Clinical Social Worker

MedStar Health; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 74,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

MedStar Health is seeking a Clinical Social Worker to join the team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. The role involves providing direct social work services to patients and families during hospitalization, with emphasis on illness impact, discharge planning, and psychosocial support.

RESPONSIBILITIES include coordinating care with the health care team, maintaining documentation in medical records, and serving as a liaison between hospital and community resources.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited program.
• 2 years' experience with acutely ill or chronically ill patients (hospital setting preferred).
• LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) in DC licensed.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct clinical social work services to identified patients and families in inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Coordinates care between patient, family, hospital, and community resources to ensure continuity of care.
• Participates in orientation, training, and education programs; may supervise junior social workers.

Education

Master’s degree of Social Work

Job description

General Summary of Position

MedStar Health is looking for a Clinical Social Worker to join our team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital!

About The Job

MedStar Health is looking for a Clinical Social Worker to join our team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital!

The Clinical Social Worker is a professional clinical social worker who provides direct services to the patients. These services are related to hospitalization, dealing with illness and post-hospital planning. The incumbent also provides social work consultation, leadership and teaching functions for the patients, their families/significant others, and the community. Adheres to NASW (National Association of Social Workers) Code of Ethics and exemplifies the qualities and values of the social work profession. These functions are performed in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations and MedStar Georgetown's philosophy, policies, procedures, and standards.

Join one of the largest healthcare systems in the Baltimore-Washington metro region, also recognized as one of the "Healthiest Maryland Businesses".

Primary Duties

• Provides clinical social work services to identified patients and families. This includes outpatient and inpatient services. Includes individual and group counseling regarding the impact of illness and hospitalization. Collaborates with other health care professionals as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Facilitates communication regarding relevant psychosocial issues of patients and families to health care teams through recording in medical records (inpatient and outpatient), consultation and participation in relevant meetings.
• Functions as a coordinating link between patient, family, hospital, and community resources to assure continuity of care. Represents social work perspective and serves as department representative to designated Hospital.
• Participates in orientation, training, and education programs for students, physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals as required. Assumes responsibility for identifying training needs, locating resources, training needs, locating resources, and promoting own professional development.
• Actively cooperates as a participant in the Social Work Department, assuming backup-up and on-call responsibilities, committee work, research, QA/QI, and other duties as appropriate. May provide supervision to LGSW-level social workers.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree of Social Work from an accredited training program.
• 2 years' experience with acute and chronically ill patients (Hospital setting preferable).
• LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) D.C (District of Columbia) license.

This position has a hiring range of USD $74,214.00 - USD $134,596.00 /Yr.