Clinical Social Worker, Care Management - North Shore

Site: Mass General Brigham Medical Group Northern Massachusetts, Inc.

 

At Mass General Brigham, we know it takes a surprising range of talented professionals to advance our mission—from doctors, nurses, business people and tech experts, to dedicated researchers and systems analysts. As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community.  We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve.

At Mass General Brigham, we believe a diverse set of backgrounds and lived experiences makes us stronger by challenging our assumptions with new perspectives that can drive revolutionary discoveries in medical innovations in research and patient care. Therefore, we invite and welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in healthcare — people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ community, and/or gender expansive, first and second-generation immigrants, veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds – to apply.

 

The Mass General Brigham Medical Group is a system-led operating entity formed by Mass General Brigham to deliver high-quality, low-cost, innovative community-based ambulatory care. This work stems from Mass General Brigham’s unified system strategy to bring healthcare closer to patients while lowering total healthcare costs. The Medical Group provides a wide range of offerings, including primary care, specialty care, behavioral and mental health, and urgent care, both digitally as well as at physical locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. The group also offers outpatient surgery and endoscopy, imaging, cardiac testing, and infusion. We share the commitment to delivering a coordinated and comprehensive experience across all locations, ensuring the appropriate level of care is available to every patient across our care delivery sites.
Our Clinical Social Workers are integral members of ambulatory primary care teams, working closely with the clinical and administrative staff to enhance the delivery of patient care services along the continuum of care. This is a collaborative approach to providing the best care!

 

Job Summary

We're offering a generous sign-on bonus of $10,000.00 to welcome you to our team. Recognizing and valuing exceptional talent, we're eager to discuss the exciting details of this bonus during our interview process!
We are seeking a full-time, 40-hour Clinical Social Worker to join our team in a hybrid schedule, ideally Monday – Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm.This Social Worker will identify high-risk psychosocial factors of patients, help primary care staff understand the influence of those factors upon the course of medical care, and assume care coordination responsibility of the patients. Depending on each case there are times when the social worker will provide treatment or intervention. In other cases, the social worker will be working with the treating outpatient clinicians (in or outside of our system) helping to ensure the treatment is focused, effective, and carried through.
The Key Functions of the Clinical Social Worker are:
• Comprehensive assessment and case management
• Patient navigation
• Health Promotion
• Crisis Management
• Self-management education
• Transitional care
• Patient and family support
• Liaison to community services
• Short-term counseling
• Advanced care planning
• Team consultation

As a hybrid opportunity, the position entails onsite coverage 4 days per week (days can be flexible depending on the candidate’s schedule) at our practices located at 1069 Broadway, Saugus, MA 01906 and 250 Paradise Road, Swampscott, MA 01907, and remote coverage 1 day per week.
Due to the hybrid nature of the role, we ensure that our employees receive the required technology and training to be proficient and independently productive in all job responsibilities regardless of work location. Employees are responsible for designating a workspace within the remote work location that is private, safe, ergonomic, and free from distractions for all hours worked.

 

Qualifications

Required

• Current LICSW/LCSW in MA
• Minimum of Masters-level degree program in social work
• Minimum of 2 years clinical experience. 

Other experience may include post-acute care settings or care coordination/case management experience.  

 

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

Additional Job Description

 

Remote Type

Hybrid

 

Work Location

1069 Broadway

 

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

 

Employee Type

Reg