Social Worker

Job Description:

About the role:

This rewarding opportunity will see you join the St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba (SVPHT) as a Social Worker in our Allied Health department on a casual basis.

You will bring your passion to the role where you will work with a great team to provide quality patient care.

Things that work for you:

• Retail and Travel Discounts; Blue light card a discounted service for frontline workers (available for over 350 brands inc. Big W, The Good Guys, Samsung), JB Hi-Fi corporate benefits, airport lounge membership discounts
• Financial Wellbeing: Salary packaging options up to $15,990, novated leasing, plus an optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum, competitive hourly rates and paid approved overtime
• Health and Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families, fitness passport, free uniforms & annual flu vaccination, ability to purchase annual leave, discounted hospital admissions at any St Vincent’s Private Hospital, discounted private health insurance through Bupa or Medibank
• Join Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services
  

Things that work for us:

As an outstanding Social Worker, you will be responsible for delivering quality health care.

Your skills will include:

• Current member of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or be eligible for membership as a Social Worker prior to commencement in January 2024
• Ability to apply social work clinical knowledge and skills, experience and clinical reasoning in the acute care setting, including formulation of psychosocial assessments, care planning, brief intervention approaches and the development of a responsive and high quality services in achieving optimal physical, emotional, social health and wellbeing for consumers, families and their care providers.
• Commitment to ongoing professional social work development.
• High level communication and negotiation skills including written (psychosocial assessment), verbal, and computer literacy
• High level ability to build collaborative and effective relationships with multidisciplinary team members

About our hospital:

St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba is the largest acute private hospital on the Darling Downs. We are a 197-bed facility with highly experienced and skilled staff that work as a team to deliver the highest standard of healthcare to all our patients. Our services include medical, surgical, maternity, paediatric, emergency, cardiac, intensive care and rehabilitation. We are supported by comprehensive allied health services and advanced medical and diagnostic services. Pathology, radiology and pharmacy are also available on site, and our emergency department is open 24 hours, seven days a week.

Respectfully, no agencies please.  APPLY NOW! If this is the role for you!

Your application must include:

• Cover Letter
• Resume
• Written 2-page response to selection criteria
• Completed position description

If you have any questions, please reach out to Allied Health Manager, Wendy Callcott on 0436 622 270 or email [email protected]

Mission and Values:

 

As both a provider of care and as an employer, St Vincent’s aspires to create an environment that is truly inclusive for all people, always.  St Vincent’s is constantly striving for inclusivity and to create and cherish a diverse place of care and work. 

 

Part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.  For further information, visit Mission and Values - Reconciliation

Pre-Employment Checks:

Employment is subject to the successful completion of all pre-employment checks which may include a Working with Children check (i.e. a Blue Card).  For further information about St Vincent’s commitment to Child Safety, visit St Vincent's Code of Conduct.

 

St Vincent's has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings and evidence may be required for proof of immunity.

Closing Date:

1 October 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

Code of Conduct:

View Code of Conduct