Provides psychosocial and crisis intervention consultations to patients in various organization departments including inpatient areas (ICU, Med/Surg, and OB) and outpatient areas (Emergency Room, Surgical Services, Oncology, Cardiac Rehab, Home Health, and Physician Practices). Responsible for psychosocial assessment and planning in areas of perinatal social work, abuse/neglect, chemical dependency, behavioral health, domestic violence, suicide attempt, traumatic events, dysfunctional relationships, and end of life/death issues.
Essential Functions / Major Responsibilities:
Performs psychosocial and crisis intervention consultations in various inpatient and outpatient departments and clinics.
Case manages patients admitted with a primary behavioral health or substance abuse diagnosis.
Assesses patients and families to identify psychosocial needs.
Formulates a plan to meet needs in collaboration with patients, families, the interdisciplinary team, and external agencies.
Implements a safe plan utilizing appropriate and available resources.
Participates in community-based functions as they relate to social work.
Assists community members with social service needs.
Displays proper etiquette and mannerisms that reflect the Service Standard Behavior Guidelines.
Promotes the Patient Safety Standards as a core value of the organization.Secondary Functions:
Participates in departmental and organization-wide informational meetings and inservices, including staff meetings, organization-wide forums, and seminars.
Reviews department and hospitalwide policies and procedures annually.
All other duties as assigned.Additional / Seasonal Responsibilities:
None.Job Scope:
This job involves:
Frequent new and varied work situations.
A high degree of complexity.
Typical operation from established and well-known procedures. Contributes to the development of new services, programs, or processes.
Performance under minimal to moderate supervision.Supervisory Responsibility:
None.Interpersonal Contacts:
Are normally made with others both inside and outside the organization.
Are made with own department as well as other departments or locations.
Frequently contain confidential/sensitive information necessitating discretion at all times.
Are made via telephone, e-mail, and face-to-face interaction.
Are made with staff, patients, and physicians.Specific Job Skills & Mental Activities:
This position requires expertise in various situations involving crisis intervention, mediation, counseling, behavioral health legalities, and psychopharmacology. This position also requires operational knowledge of all equipment in the assigned department, including: fax, printers, copy machine, phone systems, and commonly used hospital-wide computer programs (including Organization Information Systems, MS Office, e-mail, and internet). Must read, write, speak, and understand English. This employee must be service oriented and have excellent customer service skills, computer skills, organizational skills, multitasking skills, professional interpersonal skills, time management skills, public speaking skills, critical thinking skills, the ability to prioritize work, and telephone etiquette.
Education and/or Experience:
Social Worker I
Master’s Degree in counseling or social work from an accredited school (required).
Basic computer skills (required).
BLS/CPR certification (preferred upon hire; required within 30 days of hire and must be maintained throughout employment)
AZ finger print clearance card (Application completed within 14 days of hire date; required)
One year related experience in crisis intervention and/or hospital social work (preferred).Social Worker II
Master’s Degree in counseling or social work from an accredited school (required).
Basic computer skills (required).
BLS/CPR certification (preferred upon hire; required within 30 days of hire and must be maintained throughout employment)
AZ finger print clearance card (Application completed within 14 days of hire date; required)
One or more years of previous experience in crisis intervention and/or hospital social work (required).
Current license in social work or counseling in the state of Arizona, LMSW or LAC (required and must be maintained throughout employment).Physical Demands & Job Conditions:Light
Exert up to 20 lbs. of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Physical demands are in excess of those of sedentary work. Light work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree. The worker is exposed to extensive close work, extensive computer work, constant standing, and encounters with upset individuals.
Physical motions include finger dexterity, standing, walking, stooping, talking, reaching, feeling, sitting, bending, kneeling, grasping, listening/hearing, handling, lifting up to 10 pounds, and repetitive motions of the hands, wrists, and feet.
OSHA Exposure Category:
OSHA Exposure Category 3
Involves no regular exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues, and tasks that involve exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and are not a condition of employment.
NOTES:
Additional Salary Information: Sign on Bonus and Relocation Assistance offered!
Internal Number: 2
About Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center
Summit Healthcare is a private, not-for-profit organization that has provided medical services to White Mountain residents and visitors. As a regional medical center with 89 licensed beds , we respond to the healthcare needs of more that 90,000 permanent residents and seasonal visitors living in a 3,000 square mile area. Summit Healthcare's goal is to provide patients with state-of-the-art healthcare close to home. Every year we take critical steps to ensure we are meeting this goal by investing in state-of-the-art equipment and technology and by attracting outstanding physicians representing a variety of medical specialties. Summit Healthcare is located in the beautiful white mountains of Northeastern Arizona. The White Mountain area is a friendly, rural community with affordable housing, excellent schools and year round outdoor activities. It is the perfect place to fish, hike, ride horseback, mountain bike, ski, golf, hunt and have countless other sports and outdoor adventures! To learn more about Show Low, AZ and Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center refer to these websites:
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