Pediatric Social Worker, LMSW-PRN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

20h•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is seeking a Pediatric Social Worker, LMSW-PRN. This role involves providing psychosocial assessments and brief targeted interventions for social, emotional, and environmental issues that impact a client/family's ability to optimally benefit from care. The position requires active collaboration with the healthcare team to meet patient care management and system improvement goals. The Pediatric Social Worker will represent the Social Work department on institutional and community committees and task forces, and may provide leadership for department committees/workgroups. A key aspect of the role is contributing to the plan of care with knowledge of population-specific needs related to identifying patient psychosocial needs. The allied health field is a rapidly growing area in healthcare, and VUMC is a major center for patient referrals in the Mid-South, known for excellence in these services.

Requirements

LIC-Licensed Master Social Worker - Tennessee
Relevant Work Experience
Master's degree

Nice To Haves

Risk Management (Novice)
Crisis Intervention (Novice)
Patient Assessment (Novice)
Patient Evaluation (Novice)
Clinical Counseling (Novice)

Responsibilities

Provides psychosocial assessment of and brief targeted intervention for social, emotional and environmental issues that impact client/family's ability to optimally benefit from care.
Actively collaborates with team to meet patient care management and system improvement goals.
Represents the Social Work department on institutional and community committees/task forces.
Provides leadership for department committees/workgroups.
Contributes to the plan of care with knowledge of population specific needs as it relates to the identification of patient psychosocial needs.
Maintains professional documentation which meets department and VUMC standards as it relates to compliance.
Provides brief targeted interventions for identified clients.
Completes psychosocial assessment and assists team with the development of the plan of care.
Provides education and or consultation to clients and families, treatment team and community.
Contributes to the organization by actively participating in process improvement initiatives and shared decision making.