Role details
The Social Work Department at the Mackay Base Hospital is seeking applications for a Senior Social Worker (Specialist Palliative Care Service) to join their team on a permanent basis.
How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Your opportunity
To deliver high level comprehensive Social Worker clinical skills and leadership to provide holistic, coordinated care to patients and their families engaged with the Specialist Palliative Care Service multi-disciplinary team. Clinical service provision to patients, their families/carers and other key stakeholders will be via home visits, outpatient appointments, inpatient appointments, and telehealth.
About the Team
The Mackay Hospital and Health Service Specialist Palliative Care Service aims to improve the quality of life for patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-limiting illness. This can be achieved through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and treatment of pain and other problems, in the physical, psychosocial and spiritual domains. The Specialist Palliative Care Service seeks to:
About our Hospital and Health Service
Mackay Hospital and Health Service ( https://www.mackay.health.qld.gov.au/ )has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.
Some of our great benefits on offer
Workforce attraction incentive scheme
You may be eligible to receive the Incentive Scheme 1, the scheme is available to health workers that relocate from interstate or international to come work within our team may receive up to $20,000 in incentive payments under theĀ Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme (conditions apply). ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/working-for-us/workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme )
Location: | Australia Queensland Mackay region |
Salary: | As per State Award AUD per year |
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Locum Tenens
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PLEASE! No enquiries from Recruitment Agencies or Headhunters. Only direct applications will be considered. |