Clinical Social Worker - Community Pediatrics

Medstar Health is looking fora Clinical Social Workerto join our team on the Community Pediatrics Mobile Van!We arelooking for a professional clinical social workerwithknowledge and practice skills related to psychosocial aspects of illness, knowledge of community resources,excellent verbal and written communication skills, andeffective interdisciplinary/interpersonal skills for practice and consultation.

The Clinical Social Worker willprovidedirect services to patients and families, social work consultation, leadership and teaching functions for staff, nurses, and providers, and patients.Adheres toNational Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics and exemplifies the qualities and values of the social work profession.

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Primary Duties:

• Providesclinical social work services toidentifiedpatients and families including individual and group counselingregardingthe impact of illness and hospitalization.Serves as a resource for patients with psycho-social issues andprovidesa link to psychiatric resources.Assistspatients dealing with chronic pain, pain medication management and substance abuse problems. Leads support groups forpatientsand families if licensed permits.

• Collaborates with other health care professionals. Facilitates communicationregardingrelevant psycho-social issues of patients and families to health care teams through recording in medical charts, consultation andparticipatingin meetings.Representssocial work perspective and serves as department representative todesignatedHospital committees and community organizations.Participates in training and educational programs for students, physicians,nurses,and other health care professionals. Serves as a resource for providers, nurses, and staff for effectively managing difficult patients. Providessupport and training to triage nurses handling calls from anxious and suicidal patients.

• Functions as a coordinating link between patient, family,hospital,and community resources to assure continuity of care.Participates in meetings and on committees andrepresentsthe department and hospital in community outreach efforts. Participates in multi-disciplinary quality and service improvementteams. Coordinatescommunity resources for underinsured patient populations. Works with the VNA andassistswith establishment of home healthcare.Proactively coordinates community resources for uninsured and underinsured patient populations.

• Assistsinidentifyingprograms and manufacturers to cover costs of medications, including chronic and long-term pain medications.Helps with patients with compliance issues, such as medication problems or missed appointments due to transportation issues.Tracks and reports outcomes from social work intervention.

• Assumes responsibilities foridentifyingtraining needs,locatingresources, and promoting their own professional development.

Qualifications:

• Master'sdegreein social workfrom anapproved Council on Social Work Educationprogram.

• Current LicensedIndependentClinicalSocialWorker (LICSW)license in the District of Columbia,Maryland,or Virginia based on worklocation(s).