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St Anthony Hospital

Social Worker LCSW

Lakewood, CO · On-site

$30.70 - $49.16/hr

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients, outpatients and emergency department patients. The functions of ...

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A Locum Tenens LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) job is a temporary position where an LCSW provides mental health services on a short-term basis. These roles help fill staffing gaps in hospitals, clinics, private practices, or other healthcare settings. Locum LCSWs assess, diagnose, and treat patients while ensuring continuity of care. Assignments can vary in length, location, and work setting, offering flexibility and diverse professional experiences.

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Social Worker LCSW

St Anthony Hospital

Lakewood, CO • On-site

$30.70 - $49.16/hr

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Re-posted 26 days ago

Job description

Where You'll Work
Located in Lakewood, Colorado, St. Anthony Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center where we provide a full range of medical specialties and health care services to Denver and the surrounding region through our state-of-the-art medical campus and home base for Flight For Life Colorado. With four trauma rooms including the T-10 room, a dedicated field-to-surgery suite ready 24/7 for trauma surgeons and specially trained teams, our staff can provide life-saving care to the most severely ill and injured patients. In 2023, we received our exciting Magnet designation! We are so proud of our staff for this achievement, which is awarded to only 10 percent of hospitals around the world. Numerous other awards, certifications, and accreditations have been granted to us from the American Heart Association; Chest Pain Center (CPC); American College of Cardiology; The Joint Commission's National Quality Approval; the Emergency Nurses Association Lantern Award; NAPBC Accreditation; American College of Radiology and many others. At St. Anthony Hospital. We combine a heritage of expert care with the latest in technology and innovation. If you're looking to be part of a fast-paced environment where you can practice to the top of your profession in trauma, cardiology, stroke, neurosciences, breast imaging, cancer/oncology care, surgery and more, we invite you to apply.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
You have a purpose, unique talents and now is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills - but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.
The Licensed Clinical Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients, outpatients and emergency department patients. The functions of the Licensed Clinical Social Worker includes crisis intervention, patient/family intervention, high risk screening, brief counseling, referring for financial or other identified resource needs, arrange and facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the health care team as needed, arrange post-acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community resources when high-risk patients are identified.
Job Requirements
In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:
  • Master's degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education

At least 2 Years Post-MSW experience.
Preferred
• Minimum 5-Year Post-MSW healthcare experience
Arizona: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW:AZ)
Arkansas: Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW:AR)
California: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW:CA)
Colorado: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW:CO)
Georgia: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW:GA)
Iowa: Licensed Independent Social Worker (LCSW: IA)
Kansas: Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LCSW:KS)
Kentucky:Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW:KY)
Minnesota: Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LCSW:MN)
Nebraska: Certified Master Social Worker and/or Licensed Mental Health Practitioner, and/or Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner
(LCSW:NE)
Nevada: Clinical Social Worker (LCSW:NV)
North Dakota: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW:ND)
Ohio:Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LCSW:OH)
Oregon: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW:OR)
Tennessee: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW:TN)
Texas: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW:TX)
Utah: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW:UT)
Washington: Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LCSW:WA)
  1. Physical Demand Level: Light

This LCSW Social Worker will work within our ICU department Monday through Friday.

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