Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Cannon AFB, NM

Responsibilities

• Function within an operational unit, as a Behavioral Health Care Provider.
• Attend and participate in meetings during normal duty hours, professional staff conferences and other appropriate professional activities.
• Conduct applied research and clinical investigations in clinical/behavioral health/organizational social work.
• Apply social work procedures and techniques, including interviewing, behavioral assessment, and evidenced-based therapies, in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological and neuropsychological disorders.
• Consult with medical personnel, legal authorities, military commanders and school districts as required.
• Maintain accurate and current notes in the paper medical records (if created) and electronic medical records of all patients seen, as appropriate, and produce reports of evaluation and/or treatment.
• Participate in military specific training/activities (e.g., security clearances, use of the DoD or service specific clinical practice guidelines, pre-post deployment screening, PTSD, and combat stress) and others as directed by the unit Commander or his/her designee.
• This position may include clinical supervision of unlicensed providers or trainees.
• May be required to perform some, or all, of the following activities:
• Participates in and successfully completes required DoD or service required training.
• Contact referred patients to assess treatment adherence.
• Use validated symptom inventories to assess current symptom severity.
• Assess barriers to treatment adherence and help patient problem-solve solutions to barriers.
• Provide patients with education regarding their mental health condition and treatment regimen.
• Maintain patient information in a patient registry.
• Maintain accurate and current notes in the electronic medical records of all patients contacted for review by the managing physician.
• Routinely staffs difficult cases with the referring provider, behavioral health consultant and/or psychiatry consultant.
• Perform case management functions.

Requirements

• A Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) or equivalent (MSSW, MSSA) degree from a graduate school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
• A current, unrestricted clinical license to independently practice social work in any one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Maintain credentialing requirements in good standing at a local MTF.
• Specialized training and education that prepare them for their duties:
• A minimum of two (2) years peer-reviewable clinical social work experience in a mental health setting.
• Experience working in a Government setting such as DOD or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) MTF is preferable.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of professional standards and ethics regarding the delivery of clinical social work services.
• Must have experience in brief behavioral interventions.
• May be required to receive and maintain clinical practice privileges.
• Must have an active current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) as certified by the American Heart Association.