Clinical Social Worker - Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT)

VCU Health•Richmond, VA

About The Position

The Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) and Cellular Therapy Clinical Social Worker is an integral member of a specialized multidisciplinary team caring for patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and cellular therapies. The role provides psychosocial assessment, counseling, care coordination, caregiver support, and resource navigation to patients and families throughout treatment and recovery, including end-of-life care. The Clinical Social Worker builds therapeutic relationships with patients and caregivers; evaluates psychosocial needs and risks; identifies barriers to treatment; supports discharge and transition planning; connects families with community and financial resources; and provides evidence-based interventions to promote coping, resilience, and quality of life. The position collaborates with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, care coordinators, and community partners to support safe, patient-centered care and treatment outcomes. The Clinical Social Worker 3 (MSW) provides direct patient and family care and coordinates team-delivered services. Duties include completing psychosocial assessments, developing treatment plans aligned with the overall health care plan, providing psychosocial interventions, educating patients, families, staff, and social work students, facilitating treatment compliance, working with community services, and coordinating discharge planning. The role also contributes to program development, caregiver support initiatives, patient education, advocacy, and continuous improvement activities.

Requirements

Master of Social Work degree from a Council on Social Work Education-accredited program.
At least three years of clinical social work experience, including at least one year in a specialty practice area.
Initiate patient and family interventions based on assessment of service needs.
Develop intervention plans and interventions with patients, families, and significant others.
Strong clinical judgment and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
Expertise in addressing emotional, social, financial, and practical challenges associated with transplant and cellular therapy.
Ability to handle multiple priorities and adapt to frequent change.
Physical ability to lift less than 20 pounds; prolonged standing and sitting; frequent bending; walking distances; and extensive, repetitive, or overhead reaching.
Strong recall, reasoning, problem-solving, hearing, clear speech, legible writing, reading, and logical thinking.

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 and risk assessments for patients and families.
Develop treatment plans aligned with the overall health care plan and provide psychosocial interventions.
Build therapeutic relationships with patients and caregivers and provide counseling and caregiver support.
Identify barriers to treatment and facilitate treatment compliance.
Coordinate care, discharge planning, and transitions.
Connect patients and families with community, financial, and other needed resources; initiate referrals based on identified needs.
Consult with facility staff regarding psychosocial needs and coordinate with multidisciplinary team members and community partners.
Contact the appropriate Social Services Department to report suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
Educate patients, family members, facility staff, and social work students.
Initiate education activities for facility staff.
Contribute to program development, caregiver support initiatives, patient education, advocacy, and quality improvement activities.
Participate in service area meetings, training, and patient care conferences.
Provide clinical supervision to social work supervisees or field instruction to MSW students on a voluntary basis, if eligible.
Depending on unit assignment, work alternate schedules, weekends or holidays, take call, and work alternate unit assignments, including at other clinical locations.