Job Description - Social Worker Primary Care Pilot - Patient Navigation (02H79)
Job Description
Social Worker Primary Care Pilot - Patient Navigation ( Job Number: 02H79 )
Description
Employment Type: Full Time , Temporary 6-12 months with possibility of extension Classification: Health Professional Officer Level 3 (PN 63513)
Salary: $ 99,819 - $ 110,398 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Location: Canberra Hospital, Garran
Section: Liaison & Navigation Service
Closing Date: 23 April 2024
What can we offer you: City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra .
Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
Flexible working conditions.
11.5% Superannuation.
Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
About the Role: Under a Commonwealth initiative to reduce pressure on ACT Emergency Departments (EDs) and public hospitals, an innovative model is being trialled. The Primary Care Pilot is aimed at strengthening partnerships between primary care, community-based care and the public health system to support access and care for patients who frequently attend the ED or are at risk of presentation to the ED or admission to hospital.
The pilot is a collaboration between the ACT Health Directorate, Capital Health Network, General Practitioners (GPs) and Canberra Health Services (CHS) with the objective of providing liaison, navigation, care coordination and complex case management in partnership with participating GPs, selected non-GP specialist groups and community-based Allied Health teams.
The Social Worker within the Primary Care Pilot, will undertake practical clinical support and interventions, working directly with the patient and their care supports, their GP and outpatient and community services to reduce the need for emergency department presentation and/or hospital admission.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to: Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
To Apply: Please submit a copy of your CV along with a 2x page response to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website .
Our Vision : creating exceptional health care together
Our Role : to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values : Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new Critical Services Building called 'Building 5' which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory's history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution. North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities. If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Phyo Courtis at (02) 5124 5030 or at ****** .
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