Clinical Social Worker, MSW, Magee Job in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania US
Clinical Social Worker, MSW, Magee
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC is hiring a Part-Time Clinical Social Worker, MSW to help support the Medical Social Work Department for its Oakland location. This position will typically work daylight shifts including weekends and on-calls. The Clinical Social Worker is responsible for providing complete psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, individual, family, group, bereavement and end of life counseling, and timely and appropriate discharge planning based on known or anticipated needs. Responsibilities - Demonstrates the ability to identify, assess, counsel, and effectively intervene with medically and psychosocially complex patients and utilize the modalities of crisis intervention, brief goal directed therapy or other therapeutic counseling methods - Completes a psychosocial assessment that includes social, economic, cultural, age-related, and behavioral factors, history of child, elder or domestic abuse, prior psychiatric or substance abuse treatment, family and social support systems, and all other available resources - Collaborates with the healthcare team patients and families and relevant community resources to develop and implement an individualized plan of care - Maintains extensive knowledge of federal, state and local assistance programs and community resources that affect patient needs; demonstrates expertise in accessing social systems by providing resource-specific information to patients/families, initiating contact with resources and facilitating the patients/familys ability to accept referrals - Educates and advocates for patients and families to enhance their ability to make informed decisions regarding medical care, discharge planning, advance directives and end of life care - Demonstrates a knowledge of reimbursement systems, the ability to educate patients and families regarding payer requirements/coverage for post-hospital services and the ability to effectively advocate on behalf of the patient to obtain authorization - Will provide options counseling - Performs all other duties as assigned Basic Qualifications - Masters in Social Work (MSW) from a graduate school approved by the Council on Social work education, required - Minimum of two (2) years experience in an acute care medical/surgical setting, highly preferred - Prior experience with an oncology population, highly preferred Licensure/Certifications - LSW - LCSW, preferred Salary Range: 17.25 22.65 28.64 UPMC is an equal opportunity employer. ------------