Senior Social Worker, Bone Marrow Transplant

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Boston, MA

15h

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. The Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Social Worker position is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned Social Worker to join an interdisciplinary BMT/ Oncology Team including oncologists, nurses, case managers, and transplant coordinators, to provide quality care to patients and families on the inpatient hematology oncology service. Performs psychosocial assessments for bone marrow transplant candidates and donors, identifying barriers to care, and providing recommendations to transplant team. Works with resource specialists and cultural navigators to help connect patients with oncology-specific community resources and navigate complex medical system. The Social Worker provides a key role in assessing and supporting the psycho-social needs of patients and their support systems and addressing barriers to care to help optimize outcomes. Also works with patients and families to better cope with new cancer diagnoses and complex treatment courses. This critical role includes providing short term supportive counseling and group work. Opportunities for facilitating cancer-related support groups and supervising staff on the oncology social work team. Experience in Oncology care preferred. LICSW required.

Requirements

Master's degree in Social Work required.
License Lic Indep Clinical Social Work (LICSW) required.
3-5 years related work experience required.
Current MA license or license from a state with reciprocity. If licensed in another state, expected to obtain MA license within 3-6 months.
Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Oncology care preferred.

Responsibilities

Screens and triages patients who request service, are referred, or meet screening criteria.
Conducts psychosocial assessments and provides indicated services including crisis intervention, short term counseling, psychotherapy and group services.
Assists with discharge planning and/or outpatient continuity of care.
Provides consultation to the team around patient management, risk management and ethical issues.
Documents assessments and care plans in medical record.
Meets productivity standards and expectations as set by the leadership in Social Work and the assigned clinical area.
Demonstrates advanced organizational and systems thinking. This includes but is not limited to: Identification of practice and systems issues, development of new modes of approaching systems and/or clinical problems.
May initiate or participate in research.
Demonstrates leadership within one's social work group, service area and in the Medical Center. This includes regularly leading segments of the team's work.
Initiates and/or acts as a leader for small projects or work groups.
Voices ideas and constructively participates in Departmental and interdisciplinary CQI activities.
Demonstrates an adult learning style by seeking opportunities for continued growth and setting goals for own professional development.
Assumes some regular responsibility for conducting seminars, primary supervision of social work staff and/or students; formal and informal interdisciplinary teaching and consultation.