Senior Social Worker North Island Sarcoma Service

## Mō tēnei tūranga 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 / whānau-centred care within an interdisciplinary team. The service supports patients across the cancer continuum, from diagnosis through to survivorship and palliative care.
• About you
• Fully qualified and registered Social Worker with current Annual Practising Certificate
• Strong clinical expertise, leadership, and service development experience
• Passionate about improving patient outcomes and shaping a new service
• Someone whos
• driven, innovative, and committed
• to patient-centred care
• Full, clean Class 1 drivers licence
• Why this role is exciting
• Lead and develop a
• pioneering service from the ground up
• Work alongside a
• passionate, multidisciplinary team
• across surgery, oncology, and survivorship care
• Mentor and influence colleagues while improving equity, access, and outcomes for patients and whānau
• Make a
• tangible, lasting impact
• in the lives of people facing sarcoma
• Why Join Us
• Opportunity to
• lead and influence
• a pioneering service
• Be part of a
• collaborative, multidisciplinary, and inclusive team
• Make a
• real difference
• in the lives of patients and families across the North IslandFor more information about this role please contact
• Kristy Martin Clinical Lead on or
• Working at Health New Zealand
• Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community
• We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
• How to Apply
• Advertising closes :
• Sunday 2 November 2025 at Time 11 : 59 pm
• (New Zealand standard time).
• To apply
• please click on the `Apply tab below and submit your application online attaching your updated CV and Covering Letter.If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, please contact
• Vaidehi Sharma
• Recruitment Consultant
• at quoting ref
• #ADHB22767
• to discuss how we can best support your application.
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