Job Description
# Social Worker - Cancer Care Chronic
Disease**Queensland
Health** (Organisation site) Herston**Support cancer patients and families through complex health journeys while delivering impactful social work services in a specialist hospital team.**## Job details| | || --- | --- || Position status | Permanent || Position type | Full-time || Occupational group | Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support || Classification | HP3 || Workplace Location | Brisbane - North || Job ad reference | QLD/STR****** || Closing date | 29-Sep-**** || Total remuneration | $***** up to $****** || Job duration | Permanent || Contact person | Jen Jewell || Contact details | ************** Access the National Relay Service |**About the role**Join the Cancer Care and Chronic Disease team at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and help make a meaningful difference to the lives of patients and families navigating cancer treatment and chronic health conditions. This role provides the prospect to deliver high-quality social work services within a large tertiary hospital, supporting individuals and families through some of the most challenging periods of their healthcare journey.
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Working across inpatient and outpatient settings, you will provide psychosocial assessment, risk management and evidence-based interventions that support positive patient outcomes and continuity of care.
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The role offers exposure to a diverse and complex caseload, including patients affected by life-threatening illness, grief and loss, while working within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team committed to delivering compassionate, patient-centred care.**About you**Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values:* Deliver high-quality social work services through comprehensive psychosocial assessment,



risk identification and intervention for patients affected by cancer and chronic disease.* Support patients and families experiencing complex issues including grief and loss, adjustment to life-threatening illness, domestic and family violence, child protection and elder abuse concerns.* Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care, facilitate safe discharge planning and optimise psychosocial outcomes across inpatient and outpatient settings.* Contribute to clinical education, professional development and service improvement initiatives that enhance patient care and strengthen social work practice.* Build positive relationships with patients, carers, colleagues and external agencies while demonstrating excellent communication, advocacy and teamwork skills.**Benefits when working for us*** Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas* Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance* Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases* Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to *****% and access to salary packagingMetro North Health offers a dynamic and progressive environment at the forefront of healthcare, research, and education.
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With a strong commitment to inclusion, flexibility, and professional development, we provide meaningful opportunities in a workplace that puts people first.
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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here:

from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged and welcomed.**Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role
Description.****APPLICATIONS
RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED**

📌 Social Worker - Cancer Care Chronic Disease (Queensland)
🏢 Health
📍 Queensland