Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Social Worker Level 1/2
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $76,364 - $108,943 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ648967
Applications close: 31/03/2026
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity 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.
Join a team where your compassion creates lasting impact. We are seeking a dedicated Social Worker to join our Aged Care Team, delivering high-quality support to patients and their families across hospital wards.
As part of a multidisciplinary health team, the Social Worker will provide crisis intervention, psychosocial assessments, counselling, advocacy, and complex discharge planning. This position plays a vital role in addressing the intricate connections between patients, their environments, and their treatment journeys, making a real difference when it matters most.
If you are passionate about patient care, thrive in a collaborative environment, and want to support favourable patient outcomes, we encourage you to apply!
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
* Accrued Day Off (ADO)
* Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
* Novated Leasing
* 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
* Fitness Passport
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.
NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards
For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.
What you will bring to the role
* Degree in Social Work with eligibility for membership of the AASW.
* Demonstrated understanding of the psycho- social impact of unexpected hospitalisation due to illness, accident or trauma
* Demonstrated ability to complete psychosocial assessments and to formulate and implement appropriate discharge and care plan in a short time frame for patients in an inpatient setting.
* Experience in working as a social worker in an acute aged care setting including experience with NCAT, Guardianship Division applications and hearings, elder abuse and complex family situations.
* Demonstrated understanding of the effect and impact of decreasing independence on carers and family.
* Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
* High level of written and oral 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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