80-100 Social Worker III Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Program

The Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa is seeking aSocial Worker III who will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary team the Social Worker III will provide direct social work services including assessment treatment interventions and recommendations to facilitate movement through the continuum of care to Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) oncology patients as well as their families on both inpatient and outpatient settings. The AYA program services cancer patients age 13-39 old and their families.

The Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center AYA Social Worker will plan develop implement and evaluate comprehensive social work services for adolescent and young adult patients with complex and/or specialized needs. This role will also participate in and provide the social work perspective to interdisciplinary activities as well as provide social work treatment individually or in groups to patients and clients and their families with complex emotional or social problems.

This position will report to AYA Program Manager within the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center with functional oversight by the AYA Medical Director.

This is a two-year specified term position and may be eligible for extension based on funding.

Duties to include:

• Provide high quality patient care for Adolescent and Young Adult cancer patients ages 13-39 with complex or specialized needs including evaluation assessment and case work appropriate for patients condition and age.

• Perform transition planning activities and psychosocial assessment at onset and throughout the patients hospitalization utilizing clinical skills to create and update personalized transitional care plans.

• Prepare psycho-social histories participate in clinical staff diagnostic and treatment staffing interpret patients and clients and their families psycho-social functioning and needs and recommend and plan social treatment methods to meet those needs.

• Plan for and provide consultation to medical or clinical service staff and community social agencies regarding the handling of medical-social or other social functioning problems of individual of groups of patients and clients and their families.

• Participates in the development of goals for the AYA Program.

• May represent AYA in monthly Teen Cancer America webinars and other national committees.

• Attend meetings and participate on committees and support groups as appropriate; serves as a member of the AYA Core team and AYA Steering Committee.

• Assists patients in completing AYA Enrollment form and documents relevant information.

• Maintains EPIC documentation and metrics of all AYA enrolled patients.

• Shares pertinent information with AYA Nurse Coordinator AYA Patient and Family Life Specialists and other team members on a continual basis regarding AYA enrolled patients.

• Provide comprehensive survivorship support for AYA patients including education care planning and resources to help navigate life after treatment and promote long-term well-being.

• Participate in Cancer Center initiatives or other projects according to departmental and organizational monitors.

• Function as a liaison between the clinic and community-based resources on an as needed basis.

• Participate in the development strengthening and delivery of needed health and social services.

• Advocate for the unique needs of AYA patients families and staff.

• Establish new patient programming and support that specifically targets the adolescent and young adult oncology population and is based on evidence-based standards.

• Write case reports covering on-going social services for inclusion in the patients or clients clinical records maintain statistical records of social service activity.

• Attend and participate in courses meetings conferences and workshops in attainment of new or advanced social work practice skills.

• Maintain effective working relationships with faculty staff students and the public.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

AYA Program Manager

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

No Supervision exercised

University of Iowa Health Carerecognized as one of the best hospitals in the United Statesis Iowas only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12000 employees students and volunteers work together to provide safe quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center is Iowas only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. The NCI designation recognized our cancer center and its research scientist physicians and other health care professionals for their roles in advancing cancer research that impacts on our ability to prevent detect and treat our patients with cancer. Not just a floor or a building or even confined to a single college. Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center coordinates all cancer-related research education and patient care by faculty from 41 departments and six colleges as well as UI Health Care and UI Childrens Hospital.

Percent of Time: 80-100%

Work Schedule: Monday Friday Hours generally worked between 7:00am-5pm

Pay Grade: 7

Highlights

• Regular salaried position located in Iowa City IA

• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health dental life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans

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