Clinical Social Worker-Duke Integrative Medicine

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

 

Duke Integrative Medicine, a multidisciplinary clinic that takes a whole-person, patient-centered approach to healthcare, is seeking a Mind Body Therapist for their dynamic clinical environment.

Candidate should value the mind-body connection, be passionate about helping to promote optimal wellness of body and mind, and have expertise in both traditional approaches(such as CBT), as well as non-traditional tools such as EMDR, mindfulness-based therapies, hypnotherapy, and/or other expressive or holistic-based approaches. 

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.
•    Provide training together health care professionals in same. 
•    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. 
•    Provide training to other health care professionals in same.
•    May participate in on-call or after hours coverage.
•    Provide consultative services to health care team members within scope of care definitions as needed.
•    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.
•   Provide teaching and training for students, staff, and faculty from social work and other disciplines.
•   Contribute to the academic mission of the medical center and health system by participating in academic activities such as committees, conferences, publications, teaching and research.
•    Maintain working knowledge of and liaison with community agencies and resources.
•    Arrange, procure, and coordinate patient/family pre and post hospital needs.
•    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 comp