Ambulatory Clinical Social Worker: Pediatric Cardiology, Part Time Position

VCU Health•Richmond, VA

About The Position

The Clinical Social Worker provides direct patient care to patients and families and helps coordinate services delivered by the care team. The role includes completing psychosocial assessments, developing treatment plans aligned with the overall health care plan, providing psychosocial interventions, educating patients, family members, staff, and social work students, facilitating treatment compliance, connecting patients and families with community services, and coordinating discharge planning. The worker initiates patient and family interventions based on assessed needs; makes community and facility referrals; consults with facility staff about psychosocial needs; reports suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the appropriate Social Services Department; and develops intervention plans with patients, families, and significant others. The role also includes staff education, quality improvement activities, and participation in service-area meetings, training, and patient-care conferences. Depending on unit assignment, the position may supervise students and may require alternate schedules, weekends, holidays, and on-call coverage.

Requirements

Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Virginia required for hire.
Minimum of three years of clinical social work experience.
Master of Social Work degree from a Council on Social Work Education-accredited program.
Depending on unit assignment, may be required to work alternate schedules, weekends, holidays, and take call.
Physical requirements include lifting less than 20 pounds; prolonged standing and sitting; frequent bending; walking; and overhead, extensive, or repetitive reaching.
Mental and sensory requirements include strong recall, reasoning, problem solving, hearing, clear speaking, legible writing, reading, and logical thinking.
Emotional and environmental requirements include working in a fast- or steady-paced and noisy environment, handling multiple priorities and frequent intense customer interactions, and adapting to frequent change.

Nice To Haves

Clinical social work experience in an acute care setting is preferred.
Virginia Licensed Clinical Social Worker status is described as preferred for continued employment.

Responsibilities

Complete psychosocial assessments and develop treatment plans consistent with the overall health care plan.
Provide psychosocial interventions to patients and families.
Educate patients, family members, staff, and social work students.
Facilitate compliance with treatment.
Work with community organizations to provide needed services and initiate community or facility referrals based on patient and family needs.
Coordinate discharge-planning activities.
Initiate consultation with facility staff regarding psychosocial patient and family needs.
Contact the appropriate Social Services Department to report suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
Develop intervention plans and related interventions with patients, families, and significant others.
Initiate education activities with and for facility staff.
Contribute to quality improvement through self-analysis of services and needs.
Participate in service-area meetings, training, and patient-care conferences.
May supervise social work students and, depending on unit assignment, students from other disciplines.