Social Worker MSW 7170

Company: Vail Health
Location: Vail
Posted on: March 13, 2020

Job Description:

POSITION PURPOSE: Provide clinical social work for patients, families, and staff to help them cope with psychosocial issues that require specific training or education. Responsible for psychosocial assessments, counseling, support, and referrals. Coordinate with outside agencies to place patients with mental illness and/or substance and alcohol dependency. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Provides support and counseling; assist patient and family to develop coping skills related to dealing with diagnosis, medical needs and treatment.
• Assesses and reassesses social and emotional factors in order to help patients and families cope with problems in daily living, and to help them follow medical recommendations to maximize the patient's health condition.
• Collaborates with county and community agencies to promote continuity of care and continued services. Recommend and assist with referrals and introductions to appropriate financial resources, hospitals, clinics and community agencies for continuity of care.
• As a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, contributes to patient plans of care, and documents psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, and interventions in the EMR with documentation meeting regulatory requirements.
• Provides support and counseling to assist staff with dealing with patient situations that can result in vicarious trauma or with the day to day stress of working in a healthcare environment
• Collaborates with the SBIRT program in counseling those who meet substance and alcohol criteria.
• Participate in the development of patient and staff support programs, as needed.
• Role models the principals of a Just Culture.
• Perform other duties as assigned. Must be HIPAA compliant. Experience: 1 year of previous related experience required; healthcare experience preferred. License(s): In lieu of a Master's Degree in Social Work, the person in this position may be a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or be a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Staff with a provisional license will be supervised by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

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