Clinical Social Worker Job at MedStar Health’s Washington Hospital Center in Was

General Summary of Position

MedStar Health is looking for a Clinical Social Worker to join our team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

The Clinical Social Worker provides direct services to patients related to hospitalization, dealing with illness and post-hospital planning. The incumbent also provides social work consultation, leadership, and teaching functions for the patients, their families/significant others, and the community. This role adheres to the NASW Code of Ethics and exemplifies the values of the social work profession, in accordance with applicable laws, MedStar Georgetown policies, procedures, and standards.

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Primary Duties

• Provides clinical social work services to identified patients and families, including inpatient and outpatient services, individual and group counseling regarding the impact of illness and hospitalization. Collaborates with other health care professionals as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Facilitates communication of relevant psychosocial issues to health care teams through medical records documentation, consultation, and participation in meetings.
• Functions as a coordinating link between the patient, family, hospital, and community resources to assure continuity of care. Represents the social work perspective and serves as department representative to designated hospital and Lombardi Cancer Center committees and community organizations.
• Participates in orientation, training, and education programs for students, physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals as required. Identifies training needs, locates resources, and promotes professional development.
• Collaborates with other disciplines in development of new programs that enhance the quality of services to Oncology/Lombardi Cancer Center patients and their significant others. Works with Clinical Nurse Coordinator staff and assists Discharge Planning/Case Management to facilitate appropriate placement of patients (post-hospitalization or when clinical conditions warrant).
• Actively cooperates as a participant in the Social Work Department, including backup on-call responsibilities, committee work, research, QA/QI, and other duties as appropriate. May provide supervision to LGSW-level social workers.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree of Social Work from an accredited training program.
• 2 years’ experience with acute and chronically ill patients (hospital setting preferable).
• Experience with oncology patients referred.
• LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) license in the District of Columbia.

This position has a hiring range of $72,758 - $130,041.