Clinical Social Worker - Palliative Care

Overview :

Are you committed to holistic patient-centered care? Do you thrive providing adult care in a variety of settings? If you want to bring your expertise as an empathetic advocate for the needs of vulnerable adult populations, you may be perfect for our Legacy team.

With compassion and commitment, Clinical Social Workers in Palliative Care embody the Legacy mission of making life better for others. They do this by evaluating the psychosocial and mental health issues of patients to ensure transition planning, crisis management, and planning / coordination of both internal and external services.

You will assess intervention strategies to address adult behavioral and addiction issues, as well as end-of-life care and informed decision making about therapeutic options.

This work calls for broad knowledge of the principles of social work and the ability to apply them, integrating knowledge of normal development and the aging process, changes related to illness, and the needs of patients with acute, chronic, and terminal illness.

Our Clinical Social Workers are advocates not just for our patients, but also for their surrogates, family members, caregivers and health care providers.

Oregon Based Positions :

We will consider candidates with their Clinical Social Work Associate license working towards a Licensed Clinical Social Worker license for a Clinical Social Worker I position ($39.27 min - $56.16 max) or candidates with their Licensed Clinical Social Worker license for a Clinical Social Worker II position ($41.24 min - $58.96 max).

Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center is East County's full-service hospital, always expanding to meet the community's growing needs and offering an award-winning patient experience delivered with a personal touch. We offer advanced imaging, a modern emergency department, a welcoming family birth center, surgical services, intensive care, cancer care, gastroenterology and more.

Responsibilities :

Provides social work services in a variety of adult and pediatric settings across the health care continuum with a focus on holistic patient-centered care and attention to the needs of vulnerable populations. Works both independently and collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Key services include (but are not limited to) comprehensive evaluation of psychosocial and mental / behavioral health status, legal and safety considerations, substance use or addiction, chronic illness, or end of life issues with the use of brief counseling, transition planning, crisis management and planning and coordination with internal and community stakeholders. Social work intervention may be with individuals, family members or groups.

Throughout the care continuum, social workers will utilize a strengths-based approach with the aim to enhance the capacity of people to address their own needs.

Qualifications :

Clinical Social Worker I CSWA Position Requirements :

Education :

Master of Social Work degree from an accredited School of Social Work required.

Experience :

Preferred : 1 year of relevant experience in care management, mental health and / or addictions services, medical social work, or social service organization.

Clinical Social Worker II LCSW Position Requirements :

Education :

Master of Social Work degree from an accredited School of Social Work required.

Experience :

2 years relevant experience in care management, mental health and / or addictions services, medical social work, or social service organization. Preferred : 3 years' relevant experience.

Skills :

• Broad knowledge of the principles of social work and the ability to apply them with individuals, families and / or groups integrating knowledge of normal development and the aging process, changes related to illness, and the needs of patients with acute, chronic, and terminal illness in assessment and intervention with attention to cultural and literacy implications.