Clinician (LCSW, LPC, LMFT)

Hartford HealthCare; Middletown (CT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off with accrual

Tuition reimbursement

HRSA loan forgiveness program

Leadership growth opportunities

Diversity, equity, and inclusion

Flexible schedule

Employee discount programs

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare Rushford Center in Middletown, CT seeks a licensed clinical social worker to deliver evidence-based clinical services across the continuum of care. You will work with interdisciplinary teams to assess needs, develop care plans, provide direct patient care, and coordinate referrals.

This role emphasizes compassionate care, ethical practice, and collaboration, with responsibilities spanning assessment, counseling, education, and documentation for diverse patient populations.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work or related field.
• Licensure: LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or LADC.
• Valid Driver's License.
• Computer proficient.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to assess problems and make timely decisions.
• Demonstrates cultural competence and awareness of health disparities.
• Focus on safety and ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessments and establish care plans.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to assess level of care and coordinate plans.
• Provide direct patient care including case management, counseling, and care transitions.
• Refer patients to appropriate levels of care and resources.
• Maintain timely patient-centered documentation per regulatory requirements.
• Independently provide clinical social work interventions across populations.
• Participate in team meetings, supervision, and staff education.
• Provide social work field supervision to students.
• Support hospital programming to meet clinical needs.
• Contribute to improved patient experience and cost-effective resource use.

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Decision making

Cultural competence

Patient safety awareness

Self-directed learning

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work or related field

Tools

Computer proficiency

Job description

Location Detail: 1250 Silver St Middletown (10168)

Shift Detail: may include weekends

Work where every moment matters.

Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.

Rushford Center, one of Connecticut’s leading providers of addiction and mental health services, is nationally recognized for delivering outstanding prevention, treatment and recovery programs. We offer a wide range of programs including Acute Care and Evaluation, Residential Addiction Treatment, Individual, Group & Family Therapy, Intensive Outpatient programs and Community Support Programs. Through the passion of our specialists, we continue to treat every patient with care, compassion and respect, while providing affordable and accessible services.

Job Summary

Works in coordination with interdisciplinary teams to organize, prepare, and deliver evidence based clinical services across the continuum of care. Maintains ethical principles and professional standards of practice in adherence to the discipline’s professional code of ethics.

Job Responsibilities

• Conducts a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment and establishes a care plan, as appropriate.
  • Collaborates with the interdisciplinary Team to assess for appropriate level of care and risk factors; develops and implements care/discharge plan and coordinates consults/referrals to remove barriers and promote optimal clinical and financial outcomes.
  • Utilizes specific therapeutic methods/strategies/interventions in accordance with individualized care plan.
  • Monitors progress of interventions and revises plan to meet patient/family needs.
  • Provides education to patient/family with respect to meeting established goals including but not limited to disease prevention, impact of illness and disease progression, advocacy for benefits, health maintenance, and adherence to treatment regimens.
• Provides direct patient care that may include: case management, care coordination, interdisciplinary collaboration for care transition needs, crisis intervention/safety planning, counseling, and emotional support to patients and families coping with illness, trauma, or end-of-life care, referral and discharge planning.
• Refers patient to appropriate levels of care and available resources that promote the individualized care plan.
• Maintains timely patient-centered documentation that reflects the patient and client systems’ pertinent information for assessment, interventions and outcomes in accordance with regulatory licensing requirements and third-party agencies.
• Independently able to provide clinical social work interventions to all patient populations.
• Participates in administrative and development activities including team meetings, clinical supervision of staff and staff education.
• Provide social work field supervision to second year social work students.
• Supports the development of hospital and/or unit-based programming to meet the clinical and strategic needs of the patients and the milieu.
• Works as a team member to contribute to improved patient experience.
• Ensures the cost-effective utilization of resources.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work, or Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy or Related Human Service Field
• Previous experience in a healthcare setting
• LCSW, LPC, LMFT, LADC
• Valid Driver's License
• Computer proficient
• Ability to assess problems, determine solutions and make decisions within a timely manner
• Utilize supervision and team approaches in the context of patient assessment and clinical interventions
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to establish relationships within and outside their entity
• Demonstrates competencies, including knowledge and behaviors, to meet age specific patient needs.
• Focused on personal, patient/client and unit/staff safety
• Assumes responsibility for self‑improvement by identifying, communicating and seeking resources or instruction/validation to meet own learning needs, and is self‑directed in maintaining currency of validations, certifications licensure and training.
• Is cognizant of health‑related social needs and cultural competence. Recognizes and addresses health disparities‑inequalities and injustices directed toward clients, related to access to care and provision of health services.
• Develops and maintains cultural competence with an understanding of the history, traditions, values, and family systems of client groups as relates to health care and decision‑making. Displays sensitivity to and awareness of the diversity in cultural groups and integrates this knowledge into their practice.

We take great care of careers.

As a Hartford HealthCare entity, Rushford provides eligible employees with an extensive benefits package consisting of:

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off with accrual starting on the date of hire, including paid holidays
• Higher Education Partnerships with select universities and colleges.
• Tuition reimbursement. HHC provides the maximum benefit allowed by the IRS to cover educational expenses with no additional tax burden for you.
• Success Sharing Program
• Leadership growth opportunities and trainings
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Additional voluntary benefits as well as employee discount programs
• Flexible schedule
• In addition to our generous and competitive salary and benefits package, this location is approved for the HRSA Federal Loan Forgiveness program

With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.