Social Worker, LMSW

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt Health is a large, comprehensive academic health system with eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, dedicated to providing world-class care, advancing medicine through patient care, education, and research. They foster a collaborative and supportive environment where expertise is valued, knowledge is expanded, and uniqueness is celebrated. This role is part of the CCC/ID Clinical Staff and focuses on providing psychosocial assessment and brief targeted interventions to help clients and families optimally benefit from care. The position involves collaboration with a team to meet patient care management and system improvement goals, representing the Social Work department on committees, and providing leadership for department committees. The role requires contributing to the plan of care with an understanding of population-specific needs related to psychosocial well-being.

Requirements

LIC-Licensed Master Social Worker - Tennessee
Relevant Work Experience
Master's degree
Less than 1 year of experience

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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.
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.