Social Worker Brain Tumor Institute Full Time Days
Social Worker Brain Tumor Institute Full Time Days
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Job Description
The Social Worker reflects the mission vision and values of NM adheres to the organizations Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program and complies with all relevant policies procedures guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.
The Social Worker is responsible for providing psychosocial counseling and intervention services to patients who request their services or any patient referred by a provider. The social worker advocates for the patient and family and assists in outpatient continuity of care.
***Desired qualifications: Neurology or Oncology experience***
Responsibilities:
- Completes a thorough psychosocial assessment for new patients.
- Utilizes critical thinking to identify and screen high risk social cases.
- Provides pretreatment planning psychosocial counseling/interventions health education financial counseling referrals and discharge/transition planning.
- Collaborates with team other ancillary departments case management staff and social service agency providers to develop a care plan.
- Provides resources including education materials to patients and families in the areas of financial assistance transportation scheduling and community resources to support the care plan.
- Supports department initiatives (attends case conferences participates in quality improvement).
- May perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications :
Required:
- Masters degree.
- Licensed Social Worker (LSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the state of Illinois.
- Zero (0) to two (2) years experience in a relevant role.
Additional Information :
Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age sex race color religion national origin gender identity veteran status disability sexual orientation or any other protected status.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
