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Queensland Health

Senior Social Worker - Acute Care Services

Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Location
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Work
Not stated
Employment
Temporary
Level
Senior
Function
Healthcare
Pay
A$132.2K – A$141.8K a year
Posted
4 days ago

About the role

This frontline support role provides essential support enabling the development and delivery of frontline services, programs and outcomes.

We're excited to welcome a Social Worker Senior within our Social Work Acute Care Services Team at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

Sunshine Coast Health is a values-based organisation. We are committed to the maintenance of a culture in which we treat our colleagues with respect as we do our patients, consumers and the community. We respect, protect and promote human rights in our decision-making and actions.

Key Responsibilities include:

  • Deliver independent high level social work clinical practice with infrequent need for direct clinical practice supervision. Exercise professional judgement to a complex caseload, adapting routine clinical practice based on valid and reliable evidence.
  • Provide high level clinical advice, education and influence towards a common patient-centred vision and direction to professional operational teams and relevant stakeholders regarding service delivery.
  • Provide leadership oversight and clinical practice supervision to less experienced social work practitioners and students as delegated.
  • Take a leadership role in the monitoring of professional clinical standards and outcomes, service improvement activities, Performance and Development Plans (PDP), quality activities, evidence-based practice, clinical research programs.

Remuneration based pro rata on equivalent full time value up to $162 376 p.a., comprising salary between $5086.00 - $5455.00 p.f. (f/t) or salary rates: $66.92 - $71.77 p.h. (p/t), employer contribution to superannuation (12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (HP4) (Fixed term temporary full or part time positions available). Applications will remain current for the duration of the vacancy. Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered).

Why work for us?

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance. As a Queensland Health employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our Health Service.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Sunshine Coast here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoast/careers

As a Sunshine Coast Health employee, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to:

  • A wellness program;
  • Generous superannuation;
  • Flexible work arrangements;
  • Career training and development; and
  • Salary packaging.

Check out the latest updates here:

https://www.sunshinecoast.health.qld.gov.au/

Source

Posted by Queensland Health on their own hiring page, smartjobs.qld.gov.au. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 07 Nov 2026 04:11 UTC; the original is the reference.

Contains information from SmartJobs, © State of Queensland, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0)

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