Social Worker, Emergency Department

**Where you’ll be working**: Waikato Hospital

**The details**: Part-time Permanent Social Worker role - up to 64 hours per fortnight (0.8 FTE) role)

**Salary details**: $ 53,335 - $ 80,292
- Be part of the national transformation in Health

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

Exciting opportunity for a qualified practitioner to join the social work team, and undertake a 0.8 FTE permanent role at Waikato Hospital. Options for a 1.0 FTE permanent role may be considered.

This position will be based with the Critical Care Services, specifically the** Emergency Department (ED), Waikato Hospital**, covering the covering the evening shift (2.30 pm to 11 pm).

**Emergency Department (ED)**

The Emergency Department at Waikato Hospital provides 24/7 emergency care and is the trauma centre for Te Manawa Taki region. The Emergency Department is a dynamic team environment requiring a broad skillset to manage varied and evolving presentations. Social workers are an important part of the multi-disciplinary team, working directly with clients/whānau and closely with other health specialists. Social work services are provided 7 days per week from 07:00 - 23:00. Social workers in this area can be called upon to cover service exigencies/needs of the larger critical care space including ICU/ HDU as well as W18/ AMU.

While this part-time role will be primarily based in the above service areas, however you may be required to work at other sites across the Waikato region.

Click** here** to view the position description.

**Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service**

Our Social Work team covers the Emergency Department, Critical Care, Medicine, Surgery, Women's Health, Paediatrics, Older Persons & Rehabilitation, Renal and Oncology. Although our team works within a range of health services in hospital and community-based settings throughout the Waikato district, they report professionally to a manager within our Allied Health Service.

A wide range of education, training and learning opportunities are offered to our allied health staff, for more information **click here**.

**Mōu | About you**
- psycho-social assessment and intervention
- intimate partner violence screening, assessment and intervention
- child protection and vulnerable adult assessment and intervention
- individual and family counselling skills
- therapeutic social work
- a commitment to bicultural practice
- knowledge of the emotional and social impacts of changing health status.
- experience in service development
- ability to navigate access to a wide variety of resources and support services
- case management skills
- Future social work service delivery hours may be extended, therefore the successful applicant will need to be available for rostered on-call weekend work.

**Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation**

**Te iwi Ngakaunui - People at Heart**
- Whakamana - Give and earn respect
- Whakaronga - Listen to me; Talk to me
- Mauri Pai - Fair play
- Whakapakari - Growing the good
- Kotahitanga - Stronger together

It is not very often something happens that is big; like, really big. Big to the point that it will touch the lives of every single person in the country. That is what we are talking about here. The provision of Health in Aotearoa New Zealand, and how its run is about to change in a big way.

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority will together shape the delivery of Health services in Aotearoa New Zealand for generations to come, and will form the core of a modern and integrated service looking after the needs of all our Whānau.

We are dedicated to achieving health equity for Māori and other priority populations. We are a Crown entity and an active partner in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand is guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to upholding the articles.

Here at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, Waikato we have a team of 8,000 working across the Waikato where everyone plays a vital role in the care of our patients - directly or non-directly. Our vision is Healthy People. Excellent Care.

Te Whatu Ora, Waikato serves the largest Māori population and third largest Pacific population in Aotearoa New Zealand. Waikato Hospital in Hamilton is one of New Zealand’s largest tertiary, teaching hospitals with over 600 inpatient beds and 22 operating theatres. Clinical specialities include Women’s and Children Services, Cardiology / Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oncology and Haematology, Surgical services, and Mental Health and Addiction. Waikato Hospital is the Midland regional referral centre for multiple specialties including trauma surgery, oncology, and neurology.

We are a values-based and inclusive organisation that is committed to deliver the best health outcomes for our total population. Reflecting the population we serve is an important part of the care we deliver to the community. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds with the necessary capabili