Social Worker II, LCSW - Outpatient Dialysis - Bethpage

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Social Worker II, LCSW - Outpatient Dialysis - Bethpage. In this role, the successful candidate provides psychosocial assessments, diagnosis, and treatment as well as consultation about patients and families to assist them and the health care team in coping with the patient's hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and/or life situation, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders.

Job Responsibilities

• Performs psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation.
• Formulates, develops, and implements a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate clinical social work treatments and interventions.
• Documents assessment, plan, interactions, and interventions according to departmental and institutional guidelines and standards.
• Treats and manages mental health and/or substance abuse problems.
• Affords assistance with screening, identification, diagnosis, management, and treatment of victims of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, rape, etc.
• Provides training and consultative services to other health care professionals.
• Arranges, procures, and coordinates patient and/or family pre and post hospital or treatment needs.
• Provides education to patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient's diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation.
• May utilize crisis intervention, brief and long-term individual, group, and family therapies.
• Participates in multi-disciplinary health care teams and provides leadership in representing the clinical social work perspective to and being a liaison for patients and families.
• Maintains records and statistics and documents assessments, plans, interactions, and interventions according to departmental and institutional guidelines and standards.
• Attends and participates in staff, committee, departmental, institutional, and other administrative meetings and continuous quality improvement efforts.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Degree Social Work Required.
• Current and valid New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license Required.
• 3-5 years Social work in a health care setting or social service agency Required.
• Strong working knowledge of clinical social work practice, relevant medical and/or legal issues that impact patient care, and medical center resources to access and provide for patient care needs Required.
• Excellent communication (both oral and written), interpersonal, assessment, counseling, multitasking, detail orientation, and organizational skills Required.
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office especially Word, Excel, and Powerpoint Required.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1-2 years Social work in a clinical setting Preferred.

Benefits and Wellness Package

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island provides a comprehensive benefits and wellness package to support employees' overall quality of life. This includes financial security benefits, a generous time-off program, employee resources groups for peer support, and access to a holistic employee wellness program focusing on physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care.

Equal Opportunity Employer

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online. View Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal.

Salary Range

The salary range for the role is $112,079.10 - $122,225.21 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need.