Licensed Clinical Social Worker LCSW
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Day 08 Hour (United States of America)Department: Admitting Cancer Patient Access
Commitment: FullTime FixedTerm
Schedule: 08HR Day Shift
This is a Stanford Health Care job.
A Brief Overview
Licensed Clinical Social Worker is the second and fullyqualified fullproficiency level of professional social
work for employees who are licensed by the State of California as Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW).
Positions at this level are characterized by substantial professional responsibility and independence of action
for providing social work services. The Social Work Job Family consists of three levels of professional nonsupervisory
social work in a health care institutional setting at LPCH and SHC: Social Work Clinician
Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Advanced Clinical Social Worker. This job family is limited to those
positions that require a Masters degree in Social Work (MSW) from an accredited school of social work. As a
member of a multidisciplinary health care team Medical Social Workers provide appropriate intervention
services and/or discharge planning to patients and/or clients as well as their families receiving services within
any department of the Stanford University Medical Center. Work typically involves a variety of biopsychosocial
issues assessment of the social needs as related to the patients/clients health status and the
development of a plan of services including advocacy discharge planning referrals and practical assistance
necessary to accomplish desired objectives. Provides consultation orientation and training to health care staff
on the effects of biopsychosocial cultural and economic issues on the management of patient/client health
needs.
Locations
Stanford Health Care
What you will do
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care teams to treat and plan for the social and medical needs of
patients by consulting with other providers and making referrals. Devises develops and implements treatment
plans as necessary. May make a diagnosis as part of a treatment plan. - Conducts initial assessment of all new patients to evaluate social emotional and physical needs by applying
social work theories and techniques; interviews and evaluates patients and family members. Identifies factors
which may interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from treatment. - Develops and implements patient management plans including the coordination of referrals to specialty and
social services the recording of progress notes and the provision of continuity of care. Helps clients cope with
environmental and psychological issues of illness by explaining options and treatments as well as making
appropriate referrals. - Manages assigned caseload. Prepares and maintains records and makes written and oral reports to
document case activity concerning patient care counseling and therapeutic activities in accordance with
department hospital medical center and/or health system policies. Prepares reports and other documents
concerning patients. - Participates in monitoring and evaluating the quality and appropriateness of patient care.
- Provides supportive counseling grief counseling crisis intervention and other appropriate therapeutic
services to assist patients and families in coping with presenting symptoms and problems such as for
example coping with illness accepting medical recommendations and loss of function. Provides education to
patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patients diagnosis illness treatment and/or
life situation.
Education Qualifications
- Masters degree in Social Work from an accredited college or university
Experience Qualifications
- Two 2 years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience
Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Ability to apply theories principles and practices of medical social work and of social services delivery
systems in a hospital or medical center setting - Ability to gather data needed to needed to assess needs of patients and families
- Ability to manage a caseload recall case details; maintain confidentiality of information; determine the
appropriate course of action in emergencies and other stressful situations - Ability to provide written case narratives and reports
- Knowledge of and ability to apply effective assessment interviewing and counseling techniques
- Knowledge of and ability to apply social work theories principles and techniques
- Knowledge of hospital and medical center resources to access and provide for patient care needs and act on
behalf of client needs to obtain necessary services - Knowledge of needs problems attitudes and behavior of hospital patients and their families
Licenses and Certifications
- LCSW Licensed Medical Social Worker State Licensure
These principles apply to ALL employees:
SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience
Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute CICARE standards for all of patients families and towards each other. CICARE is the foundation of Stanfords patientexperience and represents a framework for patientcentered interactions. Simply put we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health healing and recovery.
You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars from the patient and familys perspective:
- Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
- Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
- Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination
Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination inall ofits policies and practices including the area of employment. Accordingly SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race color sex sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression religion age national or ethnic origin political beliefs marital status medical condition genetic information veteran status or disability or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders members of all racial and ethnic groups people with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.
Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $51.15 $67.78 per hourThe salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors including but not limited to internal equity experience education specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.
Employment Type
Full-Time
