Employment Type: Permanent Part Time, 19 hrs per week
Location: Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
Position Classification: Social Worker Level 3
Remuneration: $56.68 - $58.52 per hour

Requisition ID: REQ604168
Application Close Date: 21/09/2025
Interview Date Range: 24/09/2025 – 01/10/2025
Contact Details: Leah Drake - 0411 381 276 | [email protected]

Please note: A current influenza (flu) vaccination is a mandatory requirement for appointment to this position

About the Opportunity
We’re looking for a passionate and experienced Senior Social Worker to join the Renal team at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital. This permanent part-time role offers a unique opportunity to step into a senior position where you’ll make a meaningful impact in the lives of patients and families navigating the complexities of renal care, including dialysis and transplantation.

In this role, you’ll provide high-level psychosocial support through comprehensive assessments, counselling, and advocacy, all within a culturally respectful, person-centred framework. You’ll work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to ensure care is coordinated and responsive to individual needs. Your clinical expertise will support complex decision-making, while your leadership will drive service improvement through mentoring, research, and quality initiatives. We’re seeking someone who brings both heart and skill to their work—someone flexible, knowledgeable, and committed to ethical practice, with strong communication and documentation skills.

If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to a team dedicated to transforming the patient experience in renal care, we’d love to hear from you.

What You'll be Doing
This position is responsible for providing specialist Social Work service to consumers and their carers to ensure the provision of optimal health outcomes consistent with SWSLHD policies and procedures, standards, relevant legislation, and the NSW Health Code of Conduct. The position will also participate in professional development, clinical supervision, teaching, quality activities and other relevant departmental and administrative duties.

Where You'll Be Working
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is located in the city of Bankstown and is in one of the most multicultural local government areas (LGA) in Australia. This hospital has tertiary affiliations with three universities and offers a range of roles and experiences to employees.

The hospital receives highly diverse presentations in ED as well as having general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services across the hospital. Working at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is a truly rewarding experience which allows you to make a real difference to the multicultural community.

Being part of the team at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital means you will be a part of a friendly and enthusiastic group of people where you will be truly valued in your work. Being a smaller hospital, you are seen as part of the wider Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital Family where you are known to the other staff and your patients.

Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is like no other in our district and offers unmatched career development and progression opportunities and the hospital focuses on regular training and upskilling. There are regular occasions for working in more senior role and you will have a great management team who dedicate themselves to providing safe, quality patient care through ensuring they have a cohesive and dynamic team.

How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.

1. A Social Work degree which provides eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
2. Can you describe your experience supporting patients with complex health conditions—such as those undergoing renal treatment—in a healthcare setting? How have you promoted their psychosocial wellbeing and advocated for their needs within a multidisciplinary team?
3. What has been your experience in providing clinical supervision and expert guidance within a social work or clinical context? How do you foster the growth of others while ensuring high standards of care are maintained?
   

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Additional Information

Salary Packaging
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.

Health & Fitness
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.

Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people