Location: Nepean Hospital

Remuneration: $61.31 – $63.29 per hour

Applications Close: 04/10/2026

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,

working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every chance to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is an exceptional environment to advance your career while enhancing your skills and expertise. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we deliver a comprehensive range of public health services across the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Regions.

Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.

Make a difference when it matters most. Join the Emergency Department at Nepean Hospital as a Social Worker and play a vital role in delivering high-quality psychosocial assessment, intervention and management for patients and their families during their hospital journey.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary health team, you will provide crisis intervention, psychosocial assessment, general counselling, advocacy, case management, therapeutic and grief/loss counselling, as well as complex discharge planning. This is an opportunity to support patients and families through challenging times and contribute to positive health outcomes.

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging

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Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year

Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members

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NBMLHD is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects the community we serve. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply.

What you will bring to the role

- A Social Work Degree accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers
- Demonstrated experience working in an acute hospital setting and extensive knowledge of relevant psychosocial issues. Extensive knowledge of the impact on the individual and family of sudden unplanned hospitalisation due to illness.
- Proven experience in crisis intervention, grief and loss counselling, conflict resolution, supportive and individual counselling. Strong skills in mediation and conflict management, particularly in relation to family conflict.
- Proven ability in applying sound professional knowledge and clinical judgement when performing novel, complex or critical tasks. Complex cases/ critical tasks will involve conditions and elements that must be first identified and then analysed to discern interrelationships before practice decisions can be made.
- Demonstrated capacity to provide clinical supervision
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision and to make clinical decisions within a short timeframe
- Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team; basic computer skills; proven time management skills; excellent oral and written communication skills

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.

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