Clinical Social Worker 2 - Inpatient Neurology
About The Position
The Clinical Social Worker (MSW) provides direct patient and family care and helps coordinate team-delivered services. The role supports patients and families with complex medical, psychosocial, and discharge-planning needs, partnering with interdisciplinary teams to support safe, timely, and patient-centered transitions of care. It requires clinical judgment, systems thinking, and the ability to navigate healthcare and community resources. The Clinical Social Worker completes psychosocial assessments; develops treatment plans aligned with the overall healthcare plan; provides psychosocial interventions; educates patients, families, staff, and social work students; supports treatment compliance; works with community providers to arrange needed services; and coordinates discharge planning. Depending on unit assignment, the position may involve alternate schedules, weekends or holidays, on-call duties, and work at other units or clinical locations. The role may supervise social work students voluntarily and, depending on assignment, students from other disciplines.
Requirements
- Master of Social Work degree from a Council on Social Work Education-accredited program.
- At least one year of clinical social work experience for Clinical Social Worker Level 2.
Nice To Haves
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Virginia preferred.
- Clinical social work experience in an acute care setting preferred.
Responsibilities
- Complete psychosocial assessments.
- Develop treatment plans aligned with the overall healthcare plan.
- Provide psychosocial interventions to patients and families.
- Educate patients, family members, staff, and social work students.
- Facilitate compliance with treatment.
- Work with community resources to provide needed services.
- Coordinate discharge-planning activities.
- Initiate patient and family interventions based on an assessment of service needs.
- Initiate community or facility referrals based on identified patient and family needs.
- Consult 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.
- Depending on assignment, supervise social work students and students from other disciplines.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
