Clinical Social Work-MSW-Care Management (Heme/Onc)

Position Summary

Utilizing clinical social work techniques and theory, consults on, assesses, and intervenes with high-risk patients and their families regarding the impact/amelioration of emotional and social problems.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Affirms and collaborates with healthcare team members to address patient’s emotional and social needs.
• Provides psychotherapeutic treatment and psychosocial support to patient and family to reduce the impact of identified problems.
• Maintains patient confidentiality according to hospital policy.
• Documents each patient encounter in the medical record or the Department clinical record concurrently according to Department policies.
• Supervises other department personnel, as assigned.
• Supports graduate and undergraduate training programs by supervising MSW and BSW students (per assignment).
• Represents department throughout hospital and outside community regarding department’s practice and field of social work.
• Maintains a complete understanding of emergency procedures.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Assesses patient and family to ascertain emotional and social problems.
• Utilizes the department’s psychosocial assessment tool as a guideline.
• Identifies issues which must be addressed during the patient’s care, and formulates plan.
• Reports any and all suspected cases of abuse and neglect and follows up to ensure patient receives timely comprehensive consultations and compliance with legal mandates.
• Identifies need to involve patient’s family through the initial assessment process and attempts contact on same day, if indicated.
• Consults and collaborates with healthcare team members to insure that patient’s emotional and social needs are addressed.
• Begins assessment for an inpatient within 24 hours of referral and completes within two interviews or within seven working days of referral.
• Begins assessment for an outpatient as soon as patient permits and completes within two interviews.
• Completes assessment for an Emergency Department patient within four hours of discharge.
• Maintains patient confidentiality according to hospital policy.
• Practices professional discretion when determining the inclusion of any patient information into medical record or department clinical record notes.
• Notes in medical record the exclusion of critical patient information and its availability.
• Documents ongoing treatment work in the Department clinic records.
• Provides clinical supervision to other department personnel, as assigned.
• Complies with departmental, regulatory and professional requirements for documentation recording, and data collection.
• SUBMIT department statistics and other records and reports within required time frames.
• Maintains competency in areas of responsibility to ensure quality care.
• Attends scheduled staff meetings and in-service education program offerings with punctuality and consistency.
• Obtains continuing education units necessary to maintain licensure.
• Aids management in the operation of a quality department by participating in department programs and complying with department policies and procedures.
• Works diligently on department committees, per Director’s appointments.
• Represents department throughout hospital and outside community regarding department’s practice and field of social work.
• Regularly maintains work area and equipment in a neat and orderly manner; assists in the cleaning and organizing of department on own initiative and reports any malfunctioning equipment as observed by supervisor.
• Notifies supervisor when patients in age group not regularly served are present, and seeks assistance from individuals with the knowledge of the specialized needs of such patient age groups.

Education

• Requires Master’s Degree from an accredited school of Social Work.

Job Requirements

• Requires a Massachusetts Licensed Certified Social Worker (or obtained within six months of employment).