Social Worker II - Cancer Center - Huntington

NYU Langone Health • Huntington, WV

3d • Onsite

About The Position

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center offering sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care. We are a major regional healthcare resource committed to medical education and research, providing a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values, striving to be a place where talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. This role involves providing psychosocial assessments, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as consultation to patients and families to help them cope with hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and life situations, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders.

Requirements

• Master's Degree Social Work Required.
• Current and valid New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license Required.
• 3-5 years Social work in a health care setting or social service agency Required.
• Strong working knowledge of clinical social work practice, relevant medical and/or legal issues that impact patient care, and medical center resources to access and provide for patient care needs Required.
• Excellent communication (both oral and written), interpersonal, assessment, counseling, multitasking, detail orientation, and organizational skills Required.
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office especially Word, Excel, and Powerpoint Required.
• Lic Clinical Social Worker

Nice To Haves

• 1-2 years Social work in a clinical setting Preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation.
• Formulates, develops, and implements a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate clinical social work treatments and interventions.
• Documents assessment, plan, interactions, and interventions according to departmental and institutional guidelines and standards.
• Treats and manages mental health and/or substance abuse problems.
• Assists with screening, identification, diagnosis, management, and treatment of victims of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, rape, etc.
• Provides training and consultative services to other health care professionals.
• Arranges, procures, and coordinates patient and/or family pre and post hospital or treatment needs.
• Provides education to patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient's diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation.
• May utilize crisis intervention, brief and long-term individual, group, and family therapies.
• Provides teaching and training for students and staff from social work and other disciplines.
• Participates in multi-disciplinary health care teams and provides leadership in representing the clinical social work perspective to and being a liaison for patients and families.
• Maintains records and statistics and documents assessments, plans, interactions, and interventions according to departmental and institutional guidelines and standards.
• Attends and participates in staff, committee, departmental, institutional, and other administrative meetings and continuous quality improvement efforts.

Benefits

• Financial security benefits
• Generous time-off program
• Employee resources groups for peer support
• Holistic employee wellness program focusing on seven key areas of well-being: physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level