Medical Social Worker II

The County of Santa Clara; California (MO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Santa Clara Valley Healthcare seeks a skilled social worker to provide services to patients, clients, and families facing complex bio-psycho-social issues across hospital sites.

Under general direction, the role involves intervention planning, coordination with care teams, and training health care staff on cultural, economic, and psychosocial factors affecting patient care.

Qualifications

• Provides social work services to patients/clients and/or families with complex bio-psycho-social adjustment issues
• Develops with patients/clients and/or families appropriate intervention plans based on careful assessment of bio-psycho-social factors in the situation
• Provides social work intervention and services to individual patients/clients who are coping with temporary or permanent disability

Responsibilities

• Provides social work services to patients/clients and/or their families requiring service involving complex bio-psycho-social issues; intervention planning and implementation
• Develops with patients/clients and/or families appropriate intervention plans based on careful assessment of bio-psycho-social factors in the situation
• Provides social work intervention and services to individuals dealing with temporary or permanent disability.

Job description

Under general direction, to provide skilled social work services to patients/clients and/or their families requiring service involving a variety of complex bio-psycho-social issues, intervention planning and implementation. Provides consultation, orientation and training to health care staff on the effects of bio-psycho-social, cultural and economic issues on the management of patient/client health needs.

The established list may be used for full-time/part-time/extra help/pm shifts/weekends vacancies as they occur.

Because we serve patients throughout multiple hospitals and clinics, you may have to work at different sites. We will meet any obligations we may have when this occurs.

The Power of WE: Together, we can make a greater impact. Bringing better care and expanding healthcare services across the community.

Santa Clara Valley Healthcare (SCVH) is the second largest public health care system in California and includes three acute care hospitals, 14 clinics and 60+ specialty and sub-specialty services. Our mission is to provide high-quality, accessible healthcare and excellent service to everyone in Santa Clara County.

Because we serve patients throughout multiple hospitals and clinics, you may have to work at different sites. We will meet any obligations we may have when this occurs.

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center- SCVMC is a full-service tertiary acute care teaching hospital with 699 licensed beds providing a wide range of specialized services, including Rehabilitation, Burn, Trauma, and NICU. SCVMC was ranked by U.S. News and World Report as #6 Rehabilitation Hospital in the nation and #1 in the West and designated as a 2024 High Performing hospital for Maternity Care, Heart Failure, Stroke, Hip Fracture, and Pneumonia.

O'Connor Hospital- O'Connor Hospital (OCH) is a 358 licensed bed acute care facility offering a full range of inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical and specialty programs to residents of Santa Clara County. It was founded in 1889 as one of the first hospitals in the county. OCH has grown significantly over the past five years in both its inpatient volume and its Emergency Department visits. Along with these volume increases other ancillary and clinical departments like imaging, lab, pharmacy, and respiratory have seen growth as well.

St. Louise Regional Hospital- Since 1989, St. Louise Regional Hospital (SLRH) has been caring for the residents in Santa Clara and San Benito Counties, offering a wide range of inpatient and outpatient medical specialties. SLRH has 93 beds, is a Designated Primary Stroke Center, and is the only acute care hospital in the area. Located in Gilroy, SLRH maintains a CALSTAR 2 emergency helicopter base on the premises.

Regional Medical Center– Regional Medical Center (RMC) is a 258-bed hospital that is the main emergency healthcare provider for East San José, treating a wide range of critical and life-threatening conditions for more than 60 years. Since the SCVH integration of RMC effective 4/1/25, RMC has expanded the critical services including Level II trauma, Thrombectomy capable Stroke Center and STEMI care, and has been seeing an increased number of emergency visits and inpatient volume.

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• Provides social work services to patients/clients and/or their families with complex bio-psycho-social adjustment issues;
  
• Develops with patients/clients and/or families appropriate intervention plans based on careful assessment of bio-psycho-social factors in the situation;
  
• Provides social work intervention and services to individual patients/clients who are coping with temporary or permanent disability,