Social Worker – Behavioral Health/Psychiatry – Ambulatory – Outpatient Psychiatry Evaluation and Navigation Hub

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

11d•$48 - $65•Onsite

About The Position

Social Worker – Behavioral Health/Psychiatry – Ambulatory – Outpatient Psychiatry Evaluation and Navigation Hub At NewYork-Presbyterian talented social workers lead, learn, and educate in a department like no other. Experience a place where your discipline is immensely respected. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, psychologists as well as other social workers in caring for psychiatric/behavioral health patient population. We partner across the full spectrum of key areas, providing life-changing research, education, and practice. The Social Worker role will be a tri-campus hub for triage, assessment, and evaluations to assist adult patients finding the right mental health care at the right time. This hub will unite existing staff across campuses to centralize and streamline access while decreasing redundant, unnecessary, and time-intensive work through optimization of our electronic medical record and with the use of innovative technologies. This role will support our strategic initiative to improve access to our outpatient programs, provide transparency to available services and treatment within our system, make rapid and appropriate recommendations for services to a larger outside ecosystem while supporting Ambulatory Services’ mission to provide tertiary care to the most acute patients. This is a unique opportunity for a clinically curious and diagnostically driven social worker who thrives in a fast-paced, evaluation-focused environment. Unlike traditional roles, this position emphasizes breadth over caseload management—allowing you to engage with a high volume of new patients, sharpen your diagnostic skills, and contribute to clinical decision-making without the ongoing demands of long-term case management. You’ll leverage advanced tools and technology to support timely, accurate assessments and help patients access the most appropriate care pathways. In addition to working closely with behavioral health colleagues, you will also evaluate patients referred from other NYP/Weill Cornell disciplines, offering a dynamic opportunity to collaborate across medical specialties and broaden your clinical exposure. As part of this innovative team, you will participate in daily triage and disposition huddles, collaborate with interdisciplinary colleagues, and provide psychoeducation to patients and families. This role is ideal for someone eager to deepen their expertise in psychiatric evaluation and be part of a transformative model of outpatient mental health care. This is a full-time day shift position at NewYork-Presbyterian, based either at Westchester Behavioral Health Center.

Requirements

Master's Degree in Social Work
Licensed Masters Social Worker (LMSW) by the State of New York within 1 year of hire
Limited Permit (must supply exam date prior to start of employment)
Fieldwork or previous experience in a psychiatric setting
Demonstrated integrity and adherence to social work ethics and professional standards
Capacity to form a therapeutic relationship with a variety of patients and to maintain a neutral therapeutic stance
Knowledge base of bio-psychosocial model, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV) diagnoses, criteria for treatment of different diagnoses in an acute care setting, behavioral risk factors and of the impact of mental illness upon individual and family functioning
Competency in individual, family and group treatment modalities and treatment techniques appropriate to an inpatient treatment setting
Ability to conduct initial evaluations and psychosocial assessments and to establish individualized and measurable treatment goals
Knowledge base of community and discharge planning resources and processes
Effective organizational skills to manage clinical, discharge planning and documentation requirements within assigned LOS of inpatient hospitalization
Ability to communicate effectively and to collaborate within an interdisciplinary team
Demonstrated self-awareness to identify learning needs and capacity to apply supervisory feedback into practice

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of evidence-based short-term therapy such as CBT, IPT and/or trauma informed skills
Experience working in an interdisciplinary mental health evaluation and triage team
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (MSW) by the State of New York
Minimum of 3 years related clinical experience