Licensed Social Worker or Counselor - Psychiatry Biobehavioral Medicine

Job Duties

• Serves as a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team in the diagnostic evaluation of clients and the identification of treatment objectives.
• Collaborates with medical specialties at MUSC for coordination of care.
• Interviews patient, family and any other providers to assess the patient's level of functioning, strengths and challenges, and emotional status, and generates written reports and ongoing progress notes for care.
• Develops a comprehensive picture of the client's service and treatment needs.
• Provides individual and group therapy to adult and adolescent patients with comorbid medical and psychiatric illness in an outpatient psychology/psychiatry treatment clinic located within an academic medical center.
• Collaborates with medical specialties at MUSC for coordination of care.

Physical Requirements

• Continuous requirements are to perform job functions while standing, walking and sitting.
• Ability to bend at the waist, kneel, climb stairs, reach in all directions, fully use both hands and legs, possess good finger dexterity, perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders.
• Ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and as required.
• Maintain 20/40 vision corrected, see and recognize objects close at hand and at a distance, work in a latex safe environment and work indoors.
• Lift, lower, push and pull and/or carry objects weighing 50 lbs (+/-) unassisted, exert up to 50 lbs of force, lift from 36" to overhead 25 lbs.
• Infrequently work in dusty areas and confined/cramped spaces.

Required Minimum Training and Education

• Master’s degree in a social work or social welfare program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or from a social work program or social welfare program offered by a regionally accredited institution.
• Master's degree in counseling offered by a regionally accredited institution.

Preferred Experience

• Three years professional social work or counseling experience.
• Hospital experience in the area of Psychiatry is preferred.

Required Licensure, Certifications, Registrations

• Licensed by the State of South Carolina to provide diagnostic evaluations and psychotherapy.

Entity

University Medical Associates (UMA)

Cost Center

CC001042 COM PSYCH Bio-Behavioral Medicine CC

Pay Rate Type

Hourly, Salary

Pay Grade

Health-29

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

N/A

Additional Information

The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MUSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications, merit and business need.