Job description
Department Overview:
2. Patient Services. Refers patient/family to outside resources for assistance (such as
financial, vocational, schools, transportation, insurance, housing, medicine) and
assists family in gaining access to resources; may develop discharge plans
emphasizing continuity of care, appropriate placement and maximum use of
appropriate resources; serves as advocate for the patient within the medical setting
and the community; maintains knowledge of community resources for patient care;
may interact with Medical Social Service Specialists to insure delivery of specific
patient-care services.
3. Counseling. Provides short- and long-term counseling to patients and/or their
families; provides supportive counseling to reinforce patients' strengths and assist
them in dealing with the stress and feelings of grief, fear, and anger associated with
serious illness, injury, hospitalization, or disability; counsels patients to assist them in
decisions regarding treatment options or decisions on pregnancy-related issues, such
as adoption or abortion; conducts group sessions to provide information to patients
and their families on treatment methods and what to anticipate on a social, emotional,
or physical level from the treatment; may provide psychotherapy to patients and their
families such as individual therapy, group therapy, and marital/family therapy; may
participate in emergency or on-call situations by providing crisis intervention services
to patients and/or their families.
4. Training. Assists in the supervision and evaluation of graduate level social work
interns; may assist in training medical residents and other agency staff regarding
department activities, programs, services, and social work practices, including the
field of medical social work; attends patient care conferences and actively contributes
to case reviews; provides in-services to department, unit, or community professionals
regarding areas of expertise.
5. Departmental Functions. Contributes to the development and evaluation of new
programs to meet identified patient needs; provides community education programs
to pertinent social concerns; assumes active role in meetings and supervisory
conferences for the purpose of information exchange, education, and enhanced patient
care.
6. Documentation. Prepares psychosocial assessments, histories, and treatment
recommendations for patients' hospital charts and department records; maintains
written record of all social work involvement with patient; prepares accurate and
timely statistics on assigned cases.
7. Miscellaneous. Attends conferences and seminars to maintain up-to-date knowledge
of social work practices and principles.
Required Qualifications:
Clinical Transplant Services provides care coordination and services to patients in need of or who have received kidney, pancreas, liver, and/or heart transplants. More information about our department can be found at our website: www.ohsu.edu/transplant. The Medical Social Worker, as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, has the primary responsibility for assessment, counseling, care coordination, information/referral, crisis intervention, patient advocacy and associated services to patients, families, significant others and involved parties/agencies. The Medical Social Worker is expected to practice in accordance with performance standards, core values and with a commitment to service excellence.
Function/Duties of Position:
1.
Psychosocial Assessment. Engages in case finding and conducts interviews with
patients, patients' families, and other appropriate resources to gather information
necessary in identifying/ evaluating the psychosocial, cultural, and financial
conditions of patients referred by agency staff, community professionals, families or
other sources; prepares assessments regarding patient functioning capacity (including
behavior, coping abilities, and attitude toward illness, injury disability, or
hospitalization) and support systems available for treatment planning; provides in
patients, patients' families, and other appropriate resources to gather information
necessary in identifying/ evaluating the psychosocial, cultural, and financial
conditions of patients referred by agency staff, community professionals, families or
other sources; prepares assessments regarding patient functioning capacity (including
behavior, coping abilities, and attitude toward illness, injury disability, or
hospitalization) and support systems available for treatment planning; provides in
depth consultation to community professionals, agency staff, or other persons seeking
guidance in meeting patient needs; may complete daily rounds and conduct chart
reviews to determine patient needs or problems on assigned unit; may participate in
treatment team meetings with various health care staff, to provide psychosocial
assessments which are used in establishing treatment goals or in discharge planning.
guidance in meeting patient needs; may complete daily rounds and conduct chart
reviews to determine patient needs or problems on assigned unit; may participate in
treatment team meetings with various health care staff, to provide psychosocial
assessments which are used in establishing treatment goals or in discharge planning.
2. Patient Services. Refers patient/family to outside resources for assistance (such as
financial, vocational, schools, transportation, insurance, housing, medicine) and
assists family in gaining access to resources; may develop discharge plans
emphasizing continuity of care, appropriate placement and maximum use of
appropriate resources; serves as advocate for the patient within the medical setting
and the community; maintains knowledge of community resources for patient care;
may interact with Medical Social Service Specialists to insure delivery of specific
patient-care services.
3. Counseling. Provides short- and long-term counseling to patients and/or their
families; provides supportive counseling to reinforce patients' strengths and assist
them in dealing with the stress and feelings of grief, fear, and anger associated with
serious illness, injury, hospitalization, or disability; counsels patients to assist them in
decisions regarding treatment options or decisions on pregnancy-related issues, such
as adoption or abortion; conducts group sessions to provide information to patients
and their families on treatment methods and what to anticipate on a social, emotional,
or physical level from the treatment; may provide psychotherapy to patients and their
families such as individual therapy, group therapy, and marital/family therapy; may
participate in emergency or on-call situations by providing crisis intervention services
to patients and/or their families.
4. Training. Assists in the supervision and evaluation of graduate level social work
interns; may assist in training medical residents and other agency staff regarding
department activities, programs, services, and social work practices, including the
field of medical social work; attends patient care conferences and actively contributes
to case reviews; provides in-services to department, unit, or community professionals
regarding areas of expertise.
5. Departmental Functions. Contributes to the development and evaluation of new
programs to meet identified patient needs; provides community education programs
to pertinent social concerns; assumes active role in meetings and supervisory
conferences for the purpose of information exchange, education, and enhanced patient
care.
6. Documentation. Prepares psychosocial assessments, histories, and treatment
recommendations for patients' hospital charts and department records; maintains
written record of all social work involvement with patient; prepares accurate and
timely statistics on assigned cases.
7. Miscellaneous. Attends conferences and seminars to maintain up-to-date knowledge
of social work practices and principles.
Required Qualifications:
- Masters of Social Work- Health care experience preferred
- Able to implement assessments, short-term counseling, crisis intervention, advocacy
- Excellent task prioritization, time management, and communication skills
- CSWA or LCSW in Oregon and CSWA or LCSW in Washington, or willingness to obtain in first 6 months of employment
- Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without accommodation
Benefits:
- Two raises per year – One at anniversary date and one across the board annual increase
- Healthcare Options - Covered 100% for full-time employees and 88% for dependents, and $25K of term life insurance provided at no cost to the employee
- Two separate above market pension plans to choose from
- Vacation- up to 200 hours per year depending on length of service
- Sick Leave- up to 96 hours per year
- 8 paid holidays per year
- Substantial Tri-met and C-Tran discounts
- Additional Programs including: Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
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