Employment type: Full Time, Part Time or casual opportunity
Position classification: Social Worker - Level 3
Remuneration: $116,892.00 - $120,680.00 per annum, pro rata (+ super +17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours per week: up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ643420
Location: Wagga Wagga Base Hospital
About the position
The Senior Rehabilitation Social Worker is a valued member of the Rehabilitation team at the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. This position covers the Social Work needs of the Wagga Wagga Ambulatory Rehabilitation Service, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation ward at the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. The suitable applicant for this position will hold strong values in multi-disciplinary collaboration, evidence-based practice, person-centred care and quality improvement.
The successful candidate will be responsible for but not limited to:
- Delivering complex, advanced social work services independently, exercising professional judgement within legal, ethical and evidence-based frameworks, including on-call duties as required
- Leading and collaborating with the multidisciplinary team to optimise patient wellbeing and facilitate safe, timely discharge
- Maintaining accurate documentation and activity statistics within relevant KPIs, guidelines and NSW Health Directives
- Providing clinical supervision to Level 1/2 Social Workers, Allied Health Assistants and students, contributing to quality improvement and research
- Championing cultural competency and lead initiatives to improve Aboriginal health outcomes
- Balancing competing demands, maintain effective stakeholder communication and make high-level daily decisions around clinical intervention and client prioritisation, while actively pursuing professional development
Suitable candidates for this position will be able to demonstrate:
- Advanced clinical knowledge, skills and experience within the required specialty area, with an emphasis on evidence-based practice.
- Experience in developing and implementing policies and procedures for service improvement and skills in providing education and training.
- Well-developed time management skills, written and verbal communication, and IT skills including an ability or willingness to use telehealth as a mode of delivery of clinical care.
- Ability to initiate, lead, implement and evaluate quality improvement initiatives, research and service development processes.
- Experience in clinical and team leadership, including experience in staff and student supervision.
- Excellence in communication skills including negotiation, decision making, advocacy, and the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders.
Benefits of working with MLHD
- A collaborative, teams-based multi-disciplinary approach to patient care
- Engaging and intellectually stimulating work
- A team that is inclusive, respectful, and values the diverse communities it serves
- A position dedicated to empowering others to achieve their goals
- Benefits that include salary packaging, novated leasing, and health and wellbeing support.
More information:
- Click here for the Position Description
- Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions Contact Maddison Fellowes – Rehabilitation Coordinator, via [email protected].
Applications close: 25 March 2026
Murrumbidgee Local Health District is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects the community we serve. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply.
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
