Medical Social Worker Evening and Weekend
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Job Location:
Portland, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
15 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Department Overview
The Medical Social Worker as a member of a multi-disciplinary team provides bio-psychosocialassessment brief counseling care coordination information/referral crisisintervention patient advocacy and associated services to patients families significant others andother community agencies who may be involved in the patients care.
The Medical Social Worker directs efforts towardassisting patients and theirfamilies with adjusting to new diagnoses changes in physical functioning challenges ofhospitalization and eventual readjustment to the community. The Social Work Department hascorresponding teaching and research functions related to health and healthcare delivery practices.
The Medical Social Worker provides direct intervention on an as-needed basis with infants children adolescents adults and elderly patients and/or families. The Medical Social Worker will practice in accordance with performance standards ethical principles and core values with a commitment to service excellence. This position may provide social work services to patients admitted anywhere in the hospital including Adult units Pediatric units and the Emergency Department depending on department need or assist with coverage needs for other care management social work services.
The Weekend Float Social Workers primary role is to support needs within our inpatient hospital system. This position helps provide support to both pediatrics and adults during evenings and weekends. This position requires the ability to work across various service lines and provide other hospital coverage as necessary.
Function/Duties of Position
Conducts psychosocial evaluations of patients/families and significant others including but not limited to the following: adjustment to medical or health condition; care coordination; mental health status; adjustment/ compliance to treatment process; substance usage; child and elder abuse/neglect assessments; domestic violence issues; cognitive status (including potential guardian issues); and patient/family resources.
Provides crisis intervention and supportive short-term counseling to patients/families and significant others as necessary to meet immediate psycho-social needs including but not limited to: Trauma/Emergency Department/ On Call/ Family Notification CODE Response (family intervention); unanticipated change in health conditions/suicidal ideation; teenage pregnancy; single parent pregnancy/parenthood domestic violence child and elder abuse/neglect.
Provides grief/loss counseling and education regarding: fetal demise;actual/pending death of patient/family member; complicated pregnancies; pregnancy termination support postpartum depression; chronic/acutestress associated with life circumstances; divorce/separation; loss ofindependence associated with illness or disability.
Provides brief psychotherapy including: individual short-termpsychotherapy; group work including information/ support groups family support patient therapy); regarding but not limited to issues of adoptionabortion domestic violence family of origin sexual/gender substanceabuse parenting relationship adjustment to disabilities and chronic oracute illness.
Provides patient advocacy and associated services to patient/family andother involved agencies/parties regarding decision-making; advance directives; ethics consultations; court holds; guardianship/ conservatorship; citizenship cases; and social cultural factors.
Required Qualifications
A Masters Social Work (MSW) required.
Certificate of Clinical Social Work Associate (CSWA) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) required for employees who practice clinical social work.
Job Related KnowledgeSkills and Abilities(Competencies):
- Assessment Proficiency
- Short-term Counseling
- Crisis Intervention
- Excellent task Prioritization
- Effective Communication Skills
- Proficiency and skill in providing social work services in a healthcare setting
- Time Management
- Organization
- Patient Advocacy
- Problem Solving
- Creativity
- Adaptability
- Critical thinking
- Conflict Resolution
- Task Reprioritization
Preferred Qualifications
- Health care experience preferred.
- Bilingual language skill are strongly preferred
Additional Details
Requires prioritization.
Frequent interruptions in an environment of frequent change and fluctuations.
For inpatient units accepts accountability and responsibility.
May be exposed to body fluids tissue possible radiation exposure and infectious processes.
Subject to computer work for several hours as needed.
Able to utilize office equipment within work area.
Posted 2/24/2026/ 11:31am
Why apply to OHSU
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Motivational Interviewing
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- Communication skills
- Bereavement Counseling
- Hospice Care
- Case Management
- Computer Literacy
- Home Care
- Medicare
- Social Work
About Company
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