Social Worker, Allied Health Services, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and HS

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service

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Date posted: September 26, 2025

Closes: Oct 26, 2025


About us: 

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services.

About your opportunity:

In this position you will….. 

  • Independently apply professional judgement and decision making to manage a caseload, adapting routine and non-routine clinical practice based on valid and reliable clinical evidence, with clinical practice supervision, commensurate with experience.
  • Actively participate in professional education within the work unit and professional team and contribute to research and quality improvement initiatives within the Cairns Hospital and for the Social Work profession.
  • Ensure patients and other staff are treated fairly and with mutual respect and understanding, regardless of gender, cultural, religious, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

  • Generous superannuation
  • Salary packaging
  • Annual incremental increases
  • Career training and development
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland.

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