Clinical Social Worker

Provide direct patient care to patients and families and assist in coordinating team-delivered services.

Responsibilities

• Complete psychosocial assessments
• Develop treatment plans congruent with the overall healthcare plan
• Provide psychosocial intervention
• Educate patients, family members, staff, and social work students
• Facilitate compliance with treatment
• Work with the community to provide needed services
• Coordinate discharge planning activities
• Initiate patient/family intervention based on self-assessment of service needs
• Initiate community/facility referrals based on identified patient/family needs
• Initiate consultation with facility staff regarding psychosocial patient/family needs
• Contact the appropriate Social Services Department to report suspected abuse/neglect/exploitation cases
• Develop intervention plans and related interventions with patients/families/significant others
• Initiate education activities with and for facility staff
• Contribute to quality improvement activities through self-analysis of services and needs
• Participate in service area meetings, training, and patient care conferences
• May supervise social work students on a voluntary basis
• Depending on unit assignment, may supervise other Masters and Doctoral Degree students from other disciplines (e.g., Psychology)

Requirements

• Master of Social Work Degree from a Council on Social Work Education accredited program
• Minimum of three (3) years of clinical social work experience with at least one (1) year in a specialty practice area
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Virginia preferred

Preferences

• Clinical social work experience in an acute care setting

Additional Requirements

• Depending on unit assignment, may be required to work alternate schedules, weekends and/or holidays, and take call
• May be required to work alternate unit assignments, including at other clinical locations

Physical Requirements

• Lifting less than 20 lbs.
• Prolonged standing and sitting
• Frequent bending, walking (distance), reaching (overhead, extensive, repetitive)
• Strong recall, reasoning, problem-solving abilities
• Hearing, speaking clearly, writing legibly, reading, logical thinking
• Able to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced, noisy environment with frequent and intense customer interactions
• Able to adapt to frequent change

Age Specific Groups Served

As appropriate based on unit assignment