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Inpatient Psychiatric Clinician (LICSW, LCSW or LMHC), Brockton Behavioral Health Center, 40Hours (Days)

Boston Medical Center (BMC) · Brockton, MA · 1 wk ago
On-siteHealthcare$25.48–$37.02/hrFull-time

About the role

Boston Medical Center (BMC) is more than a hospital. It is a network of support and care that touches the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in need each year. It is the largest and busiest provider of trauma and emergency services in New England. Emphasizing community-based care, BMC is committed to providing consistently excellent and accessible health services to all— and is the largest safety-net hospital in New England. The hospital is also the primary teaching affiliate of the nationally ranked Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and a founding partner of Boston HealthNet—a coordinated health care delivery system that includes many community health centers.

Responsibilities

  • Affirms patient and family to ascertain emotional and social problems.
  • Utilizes the department’s psychosocial assessment tool as a guideline.
  • Identifies issues that must be addressed during the patient’s care, formulates a treatment plan upon initial intake and at intervals throughout the patient’s inpatient admission.
  • Maintains communication with the appropriate managed care organizations to obtain authorization for inpatient stay and outpatient follow-up services.
  • 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 ensure that patient’s emotional and social needs are addressed.
  • Maintains patient confidentiality according to hospital policy.
  • Provides clinical supervision to other department personnel, as assigned.
  • Supports graduate and undergraduate training programs by supervising MSW/BSW/MHC students (per assignment).
  • Represents department throughout hospital and outside community regarding department’s practice and field of social work.
  • Participates in department programs and complies with department policies and procedures.
  • Maintains a complete understanding of inpatient psychiatric hospital procedures.

Requirements

  • Requires Master’s Degree from an accredited school of Social Work or Mental Health Counseling.
  • Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Required: Massachusetts Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) or Massachusetts Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW) or Massachusetts Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC).

Qualifications

  • Knowledge of community resources and agencies that serve the children and families.
  • Advanced interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively with various healthcare professionals, to develop and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with patients and families, and to supervise graduate students.
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment (sense of humor is valued).
  • Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.
  • Cultural sensitivity and comfort with a wide range of racial and ethnic populations.
  • Bicultural/Bilingual competency a plus.
  • Computer literacy with ability to use standard word processing, spreadsheet programs and e-mail (i.e. MS Word, Excel, Outlook).

Skills

  • Utilizes Social Work and Mental Health Counseling techniques and theory to assist patient and family in coping with illness or social problem to achieve improved functioning and emotional state in collaboration with Psychology.
  • Aids patients in securing outpatient services as soon as patient permits and completes within two sessions.
  • 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.
  • Provides clinical supervision to other department personnel, as assigned.
  • Supports graduate and undergraduate training programs by supervising MSW/BSW/MHC students (per assignment).
  • Represents department throughout hospital and outside community regarding department’s practice and field of social work.
  • Participates in department programs and complies with department policies and procedures.
  • Maintains a complete understanding of inpatient psychiatric hospital procedures.

Benefits

This range offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications. However, our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and a broad range of factors is considered when making an offer. This includes education, experience, skills, and certifications/licensures as they directly relate to position requirements; as well as business/organizational needs, internal equity, and market-competitiveness. In addition, BMCHS offers generous total compensation that includes, but is not limited to, benefits (medical, dental, vision, pharmacy), discretionary annual bonuses and merit increases, Flexible Spending Accounts, 403(b) savings matches, paid time off, career advancement opportunities, and resources to support employee and family well-being.

Pay

$25.48- $37.02

Schedule

40 Hours. Days

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