Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race sex color religion national origin protected veteran status or on the basis of disability.
Must be LICSW
The clinical social worker is responsible for initial assessment and triage of patients to ensure provision of appropriate timely and effective psychiatric evaluation.
Coordinates functions necessary for the complete and efficient management of patients seeking and receiving mental health services.
Responsibilities include appropriately triaging patient calls screening for urgency and basing decisions on sound judgment as well as collaborating with providers seeking referral advice for their patients.
Works with physicians and other clinical staff to ensure all patients are appropriately triaged and facilitates finding resources for those who do not meet the outpatient criteria or who are otherwise interested in community resources. Conducts psychiatric evaluations provides intervention and ongoing treatment as indicated.
Works effectively as part of interdisciplinary health care teams.
Provides clinical services to patients/families that address psychosocial environmental age specific and cultural issues in order to maximize emotional social and physical well being and the effective use of health care and community resources.
Collaborates with and provides social work consultation to other disciplines within the setting.
Participates on Departmental Hospital Satellite community task forces and committees.
Other duties as assigned. Provides psychosocial assessment of patients to evaluate mental health/psychiatric history/emotional issues/coping style understanding of illness/adjustment/compliance barriers to care cultural issues abuse/neglect and domestic violence.
Provides psychosocial assessment of families to determine: family relationships/systems as they relate to care of the patient. Identifies family decision makers and caregivers; family understanding of illness and trajectory of care. Identifies family coping style family resources and cultural issues.
Employs a range of clinical interventions such as individual group or family counseling.
Provides caregiver/family counseling/support to promote family cohesiveness to provide care to patient coping with mental illness.
Advocates on behalf of patients and families to gain access to services and resources.
Refers patients to other providers as necessary.
Provides mandated assessments when abuse is suspected (child disabled adult elder) and safety assessment when domestic violence is reported.
Files reports as indicated.
Identifies patients psychosocial financial legal psychiatric or substance use that effect patient care management and collaborates with the team to facilitate patient care process.
Works effectively as part of the interdisciplinary health care team communicating regularly with the team and other members on cases and as issues arise. Documents timely and relevant information.
Coordinates family/team meetings as needed and when appropriate.
Provides psychosocial consultation on patient care planning and patient/family management and community resources.
Implements psychosocial programs based on patient/family identified needs. Facilitates the appropriate and efficient use of hospital and community resources. Participates in formal and informal clinical case reviews clinical supervision and educational seminars.
Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital is a 150 bed nonprofit community teaching hospital located in Jamaica Plain directly across the street from the Arnold Arboretum. Founded in 1900 Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital has a long history of meeting the health care needs of our patients by offering comprehensive care in a wide variety of specialties. At Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital our world revolves around our patients and their families which is why weve been nationally recognized for our best practices in patient care safety measures and surgical outcomes. If youre looking for more than a career join Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital. Our patients call it better care. Our employees call it home.
SOCIAL WORKERMental HealthLICSW
