Social Worker Grade 4

SOCIAL WORKER GRADE 4 - Service Innovation, Workforce Development and Performance

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• Pro-active & supportive leadership
• Work for one of Australia’s leading hospital groups
• Full time, fixed term until April 2027
  
  About St Vincent’s
  St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is part of St Vincent’s Health Australia and a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service which employs more than 6,500 staff across 18 sites throughout Melbourne. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services including acute medical and surgical services, sub-acute care, medical diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative care, correctional health and community residential care. SVHM is one of Australia's leading Catholic not-for-profit healthcare providers.
  
  About the Department
  The Social Work Department at SVHM is recognised as a leader in developing and delivering best clinical practice to highly vulnerable groups such as people experiencing homelessness, family violence and addiction. As a social worker at SVHM, your social work values will fit well within an organisation whose mission and strategy clearly sets out its commitment to advocating for vulnerable groups and providing excellent and compassionate health care.
  
  The Social Work Department is comprised of 4 clinical teams and covers patients at St Vincent’s Hospital in Fitzroy, St George’s Hospital and Caritas Christi Hospice in Kew. We have a strong focus on innovative service delivery and continuous practice improvement. You will also benefit from the support and guidance of the Social Work Manager and the Social Work Senior Team.
  
  About the Role
  An opportunity currently exists for a Grade 4 Social Worker to join our team on a fixed term, full-time basis. Accountable to the Social Work Manager this position is responsible for fostering clinical excellence in Social Work services across acute, sub-acute and palliative care settings and more broadly, through social work service development, clinical education, supervision and research.
  
  This position will be responsible for contributing to the department’s professional development program including working collaboratively with clinical educators in delivering strategic direction and evaluation, competency and credentialing, and student programs.
  
  This role will also provide expert social work leadership and carries clinical, program and service development responsibilities across three campus’ (SVHM, St George’s Health Service (SGH) and Caritas Christi Hospice (CCH). The incumbent will foster social work excellence and innovation through delivering and implementing evidence-based practice, and leading quality improvement initiatives . Practice will be guided by the strategic directions of Allied Health, SVHM, SVHA and the mission and values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries.
  
  Main Duties
  
  • Provide expert and authoritative consultation and direction to staff and students, professional recommendations using clinical judgement, and innovative solutions regarding clinical practice
  • Demonstrate leadership skills and respond to clinical complexity and risk via consultation and/or direct practice
  • Foster a culture of clinical excellence and evidence-based practice
  • Work collaboratively with Allied Health Interdisciplinary clinical educators to inform and prioritise social work clinician learning needs, identify knowledge gaps and prepare the workforce for future service demands
  • Actively promote, coordinate and mentor projects, research related activities, submissions and strategic initiatives on behalf Social Work, Allied Health and SVHM
  • Monitor, review and evaluate the Social Work Education, Student Unit and New Graduate programs
  • Manage human and material resources effectively and efficiently including the completion of operational duties as directed by the Social Work Manager, including participation in recruitment and performance reviews
    
  
  
  Qualifications, Skills and Experience
  
  • A Bachelor Degree or Qualifying Masters in Social Work is essential
  • A post-graduate qualification in Social Work is highly desirable
  • Significant social work experience (10+ years) is essential
    
  
  
  Benefits of being an SVHM staff member
  
  • Central location – with excellent public transport links to all SVHM sites
  • Bike storage and showering facilities
  • A strong focus on employee wellbeing including the Employee Assistance Program and in-house STAR support available 24 hours a day
  • Salary Packaging
  
  Application
  
  • Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.
    
  
  
  Working at St Vincent’s
  St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.
  
  Application
  Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.
  
  Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
  
  We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.
  
  Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.
  
  SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).