Clinical Social Worker- Full NC LCSW Required Hybrid Work Schedule

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About Duke Regional Hospital

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, which ranks as the number four hospital in the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina area, according to U.S. News and World Report for 2023-2024. Duke Regional Hospital is the second largest of Duke Health's three hospitals and offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical, and diagnostic services, including orthopedics, weight-loss surgery, women's services, and heart and vascular services.

Position located at Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic

External Candidates are eligible for a $5000.00 Commitment Bonus paid over 1 year

Occ Summary

Provide psychosocial assessments, diagnosis, and treatment to Duke employees in an outpatient setting. Assisting employees cope with illness, diagnosis, treatment, life situation and/or work stressors, including emotional and mental disorders. Preferred experience includes working with employees and the ability to understand the complexities of working in a healthcare and/or academic environment. The ideal candidate would understand the necessary extra measures to ensure that this care is done in a confidential and private manner.

 

Work Performed Level I

• Provide psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation. • Formulate, develop, and implement a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate clinical social work treatments and interventions. • Interventions may include crisis intervention, brief and long-term individual, marital, family and/or group therapies as well as grief and bereavement work. • Screen, identify, diagnose using DSM nomenclature, treat and manage mental health and/or substance abuse problems in patients and family members. • May perform these functions independently or as part of a team. • Assist with screening, identification, diagnosis, management and treatment of victims of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, rape, etc. • May participate in on-call or after hours coverage. • Maintain a working knowledge of relevant medical/legal issues that impact on patient care, e.g., advance directives, child and elder abuse. • Provide education to patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient 's diagnosis, illness, treatment and/or life situation. • Participate in multi-disciplinary healthcare teams and provide leadership in representing clinical social work perspective/liaison with patient and family. • Maintain working knowledge of and liaison with community agencies and resources • Knowledge of hospital, medical center and/or health system resources to access and provide for patient care needs. • Document assessment, plan, interactions, and interventions according to departmental, hospital and/or health system guidelines and standards. • Maintain records and statistics in accordance with department, hospital, medical center and/or health system policies. • Attend and participate in staff, committee, department, and other administrative • Participate in department, hospital, medical center, and/or health system continuous quality improvement • Participate in regular supervisory conferences; keep current with social work and health care developments and seek to increase further enhancement of job related knowledge.

 

Level II

• Perform all of the duties and responsibilities of Level. workers and clinical social workers on the

team. • Provide clinical and administrative supervision for social • Lead team meetings and manage coverage. • Participate in hiring and performance management processes.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Level I Level II Adherence to the practice standards and ethical guidelines of NASW and the NC Certification Board for Social Work. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • A solid knowledge of clinic al social work practice. • Excellent assessment, interviewing, and counseling skills with expertise in mental health and substance abuse areas; • Familiar with psychopathology and with range of therapeutic interventions including psycho pharmocotherapy; and if working independently, • Must know when to refer for further medical assessment. • Ability to work effectively and autonomously in a self-directed role. • Highly collaborative with strong interpersonal and team building skills. • Ability to prioritize multiple work assignments and manage time efficiently. • Flexibility in accepting diverse work assignments and managing stress related to change. • Basic computer skills Same as Lev