Duke Regional Hospital Duke Regional Hospital offers the personal touch and hometown feel of a community hospital while serving as an essential arm of internationally recognized Duke University Health System. Duke Regional has served Durham, Orange, Person, Granville and Alamance counties for more than 45 years. To be successful at caring for our community and have a strong reputation among patients who seek our care, we have 3,500 team members who work together to provide exceptional, compassionate and equitable healthcare 24/7. We are a place of learning and acceptance for team members just starting their careers, as well as an institution of family culture and professional development for employees who have served for decades in our hospital units.Duke Regional has 388 inpatient beds and offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical and diagnostic services, including orthopedics, weight-loss surgery, women's services, and heart and vascular services. We also offer care at our Duke Rehabilitation Institute, Davis Ambulatory Surgical Center, Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center Arringdon, Health Services Center, and Duke Behavioral Health Center North Durham. In fiscal year 2021, Duke Regional Hospital admitted 16,422 patients, performed 18,152 surgeries and welcomed 2,673 babies into the world. U.S. News & World Report ranked Duke Regional Hospital as #9 in North Carolina and #4 in the Raleigh-Durham area for 2021-22. The Human Rights Campaign consistently names us a Healthcare Equality Leader, and we are a Joint Commission-accredited and Magnet-designated hospital.

Occ Summary

$5,000.00 Commitment Bonus

Candidates with experience and trained in providing trauma focused therapy such as CPT and exposure therapy in treating PTSD highly desirable.

Provide psychosocial assessments, diagnosis, and treatment, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and/or life situation, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders. 

 

Work Performed Level I 
•   Provide psychosocial assessments of patients 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, 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. 
•    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  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.
•    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