Clinical Social Worker II

Cone Health; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Cone Health in Greensboro, NC is seeking a Clinical Social Worker II to provide social work services that address psychosocial and clinical needs across patient and family contexts. You will identify needs, develop care plans, and connect patients with community resources using established clinical techniques.

This role requires an MSW and at least two years of health-related experience, with licensure as a Clinical Social Worker and BLS certification.

Qualifications

• MSW required.
• Minimum of two (2) years of recent experience in a health-related environment.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) required.
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Determines which patients to focus clinical social work efforts on to help staff and patients alike be in the correct environment with appropriate social work support.
• Analyzes information from both the patient and clinical staff to understand the patient's situation and communicates this information to all parties to prevent issues from information gaps.
• Links patients with community resources and community health opportunities to ensure access to necessary care.
• Crafts a care plan for patients with minimal assistance from clinical staff to enable appropriate treatment.
• Educates staff, patients and families about critical information related to care, acting as a liaison.
• Provides crisis support and leadership in high-tension situations for staff, family and patients using clinical expertise to ease worries.
• Provides clinical social work services to both patients and their families to meet current and future psychosocial and medical needs.
• Completes psychosocial assessments to link patients with the most suitable care options based on medical and social status.
• Utilizes counseling and therapy techniques to place patients and families at ease regarding clinical and medical work.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Job description

The Clinical Social Worker II provides social work services to patients and their families to assist in meeting psychosocial and clinical needs. Using expertise and experience, this role identifies and serves the needs of patients, both inside and outside the clinical setting utilizing therapeutic and other clinical techniques.

Essential Job Function

• Determines which patients to focus clinical social work efforts on to help staff and patients alike be in the correct environment with appropriate social work support.
• Analyzes information from both the patient and clinical staff to understand the patient's situation and is able to communicate this information to all parties to better prevent issues that arise from information gaps.
• Links patients with community resources and community health opportunities based on clinical knowledge and experience to ensure that patients get the highest quality of necessary care.
• Crafts a care plan for patients with minimal assistance from clinical staff to enable the patient to get the treatment that is right for them.
• Educates staff, patients and families alike about critical information related to care to help all parties involved better understand the situation, serving as a liaison.
• Provides crisis support and leadership in high-tension situations for staff, family and patients using clinical expertise to ease all parties in high-tension situations, giving explanations that help de-escalate the worries of patients and their families.
• Provides clinical work services to both patients and their families to meet current and future psychosocial and medical needs.
• Completes psychosocial assessment for patients to understand their situation and be able to link them with the option of care that makes the most sense for the patient's medical and social status.
• Utilizes various counseling and therapy techniques to help place the patient and their family at ease with regards to clinical and medical work.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

• Required: Master of Social Work (MSW).

Experience

• Required: Minimum of two (2) years of recent experience in a health-related environment.

Licensure/Certification/Listing

• Required: Licensed Clinical Social Worker Required: BLS certification.