together to improve the health and wellbeing of our community.
What We Offer
For more information on careers and benefits of working for SESLHD, visit our page
Where you'll be working
Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Service is a Level 6 Tertiary Referral Hospital with an inpatient bed base of 370. Each year we care for more than 70,000 patients in our Emergency Department and have around 50,000 admissions to the inpatient units. POWH offers an outpatient service and rural outreach service and provides more than 900,000 occasions of non-admitted patient care each year, including innovative virtual models of care. We have transitioned the majority of inpatient units and wards to the Acute Services Building (ASB) including a state of the art Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit. POWH provides an exceptional staff experience and enhanced patient and family outcomes as a result of the provision of person-centred care.
Randwick Local council is renowned for our world-class beaches and supported by cafes and restaurants to tickle your taste-buds, Randwick’s fascinating coastline and atmosphere will have you in awe the minute you arrive. Offering a mix of historic buildings, impressive beaches and coastal walks coupled with boutique restaurants, transport links and a vibrant nightlife, you’ll never be short of things to do in this progressive community.
The position sits within the social work Oncology Team and will provide a social work service to patients and their carers in the Oncology Ward. This role will be responsible for the provision of a high-quality social work service not only within the assigned clinical area but also to provide support and cover in other clinical areas across the Oncology Team as required. The successful applicant will have excellent communication and time management skills with relevant experience, and knowledge being desirable but not necessary with training and support available. As a senior social worker, you will be responsible for a clinical caseload of patients with complex needs and will complete psychosocial assessments, provide counselling around adjustment to illness, grief and loss, crisis and bereavement intervention, referrals to community services and discharge planning.
Selection Criteria
Need more information?
For role related queries or questions contact Ronald Davis on Ronald.Davis@health.nsw.gov.au
Our CORE Values are C ollaboration, O penness, R espect and E mpowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.
SESLHD values a diverse workforce. Read about our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging strategy here.
Reasonable Adjustments
NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment / interview process, then please email SESLHD-Recruitment-POWH-SSEH@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know.
Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.
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