Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful
Our Journey
The Monash at Home – Aged and Rehabilitation Care service, previously GEM at Home, launched in December 2020 and is a fundamental part of the broader Aged and Rehabilitation Division, providing safe and high-quality home-based subacute level care for individuals with complex medical, functional, and often cognitive issues, who require comprehensive, medically led multidisciplinary assessment and optimisation.
The service is seen as an alternative to hospital-based subacute care, designed to facilitate an earlier discharge from acute care and/or to avoid a subacute hospital stay entirely. Patients within the service receive at least daily visits from a member of the multidisciplinary team and access to 24-hour telephone support.?The model of care aims to provide short term, high quality, safe and effective patient centred care to individuals within the primary Monash Health catchment. The Program is entering an exciting phase of growth which will include, but not limited to, increasing the service clinical capacity and extending the geographical catchment.
We are presently looking for an experienced Grade 2 Social Worker for a fixed-term, full-time role commencing ideally in September 2023. The Monash at Home, Aged and Rehabilitation Service is based at Kingston Centre in Cheltenham and will shortly be expanding and opening a second site at Cranbourne. This successful applicant will be expected to work at either site, or work across both sites.
A Day in the Life
The Grade 2 Social Worker is a clinical expert that will provide leadership and supervision within the team of social workers. The role includes the provision of service delivery, leadership and undertaking activities and portfolios and actively being involved in the mentoring and educating of students and staff to ensure high quality, patient centred care is provided to our patients. The Grade 2 Social Worker will also be responsible for the following:
1. Achieve operational effectiveness through delegation of responsibilities to provide best patient care
2. Creating strong partnerships inside and outside of Monash Health through collaboration and effective teamwork with a broad range of multidisciplinary teams
3. Flexibility to work across any clinical area at any or all campuses of Monash Health as required
To see first-hand what our team of Social Workers think about working at Monash Health, please take a look at the following short video: and please check out our YouTube link.
What You Bring:
You are an accomplished Social Worker with exceptional clinical knowledge and assessment skills, and ability to work with a range of stakeholders. ?You have a genuine passion for delivering clinical care in the community setting and have demonstrated clinical leadership in this field. You have proven ability to deliver successful, timely outcomes?across service delivery, and you are an effective communicator who builds rapport rapidly. You can work autonomously, you are also a strong team player and can work efficiently in a team environment. You are passionate about achieving outstanding outcomes for our a personal level, you can also demonstrate:
4. Expertise in delivering hospital level care in the home
5. Commitment to a supporting your manager and the team in a leadership and mentoring role
6. Proven time management, superior communication and influencing skills
7. critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
What you need:
8. Bachelor of Social Work, Masters of Social Work Qualifying or recognised equivalent qualification
9. Accredited or eligible for ordinary membership of AASW, or written evidence of eligibility
10. Current Drivers licence without restrictions
11. “Completion or working towards a post Graduate qualification in relevant field” will be highly regarded
In return
You'll be rewarded with:
12. an exciting learning opportunity
13. a welcoming, collegial and flexible working environment
14. a real opportunity to make a difference
For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Jacinta Sadler, Allied Health and Psychology Manager on 0438 068 750.
Monash Health is a great place to work
15. Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:
16. salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
17. a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
18. free vaccinations
19. private health insurance at discounted rates
20. health imaging services
21. + more
Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service and proudly provides healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers.? More than 22,000 of us work at over 40 care locations across south-eastern Melbourne. We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and we are committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five iCare values.
How to Apply
Applications are only accepted that are submitted via the Monash Health online Mercury System (e-recruit).
For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please refer to attached 'Application Guide' located under Position Documents.
Please note, applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.