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Duke Health Integrated Practice  

https://careers.dukehealth.org/us/en/dhip 

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Health Integrated Practice, which comprises more than 110 primary and specialty outpatient clinics, extending the reach of Duke Health's mission across the state of North Carolina. 

$5000 Commitment Bonus for qualifying candidates!  

JOB LOCATION 

Pediatrics Abuse/Neglect - Duke Children's and Internal Medicine North Durham - 3116 N Duke St 

JOB SUMMARY 

We are seeking aClinical Social Worker.

Level I

Provide psychosocial assessments, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as discharge planning to and consultation about patients and families to assist them and the health care team in coping with patient's hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and/or life situation, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders.

Level II

Function in a supervisory role as a team leader in addition to the duties and responsibilities of Level I.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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 to other 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 health care 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 meetings.
• Participate in department, hospital, medical center, and/or health system continuous quality improvement efforts.
• Participate in regular supervisory conferences; keep current with social work and health care developments and seek to increase further enhancement of job related knowledge.

• Adherence to the practice standards and ethical guidelines of NASW and the NC Certification Board for Social Work

Level II:

• Perform all of the duties and responsibilities of Level I.
• Provide clinical and administrative supervision for social workers and clinical social workers on the team.
• Lead team meetings and manage coverage.
• Participate in hiring and performance management processes.

JOB ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS 

• Level I and Level II: Master's degree in social work from an accredited school of social work
• Current licensure as a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) by the NC Social Work Certification and Licensure Board.
• Level I: Two year of post internship social work experience in a health care setting or social service agency. Two years recent post master's experience in a clinical setting preferred.
• Level II: Same as Level I plus five years post master's experience in a health care or social service agency. Experience in leadership and supervising.

JOB HOURS 

The schedule for this position is day shifts, Monday-Friday, with no weekends or holidays. 

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.