Senior Social Worker - Disability and Discharge planning

About the role

Provide advanced clinical social work services within the Long Stay Team at The Prince Charles Hospital, supporting patients with disability and complex discharge needs to achieve safe, timely, and sustainable transitions from hospital to community or supported care environments.

This role sits at the interface of health, disability, and aged care systems, acting as a key point of expertise for medical and subacute wards. You will deliver high-level consultation, assessment, and intervention to address complex psychosocial and systemic barriers to discharge, including navigating the NDIS, aged care pathways, guardianship processes, and housing or support service challenges.

Working with a high degree of autonomy, you will manage a complex caseload, applying advanced clinical judgement, risk assessment, and advocacy skills to optimise patient outcomes and reduce unnecessary length of hospital stay. A central component of the role is coordinating Long Stay Rapid Response funding, enabling targeted and innovative solutions that remove discharge barriers and support patient flow.

The position requires flexibility to work across hospital and community settings, including off-site environments such as interim care and residential aged care services, ensuring continuity of care and effective transitions across the care continuum. You will play a key role in embedding person-centred, evidence-based practice while contributing to service development, quality improvement, and system-level solutions to complex discharge challenges.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values:

• Deliver advanced social work assessment, intervention, and discharge planning for patients with complex disability and psychosocial needs
• Apply high-level clinical judgement and problem-solving to address systemic barriers to discharge
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders to coordinate integrated, person-centred care
• Provide advocacy and navigate complex systems including health, disability, and aged care services
• Contribute to service improvement, leadership, and professional development within the Social Work team

Benefits when working for us

• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75% and access to salary packaging

Metro North Health offers a dynamic and progressive environment at the forefront of healthcare, research, and education. With a strong commitment to inclusion, flexibility, and professional development, we provide meaningful opportunities in a workplace that puts people first. You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged and welcomed.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED