Social Worker Grade 2
Core
Provide psychosocial assessments, intervention, and discharge planning for patients in cancer and chronic illness teams.
Role type
Grade 2 Inpatient Social Worker
Builds
Patient treatment and discharge plans
Domain
Healthcare / Oncology / Chronic Illness
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Psychosocial assessment, clinical reasoning, complex intervention planning, discharge planning, patient liaison, family/carer coordination, quality improvement participation, clinical education supervision
Preferred skills
Acute hospital social work experience
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Undertake multi-dimensional psychosocial assessments; formulate complex intervention and discharge plans; liaise with patients, families, and carers; participate in quality improvement and research activities; provide supervision and clinical education
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC