Medical Social Worker (LCSW), Harrington Hospital Med-Surg, Southbridge Campus - 24hr, Days

About the role

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Exemption Status: Exempt

Hiring Range: $58,864.00 - $105,955.20

(based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week).

Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details: Weekends (Saturday and Sunday), Weekends - Every Other Weekend

• Scheduled Hours: 8am - 4:30pm
• Shift: 1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)
• Hours: 24
• Cost Center: 25080 - 4402 Case Management

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Provides assessment of patients/families and their adaptation to patient’s illness. Provides counseling as needed and ensures maximum patient participation in plans for discharge and recovery. Identifies system or discharge problems and develops discharge plans and presents options to patients. Assessment of all potential cases of abuse: child, elderly, disabled and/or domestic violence.

I. Major Responsibilities

• Provides clinical service to patients and their families through individual, family, or group work, such as biopsychosocial assessment, crises intervention, treatment planning and counseling relative to medical conditions.
• Identifies clinical resources and make referrals when necessary.
• Collaborates with physicians, care coordinators, discharge planners, and other health care professionals to identify barriers to discharge or treatment and help resolve these issues with patients, families, or external sources.
• Advocates for patients and families as they negotiate the health care system so that effective care, treatment, and planning may occur.
• Documents all information obtained in evaluation, assessment, consultation, referral, and disposition to comply with regulatory requirements, as well as ensuring best possible patient outcome.
• Utilizes the language of the current DSM-IV-TR to establish comprehensive diagnostic evaluations and subsequent planning and treatment.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities

• Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
• Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
• Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
• Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
• Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
• Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

II. Position Qualifications

Required

• Master’s Degree in Social Work.
• Current Massachusetts Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensure.

Required

• Demonstrated ability in psychosocial assessment, knowledge of community resources, crisis intervention skills, ability in discharge planning, and ability to work with a multidisciplinary team.
• Data compilation and analysis skills.
• Excellent written and communications skills.
• Basic computer skills.

Preferred

• One to three years of Social Work experience.

Additional information

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions

• Position requires work indoors most often in an office environment.
• However, work may also include monitoring patients’ movements and activities resulting in the need for rapid physical response to unsafe patient movements.
• This includes standing, walking, running, reaching, bending, lifting, and stooping.

• We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other.
• Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind.
• If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

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