Social Worker - Adult Metabolic Service (PART-TIME 0.6 FTE)

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

2d•$88,690 - $101,671•Onsite

About The Position

The Social Worker will provide services to adult patients diagnosed in childhood with inborn errors of metabolism, conditions that require lifelong management and treatment with specialized diets and medications. As advances in therapy and treatment enable more patients to live into adulthood, the social worker will support patients with both chronic conditions and disorders that may involve catastrophic crises. This 0.6 FTE position works Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, primarily in the outpatient Metabolic clinic. As an active member of the interdisciplinary medical team, the social worker provides short- and long-term individual and family care, including psychotherapy, care management, crisis intervention, health education, and advocacy as patients’ medical and developmental needs evolve. The role may include end-of-life and bereavement care and support for patients and families throughout that process. The position is based in person. The social worker may liaise with adult inpatient social workers to support continuity during hospitalizations, including addressing metabolic-specific resource needs involving medications and formulas. Limited cross-coverage with the Pediatric Metabolic Social Worker is provided during PTO.

Requirements

NYS LMSW or LCSW.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and team leadership skills.
Excellent organizational, data collection, and documentation skills.
Demonstrated experience providing psychosocial support and counseling to patients and families with chronic and complex illnesses, including interventions related to death and dying and bereavement counseling in health care settings.
Willingness to learn complex medical information related to rare diseases.
Experience with complex care coordination to facilitate multidisciplinary care for a high-risk metabolic population.
Strong interest in programmatic development.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual English/Spanish.

Responsibilities

Provide short- and long-term individual and family care to adult patients with inborn errors of metabolism.
Provide psychotherapy, care management, crisis intervention, and health education as an active member of the interdisciplinary medical team.
Follow patients primarily in the outpatient clinic setting.
Provide end-of-life and bereavement support to patients and families.
Advocate for patients in keeping with their evolving medical and developmental needs.
Liaise with adult inpatient social workers to support continuity of care during hospitalizations.
Help address metabolic-specific resource needs, including medications and formulas.
Provide limited cross-coverage for the Pediatric Metabolic Social Worker during PTO.