Clinical Social Worker II - Cardiovascular

Cone Health; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cone Health in Greensboro, North Carolina is seeking a Clinical Social Worker II to provide social work services to patients and their families. This role involves assessing patients' psychosocial needs, linking them to community resources, and providing critical crisis support.

The ideal candidate will have a Masters of Social Work, at least two years of experience in a health-related environment, and relevant certifications. Strong communication skills and therapeutic expertise are essential to ease patient and family concerns.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of recent experience in a health-related environment.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker required.
• BLS Certification required.

Responsibilities

• Determine focus for clinical social work efforts.
• Analyze patient information with clinical staff.
• Link patients with community resources.
• Craft care plans with minimal assistance.
• Educate staff, patients, and families.
• Provide crisis support in high-tension situations.
• Complete psychosocial assessments.
• Utilize counseling techniques.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Crisis support

Patient assessment

Community resource linking

Therapeutic techniques

Education

Masters of Social Work

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: Masters of Social Work

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