Medical Social Worker/Oibrí Sóisialta Leighis

Position: Medical Social Worker

Contract: Specified Purpose Full time (Maternity Cover)

Hours: 35hrs hours per week

Salary range: HSE Consolidated pay\-scale 1st June 2026

Reporting to: The Senior Medical Social Work

Responsible to: The Principal Medical Social Worker

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ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• A recognised qualification as a Social Worker


• Registration with CORU essential, or in the process of registering.


• Experience with Fair Deal, the Nursing Home Support Scheme, and Home Care Package processes as relevant to the role (Desirable)


• All candidates need to have verification that they have completed the following e\-learning programmes on HSEland: 1\. Children First, 2\. Good Information Practices, 3\. Effective Complaints Handling and 4\. Safeguarding adults at risk of abuse


• All candidates need to have completed the HSE Infection Prevention Control module on HSEland: 1\. Hand hygiene for clinical staff, 2\. Breaking the Chain of Infection and 3\. Putting on and Taking Off PPE in Healthcare Settings.


• Demonstrates an ability to assess psychosocial factors impacting on a frail older person


• Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of illness, hospitalisation and disability on a frail older person and their family


• Knowledge of policy, legislation and best practice guidelines relevant to social work practice issues.

The successful candidate will carry out the following duties. Please note this list is not exhaustive and additional duties may be required but will be discussed in detail with the line manager.

JOB OVERVIEW

• Provide a comprehensive social work service to patients and families, to include psycho\-social assessment, intervention, discharge planning, follow up or referral on as required to statutory and/or voluntary services.


• Work with and advise the multi\-disciplinary team in the relevant areas on assessment outcomes.


• Develop effective working relationships with and between clients/service users, statutory and non\-statutory agencies and professionals.


• Attend team and multidisciplinary team meetings as required.


• Manage and prioritise a caseload as required.


• Have adequate knowledge of HSE(and other) policies, procedures and law relevant to the agency or individual circumstances. Work in accordance with statutory and legal requirements.


• Keep accurate signed records of all social work intervention.


• Carry out any other duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post that may be assigned by the Principal Medical Social Worker.

The post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post, which may be assigned to him/her from time to time, and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

This job description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances.

It is not intended to be exhaustive but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which individuals work.

The duties and responsibilities detailed above reflect the present service requirements and may be subject to review and amendment to meet the changing needs of the service.

Short listing may be carried out on the basis of information supplied in your Application Form. The criteria for short listing are based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and skills, competencies and/or knowledge section of this job specification. Therefore, it is very important that all experience is outlined in light of those requirements. Failure to include information regarding these requirements may result in you not being called forward to the next stage of the selection process.

Please note this competition can be closed early in the event of large volume of applicants.

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