Senior Social Worker ICU

Job Description:

• Role Title: Senior Social Worker ICU

• Role Type: Permanent full-time

• Role Grade: Social Work Level 3

• Department and Location: Social Work St Vincents Hospital Darlinghurst

• Salary: $112396 - $116038 p.a Super Salary packaging

Better and fairer care. Always.
We are St Vincents Health Australia Australias largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857 our 30000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals residential aged care community and virtual care and outreach programs.

About the Role:

• Senior Social Worker Level 3 within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Social Work team providing advanced patient-centred psychosocial care within a high-acuity environment. Delivers specialist intervention to critically unwell patients families and carers.

• Conduct comprehensive psychosocial and risk assessments to inform clinical decision-making determine capacity and support needs and guide tailored care planning. Identify risk factors affecting patient safety family functioning decision-making and discharge readiness and implement targeted interventions.

• Deliver counselling crisis intervention psychoeducation and end-of-life support to patients and families during critical illness deterioration or complex care decisions. Facilitate shared understanding emotional regulation and preparedness during emotionally charged or ethically complex events.

• Coordinate complex discharge planning and care transitions by liaising with internal teams (e.g. medical nursing allied health) and external stakeholders (e.g. NCAT/Guardianship NDIS aged care providers community services) ensuring safe well-supported and sustainable discharge outcomes for vulnerable and high-needs patients.

• Provide culturally responsive and inclusive care using trauma-informed and respectful communication practices. Engage collaboratively with interpreters Aboriginal Health Workers spiritual care and other supports to ensure interventions honour cultural psychosocial and spiritual needs throughout the ICU journey.

• Provide clinical supervision mentorship and education to Level 1/2 Social Workers and students share ICU-specific expertise and contribute to departmental initiatives through quality improvement service development and research. Participate in the 7-day ICU roster and the after-hours on-call social work crisis service as part of a comprehensive hospital-wide service.

About You:

• Degree in Social Work and eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) evidence of at least 3 years clinical experience in a hospital community mental health or health-related field as a practising Social Worker.

• Demonstrated leadership in the delivery of high-quality care while working in critical care settings as a member of diverse multidisciplinary teams in a high-demand environment with competing demands.

• Developed knowledge skills and/or social work experience in mental health drug and alcohol domestic violence child protection victims of crimes trauma homelessness sudden death and the coronial process.

• Developed knowledge skills and/or experience in crisis intervention short-term solution-focused intervention grief and loss trauma-informed approaches as well as complex mental health/psychosocial assessment and discharge planning in an acute health or community mental health setting.

• Expert interpersonal communication time management liaison negotiation computer written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to participate in a seven-day service and an on-call Social Work service (from 5pm-8am).

Why Work at St Vincents

• Join us on our mission to provide care to all including the most at-risk people in our community

• Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport

• Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank

• Access to a government salary sacrifice program to make a proportion of your salary tax-free

• Financial support for educational development scholarship programs paid study leave

About the Hospital:
In this role you will be based at St Vincents Hospital Darlinghurst.

• A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location

• Surrounded by great cafes galleries and theatres parks nightlife and nearby glorious beaches

• A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people

• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes many of which are located on-campus

• Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation bone marrow transplantation cardiology cancer care AIDS/HIV respiratory medicine mental health homeless health drug & alcohol services and correctional health

Pre-employment Checks:
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks including relevant immunisations.

Equal Opportunity:
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body mind spirit and community.

How to Apply:
The closing date for applications is 14 November 2025

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest skills and experience align with the role and address each of the criteria.

Further information please contact

Respectfully this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincents we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming safe equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

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