Social Worker, Primary Care

Mass General Brigham•Somerville, MA

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Mass General Brigham Medical Group is a system-led operating entity formed by Mass General Brigham to deliver high-quality, low-cost, innovative community-based ambulatory care. This work stems from Mass General Brigham’s unified system strategy to bring healthcare closer to patients while lowering total healthcare costs. The Medical Group provides a wide range of offerings, including primary care, specialty care, behavioral and mental health, and urgent care, both digitally as well as at physical locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. The group also offers outpatient surgery and endoscopy, imaging, cardiac testing, and infusion. We share the commitment to delivering a coordinated and comprehensive experience across all locations, ensuring the appropriate level of care is available to every patient across our care delivery sites. Are you a compassionate Clinical Social Worker looking to make a meaningful impact in primary care? We are seeking a full-time, 40-hr Social Worker to join our Primary Care team in Wellesley, MA. This is a hybrid position with four onsite days per week and one remote day. The hours of operation are 8:00am to 5:00pm, so schedules are staggered accordingly based on practiced needs. Become a vital member of our ambulatory care teams, helping patients navigate complex psychosocial challenges while advocating for their well-being. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to work both in-clinic and remotely, providing flexibility while ensuring comprehensive patient support. The Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients, outpatients, and emergency department patients. They are dedicated to patient and family-centered care that values personal self-determination, skilled at managing multiple priorities at once, and engaging in creative, compassionate, and ethical problem-solving. As a member of a multidisciplinary health team, they perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical, social, and resource issues that impact individual patients, families, and at-risk populations. Social Workers are responsible for working collaboratively with all healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans that support patient-centered plan of care for both individual patients and the medical community.

Requirements

Master's Degree Mental Health & Behavioral Medicine required or Master's Degree Social Work required
Clinical Experience in a medical setting 2-3 years required
Demonstrates proficient clinical judgment and application of professional values and ethics. Integration of prior clinical experience into current practice.
Demonstrates proficiency to formulate assessment of risks, crisis intervention, psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, and the documentation of both in a timely manner.
Demonstrates sound clinical judgment and innovation in advocating for clients while maintaining professional boundaries.
Demonstrates proficient working knowledge of internal and external resources and refers appropriately.
Provides a range of evidence-based interventions.
Ability to advocate, coordinate, and continuously communicate with treatment plans with patients, family and the interdisciplinary team.
Incorporates cultural competencies.
If appropriate, utilizes supervision and consultation regularly and appropriately.
Actively seeks assistance with complex case s and situations in a timely manner.
Engages in quality improvement projects, uses data to measure progress.
Facilitate skill-based groups.
Knowledge, understanding and ability to negotiate and work in a complex organization.
Demonstrate capacity to effectively communicate findings with a broader audience.

Nice To Haves

Class D Passenger Vehicle Driver's License [State License] - preferred
Licensed Clinical Social Worker [LCSW - State License] - preferred
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker [LICSW - State License] - preferred
Licensed Mental Health Counselor [LMHC - State License] - preferred

Responsibilities

Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families with social, emotional, interpersonal and/or environmental issues.
Formulates biopsychosocial assessment, disposition, and treatment plans.
Collaborate with other professionals to evaluate patients' medical or physical condition and to assess client needs as part of the interdisciplinary team.
Monitor, evaluate, and record client progress according to measurable goals described in the treatment and care plan.