Social Worker - TMO

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

22h • Onsite

About The Position

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, aiming to change the world. VUMC values expertise, expands knowledge, and challenges abilities, fostering an environment where everyone can thrive and uniqueness is celebrated. Employees take pride in their work and strive for continuous improvement. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. This Social Worker position within Transition Mgmt Administration provides psychosocial assessment and brief targeted intervention for social, emotional, and environmental issues affecting a client/family's ability to benefit from care. The role involves active collaboration with the team to achieve patient care management and system improvement goals, representing the Social Work department on institutional and community committees/task forces, and providing leadership for department committees/workgroups. The Social Worker also contributes to the plan of care with knowledge of population-specific needs related to patient psychosocial needs.

Requirements

• Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate risk management of moderate difficulty.
• Capable of conducting risk analysis as part of a task to address problems including determining risk factors, probability, impact, early detection and prevention.
• Able to prepare simple contingency plans and alternatives.
• Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate crisis intervention in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
• Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate patient assessments in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
• Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate the ability to conduct a patient evaluation in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
• Capable of effectively assessing the relative merits of alternative products or services.
• Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate clinical counseling in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
• LIC-Licensed Master Social Worker - Tennessee
• Relevant Work Experience
• Experience Level : Less than 1 year
• Master's degree

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees