South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
Reference number
REQ638407
Occupation
Social Worker
Work type
Part-Time
Location
Sydney - East
Salary
$116,892 - $120,680
Closing date
22 February 2026 at 11:59pm
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time until June 2026
Position Classification: Social Worker Level 3
Remuneration: $ $60.86 per hour plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 25
Requisition ID: REQ638407
Applications Close: Sunday, 22 February 2026
Social Worker (Level, Community Palliative Care Team, Prince of Wales Hospital
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Senior Social Worker to join the Social Work Department at Prince of Wales Hospital as a Level 3 Community Palliative Care Social Worker.
The position sits within the Oncology Social Work Team and will provide a social work service to patients and their carers in the Community Palliative Care Service.
You will be part of a large, dedicated and highly skilled department working with culturally and socially diverse patients and their families. You may provide supervision across the department and support to the passionate and committed social workers covering areas in oncology inpatient/outpatient, community palliative care and general surgical, respiratory, infectious diseases, and varying outpatient clinics.
The successful applicant will have excellent communication and time management skills. As a senior social worker, you will be responsible for a clinical caseload of patients with complex needs and will complete psychosocial assessments, provide counselling around adjustment to illness, grief and loss, crisis and bereavement intervention, referrals to community services and care planning.
About the Hospital
Prince of Wales Hospital is a 440 bed tertiary referral facility with specialties unique to this campus such as spinal cord injuries and interventional neuroradiology. A new Acute Service Building opened in early 2023 with state of the art modern facilities aimed at providing an exceptional staff experience and enhanced patient and family outcomes. It includes an expanded Emergency Department and Intensive Care Units, a Community Management Centre, and replacement of multiple existing inpatient wards with contemporary facilities. There will also be new research, education and training spaces, including additional spaces funded by UNSW Sydney, to enable clinical innovation and research, biomedical engineering, and clinical translational research laboratories collocated directly alongside clinical staff providing acute healthcare services.
The hospital is accessible via a light rail service which stops right outside the main entrance, along with a range of bus services. Offering impressive beaches and coastal walks coupled with boutique restaurants, transport links and a vibrant nightlife, you'll never be short of things to do in this progressive community.
Benefits:
* A workplace culture with a foundation that promotes person centred care approaches and staff wellbeing
* Orientation and supported transition into your new role
* Targeted clinical stream education programs affiliated with university partners
* Development pathways that are aimed at career progression
* Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave
* Salary Packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing
* Corporate health and fitness program, discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport
* Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members
* Discounted Private Health Insurance
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Selection Criteria
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible.
* Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award and eligibility for membership of the AASW
* Extensive post graduate clinical experience in relevant specialty area (including providing crisis interventions) with a demonstrated commitment to ongoing clinical and professional learning
* Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders, throughout all organisational levels
* Ability to provide in-depth advice and education to enhance service delivery and to guide and support others in providing service excellence, with the capacity to provide clinical supervision to other staff
* Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to apply advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel, complex or critical nature
* Ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and lead ongoing quality improvement activities with other staff
* Demonstrated ability to plan and prioritise your own and team work requirements effectively within agreed time frames
* Current drivers licence (or a willingness to travel in accordance with the demands of the position) and the ability to participate in the After Hours Crisis On-Call service, and work across a seven day roster (including weekends)
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We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplaces are welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristic including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and social-economic status. Read about our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy for more information.
Reasonable Adjustments
NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email SESLHD-Recruitment-POWH- and let us know.
Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.
Information for Applicants:
* An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies
* Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
* Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description
* Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer
* We do have an Aboriginal Workforce Team that can also provide support (SESLHD-) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website
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