BMT Cancer Center Social Worker

About the position

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day. We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That's the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Responsibilities

• Performs psychosocial assessments and provides interventions to assist patients/families, including counseling, education, advocacy, referral, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, problem solving, coordination of family/team meetings and the provision of concrete services.
• Works with multidisciplinary team providing treatment recommendations and engages patients and families in adherence to the treatment plan by reducing or eliminating social, psychological, financial, behavioral and regulatory barriers to facilitate successful medical outcomes, improve the patient experience and efficient utilization of health resources.
• Maintains a network of resources for consultation and assists patients with linkage to community resources to facilitate optimal care.
• Documents professional recommendations, care coordination interventions, and treatment plans to effectively communicate to all members of the health care team.
• Provides supervision to social work interns and assists with training/orientation of new staff (LISW).
• Provides education to fellows, residents and other allied health professionals about the impact of social problems on health outcomes and the effectiveness of social interventions in improving outcome.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Social work from a CSWE accredited program.
• State Licensed Social Worker (LSW) required.
• Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) within 5 years of hire.
• A minimum of two years of experience in a hospital and healthcare setting required.
• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment.