Social Worker - Ambulatory
Core
Provide psychosocial support, counseling, and care coordination for patients and families facing emotional or physical challenges in an ambulatory healthcare setting.
Role type
Licensed Social Worker (IC)
Builds
Psychosocial assessments, care plans, and referrals for transplant applicants, donors, and general patient populations.
Domain
Healthcare / Social Work
Required skills
Psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, resource referral, patient advocacy, bereavement counseling, interdisciplinary collaboration, data analysis, supervision of students.
Preferred skills
Knowledge of medical/legal issues, community agency liaison, performance improvement initiatives.
Technologies
Personal computers, related software applications.
Responsibilities
Conduct and document detailed psychosocial assessments to interpret patient/family needs. Reassess, monitor, and document needs and interventions to evaluate care plan effectiveness. Provide or supervise plan of care interventions including therapy, counseling, and crisis intervention. Collaborate with healthcare teams to facilitate interdisciplinary care. Act as a liaison to financial counseling for state assistance applications. Serve as a field instructor for social work students and supervise LMSWs.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC