Relief Medical Social Worker - On-Call, Nights & Weekends

Oregon Health & Science University; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Oregon Health & Science University seeks Relief Medical Social Workers to cover ambulatory, inpatient, and ED settings for both pediatric and adult patients. After training, staff must maintain competencies across areas and participate in holiday coverage as needed.

Responsibilities include psychosocial evaluations, crisis intervention, grief counseling, brief psychotherapy, and patient advocacy all within a fast-paced hospital environment in Portland.

Qualifications

• MSW required.
• Certificate of Clinical Social Work Associate (CSWA) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) required for employees who practice clinical social work.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychosocial evaluations of patients/families and significant others covering adjustment to health conditions, care coordination, mental health status, treatment adherence, substance use, abuse/neglect issues, domestic violence, cognitive status, and resources.
• Provide crisis intervention and supportive short-term counseling for immediate psychosocial needs (ED, on-call, family notification, trauma response).
• Provide grief/loss counseling and education on topics like fetal demise, death, complicated pregnancies, depression, and life stressors.
• Provide brief psychotherapy (individual, group) on issues including adoption, domestic violence, family dynamics, substance use, and disability adjustment.
• Advocate for patients/families and coordinate with agencies on decisions, advance directives, ethics, guardianship, citizenship, and social/cultural factors.

Skills

MSW

Crisis intervention

Counseling

Education

Master’s Social Work (MSW)

Job description

Oregon Health & Science University seeks Relief Medical Social Workers to cover ambulatory, inpatient, and ED settings for both pediatric and adult patients. After training, staff must maintain competencies across areas and participate in holiday coverage as needed.

Responsibilities include psychosocial evaluations, crisis intervention, grief counseling, brief psychotherapy, and patient advocacy all within a fast-paced hospital environment in Portland.