Social Worker, Ob/Gyn

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

The Ob/Gyn Social Worker provides compassionate, patient-centered psychosocial support to women and families throughout pregnancy, postpartum, and across the reproductive health continuum. This role addresses the social, emotional, and psychological factors that impact maternal and family health, working closely with physicians, nurses, and interdisciplinary care teams to ensure comprehensive, coordinated care.
The Social Worker delivers clinical coordination and therapeutic interventions through psychosocial assessments, counseling, crisis intervention, referral management, and interdisciplinary planning for high-risk obstetric and gynecologic populations. Responsibilities include supporting patients and families as they adjust to pregnancy-related complications, postpartum challenges, infertility, pregnancy loss, gynecologic diagnoses, and other life stressors, while linking them to community and behavioral health resources to promote safety, stability, and overall well-being.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in social work
• 2 years experience
• (LCSW) LIC CLINCAL SOCIAL WORKER Upon Hire

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Women's Health as Social Work

Responsibilities

• Assists in development and implementation of Case Management. Provides expertise in area of social work as it pertains to management of patient.
• Assists in coordination of client care through formulation of appropriate plan of care via accurate assessment of patient's social, financial and insurance situation.
• Develops short and long term plans to facilitate patient care and discharge.
• Utilizes crisis intervention and problem solving skills to facilitate and enhance patient and family's ability to meet acute and ongoing medical and psychosocial needs.
• Networks with community agencies to assure appropriate client access.
• Maintains documentation and meets department and Zale Lipshy Uni- University Hospital documentation standards.
• Identifies cases with ethical and legal considerations, and makes referrals. Confers with supervisor.
• Communicates with other health care providers, patients, families, other hospital personnel, and visitors. Demonstrates effective communication with adolescents, adults and older adults.
• Maintains system for tracking placement of patients after discharge on monthly basis.
• Has knowledge of Department and Unit Performance Improvement program and is aware of expected participation. Identifies need for professional growth and seeks development opportunities.
• Provides education to staff, patients and community resource affiliates.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100%25 coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

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