Senior Social Worker North Island Sarcoma Service

## Mo tenei turanga mahi | About this role

• Permanent part time role 24 hours per week
• Exciting opportunity for your career growth - be our first Senior Social Worker in the North Island Sarcoma Service
• The role is based at Te Toka Tumai - Auckland City Hospital
• The role has a number of key relationships with various senior level clinical, cultural, management and professional positions within the organisation and across wider services within the North Island.
• Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.
• About the Role
• The North Island Sarcoma Senior Social Worker will be an experienced practitioner who will develop expertise in the specialty area of sarcoma.

As a key member of the North Island Sarcoma service, you will contribute to service development and foster strong connections with local and regional services to enhance access, coordination, and equity of care across the North Island.

You will also work collaboratively with the wider North Island Sarcoma Service multidisciplinary team members to develop and maintain high quality service delivery in line with operational and strategic direction.This role involves working with patients diagnosed with sarcoma across the North Island, with surgical management overseen at Te Toka Tumai.

The role focuses on providing client / family / whanau-centred care within an interdisciplinary team.

The service supports patients across the cancer continuum, from diagnosis through to survivorship and palliative care.

We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community

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