About this role
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Position Objective:</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Provides psychosocial assessment, individual, family and group therapy to case load of patients. assessments, plans for and implements identified services for patients. Works with the patient and family/significant others on a safe discharge plan. Collaborates with the provider and interdisciplinary team on the care plan.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Essential Job Duties:</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions</span></p><ol><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">In accordance with established department and professional guidelines, provides comprehensive psychosocial assessments for patients on case load. In therapy role, creates a therapeutic framework for effective problem solving with patient and family. Responds to patient/family needs related mental health issues.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">In collaboration with Care Coordinator, provides transition of care strategies in complex situations such as: substance abuse, psychiatric, or dual diagnosis placement/services, ventilator dependent patients, inpatient dialysis services, patients with no insurance needing skilled nursing facility placement, patients requiring guardianship, long term/custodial placement.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Identifies community services and resources available to patients and families and facilitates linkage with those services.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team and communicates to him/her the progress and status of patients. Makes recommendations and revises plan based on continued evaluation and collaboration. Communicates proactively with members of interdisciplinary team.Evaluates patient/family progress toward established goals. Participates in rounds as indicated to address patient/family issues/barriers and to help facilitate safe transitions of care.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Integrates medical record and nursing information in assessment and interventions.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Ensures timely, appropriate, and accurate evaluation and reporting of suspected child/elder abuse and or neglect. Assesses for domestic violence issues and involves domestic violence program coordinator as indicated and appropriate.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Documents interventions in patient's medical record following department standards.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Participates in process improvement activities in the Mental Health and Substance Use Quality Council. Identifies opportunities for improvement and recommends.</span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions</span></p><ol><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">In accordance with established department and professional guidelines, provides comprehensive psychosocial assessments for patients identified by distress screening, care team referral and/or self-referral.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">In counseling role, creates a therapeutic framework for effective problem solving with patient and family. Responds to patient/family needs related to adjustment to illness, disability, critical care issues, acceptance of discharge recommendations, need for long-term care placement, end of life, grief, trauma, abuse and neglect, substance abuse, and mental health issues.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Promotes social work and other psychosocial services to the care team and proactively identifies and provides services to patients who may benefit from social work services.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Identifies community services and resources available to patients and families and facilitates linkage with those services.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Collaborates proactively with referral source and communicates to him/her the progress and status of referred patients. Makes recommendations and revises plan based on continued evaluation and collaboration.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Evaluates patient/family progress toward established goals. Arranges and facilitates care conferences as needed.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Integrates medical record and nursing information in assessment and interventions.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Ensures timely, appropriate, and accurate evaluation and reporting of suspected child/elder abuse and or neglect. Assesses for domestic violence issues and involves domestic violence program coordinator as indicated and appropriate.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Documents interventions in patient's medical record following department standards.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Facilitates patient/family support groups and assists in mentoring new professional staff and student interns.</span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Educational/Experience Requirements:</span></strong></p><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Masters’ of Social Work degree (MSW).</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Minimum of 1 year of workin a mental health or substance use program.</span></li></ul><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Masters degree in Social Work</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Two years’ experience rendering clinical social work services in a health care environment.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Required License/Certifications:</span></strong></p><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Current license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker – Certified (LCSW-C).</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Working Conditions, Equipment, Physical Demands:</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">There is a reasonable expectation that employees in this position will be exposed to blood-borne pathogens.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Physical Demands - </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> <strong>The physical demands and work environment that have been described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.</strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">The above job description is an overview of the functions and requirements for this position. This document is not intended to be an exhaustive list encompassing every duty and requirement of this position; your supervisor may assign other duties as deemed necessary.</span></p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">Pay Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$35</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$50 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Luminis Health Benefits Overview:<br></strong></span>• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance<br>• Retirement Plan (with employer match for employees who work more than 1000 hours in a calendar year)<br>• Paid Time Off<br>• Tuition Assistance Benefits<br>• Employee Referral Bonus Program<br>• Paid Holidays, Disability, and Life/AD&D for full-time employees<br>• Wellness Programs<br>• Employee Assistance Programs and more<br>*Benefit offerings based on employment status</p>
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