Senior Social Worker - Women & Children (NICU)
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Social Worker Level 3
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $121,568.00 - $125,507.00 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ674188
Applications Close: 30/07/2026
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.
About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is an exceptional environment to advance your career while enhancing your skills and expertise. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we deliver a comprehensive range of public health services across the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Regions.
Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.
Make a meaningful difference in the lives of Women, Children and families. Join Nepean Hospital's NICU Ward as a Senior Social Worker and bring your advanced clinical expertise to a role that supports patients through some of life’s most significant and challenging experiences.
As part of the Women and Children’s Social Work Team, you will provide comprehensive Social Work services to patients, families and carers across a diverse range of clinical areas, including maternity, neonatal, paediatric and gynaecology services. Working at an advanced level of practice, you will assess and address complex psychosocial issues, support patients and families through illness and hospitalisation, and facilitate positive treatment and discharge journeys that promote emotional, social and psychological wellbeing.
If you are passionate about patient-centred care and want to make a lasting impact, we encourage you to apply!
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
Accrued Day Off (ADO)
Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
Novated Leasing
Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
Fitness Passport
NBMLHD 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+, Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply.
NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards
For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.
What you will bring to the role
- A Social Work Degree accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers
- Demonstrated experience working in a hospital setting and extensive knowledge of relevant psychosocial issues. Extensive knowledge of adjustment to medical challenges, managing the transition to parenthood, managing post-partum depression and perinatal loss.
- Proven experience in crisis intervention, grief and loss counselling, conflict resolution, supportive and individual counselling. Strong skills in mediation and conflict management, particularly in relation to family conflict. Proven experience working with child protection and domestic violence referrals, advocacy and discharge planning.
- Proven ability in applying sound professional knowledge and clinical judgement when performing novel, complex or critical tasks. Complex cases/ critical tasks will involve conditions and elements that must be first identified and then analysed to discern interrelationships before practice decisions can be made.
- Demonstrated capacity to provide clinical supervision
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision and to make clinical decisions within a short timeframe
- Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team; basic computer skills; proven time management skills; excellent oral and written communication skills
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description
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For role related queries or questions contact Vanessa Politi-Marshall on Vanessa.PolitiMarshall@health.nsw.gov.au
