Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Cancer Services

Job Summary:The Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) provides acute and longitudinal patient care in the outpatient medical office setting. They will work in a team-based environment providing counseling services along with ongoing care management support and expertise through comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and overall evaluation of individual patient and practice needs. The position will collaboratively enhance the quality of patient management and satisfaction and promote continuity of care and cost effectiveness by partnering with medical providers, care management, and the entire clinical team. The LCSW must be highly organized professional with great attention to detail, adaptable to frequent change, and compliant with regulatory and departmental guidelines and policies.

Responsibilities:

* Assesses and documents bio-psychosocial needs and prepares a formal intervention plan to suit. * Evaluates and identifies possible or actual patient/family crises, providing crisis intervention and emotional support, and creating and facilitating effective plans for resolution. * Delivers information and short-term therapeutic counseling to patients and their families in relation to social, psychological, and family situations. * Develops and maintains relationships with outside community health and social agencies. Monitors ongoing and new community resources for meeting patient needs. * Refers patients and families with appropriate community assistance resources. * Obtains, interprets and documents necessary information regarding patients and families, including bio-psychosocial history factors, and communicates to interdisciplinary care team

* Responsible for aiding in the identification and resolution of barriers to care for patients (i.e., transportation, food insecurities, etc)

* Serves as a point person for assisting patients in the use and obtainment of Pardee Hospital Foundation funds when eligible (i.e., Women Helping Women Fund)

*Identifies and aids patients in addressing socioeconomic issues.

* Works directly with clinic team members to monitor and address patients' needs who score above average on the distress scale.

Other Information:

Required: * Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) certification *Master's degree in Social Work(MSW) from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. * BLS certification Preferred: * Experience working in an outpatient / ambulatory clinical care setting

* Certified Oncology Social Worker (OSW-C)

* Experience working in Oncology