Locum Hospital Social Worker
- Mount Isa, QLD
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Hours would be 0800-1630 Monday to Friday with 1 hour unpaid break (7.5 hours per day)
- Accommodation can be provided for the candidate for the length of contract
- Up to $1000 (incl. GST) will be reimbursed to assist with one way travel
- Working as part of a team of 3 inpatient social workers with specialist Senior Social Workers, covering the Maternal Health and Renal Workloads.
- Caseload includes inpatient adult & paediatric wards and ED, outpatient adults and paediatrics – caseloads can be discussed pending experience. This will be split between the clinicians.
- Working amongst the multidisciplinary team which is young and dynamic. The team regularly plan weekend adventures including camping, rodeos, and local events like wine festivals, balls, markets, and sporting events. We even hold an Allied Health Ball every year to celebrate all Allied Health Clinicians in North West Queensland. We have a few gyms in town including a yoga studio, Anytime Fitness, Pilates studio, a public pool and plenty of outdoor walking areas. There are cafes, a library, Kmart, Woolies and Coles, Harvey Norman, and a couple of specialty stores. The area is surrounded by cattle stations and you can even feed some camels just down the road from the Hospital! There’s a large freshwater lake 10km out of town where people regularly paddleboard, water ski, swim, and kayak to get their water fix, and there’s lots of water holes/water falls that can be visited after wet season to keep cool.
- The rural and remote lifestyle often has some surprising perks and the opportunities both professionally and personally are great.
- If you trained overseas, you must have been assessed by the AASW BEFORE you contact me
- Hospital experience is essential, candidates without recent hospital experience will not be considered
- This is NOT a mental health role