Clinical Social Worker LCSW, Per Diem, University Campus

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

Hiring Range: $29.81 - $53.67. Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

About the Role

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Responsibilities

• Provides assessment of patients/families and their adaptation to patient’s illness.
• Provides counseling as needed and ensures maximum patient participation in plans for discharge and recovery.
• Identifies system or discharge problems and develops discharge plans, presenting options to patients.
• Assesses all potential cases of abuse: child, elderly, disabled, and/or domestic violence.
• Provides clinical service to patients and their families through individual, family, or group work, such as biopsychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, treatment planning, and counseling relative to medical conditions.
• Identifies clinical resources and makes referrals when necessary.
• Collaborates with physicians, care coordinators, discharge planners, and other health care professionals to identify barriers to discharge or treatment and helps resolve these issues with patients, families, or external sources.
• Advocates for patients and families as they negotiate the health care system so that effective care, treatment, and planning may occur.
• Documents all information obtained in evaluation, assessment, consultation, referral, and disposition to comply with regulatory requirements and ensure the best possible patient outcome.
• Utilizes the language of the current DSM-IV-TR to establish comprehensive diagnostic evaluations and subsequent planning and treatment.
• Complies with established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives.
• Attends a variety of meetings, conferences, and seminars as required or directed.
• Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
• Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
• Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility, and acceptance toward all employees, patients, and visitors.
• Maintains regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work.
• Current Massachusetts Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensure.
• Demonstrated ability in psychosocial assessment, knowledge of community resources, crisis intervention skills, ability in discharge planning, and ability to work with a multidisciplinary team.
• Data compilation and analysis skills.
• Excellent written and communications skills.
• Basic computer skills.

Preferred: One to three years of Social Work experience.

Unless certification, licensure, or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed may be substituted for the above requirements.

Schedule

Sunday through Saturday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (4 - Mixed Shift, 8 Hours).

Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions

• Position requires work indoors most often in an office environment.
• Work may also include monitoring patients’ movements and activities, resulting in the need for rapid physical response to unsafe patient movements.
• Includes standing, walking, running, reaching, bending, lifting, and stooping.

This position may have a signing bonus available; a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.