Medix is now seeking Arizona-based LCSW's interested in a long term opportunity to work with the VA!
Contract Duration : 1-2 years, possibly longer
Shift : 40hrs / week
Pay : $70,000 - $90,000 / year + Benefit Options
Requirements :
- Must be a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Arizona
- Master's Degree in Social Work from a nationally accredited school
Duties :
- Perform Biopsychosocial Assessments.
- Assesses patient and plan appropriately to assist with social determinants of health.
- Suicide Risk, Mental Health, and Crisis Assessment and intervention.
- Document safety plan and other plans of care and care given in patient’s medical record.
- Provide information and completion of Advanced Directives.
- Assess and complete process for Petition of Inpatient Psychiatric Care.
- Communicates pertinent patient data to the providers and interdisciplinary team.
- Re-assesses patient’s condition and revises plans-of-care based on problems that the Social Worker identifies.
- Schedule family meetings, interdisciplinary team meetings, or other goals of care conversations.
- Conduct goals of care conversations.
- Provide resources when the veterans have been determined to be homeless.
- Assess and address any findings of abuse or neglect. Consult APS as appropriate.
- Assess and assist with discharge planning which includes referrals to subacute rehabilitation, assisted living, long-term care facilities, inpatient rehabilitation, group homes, hospice / palliative care, and / or long-term acute care hospital.
- Assist with discharge planning for veterans who need resources when going home, such as home health consults.
- Able to initiate, prioritize, and reorganize appropriate measures in emergency situations.
- Identify veterans who will need case management services post-discharge.
- Assesses patient / family knowledge level, implements plan of instructions, and records the patient’s family’s demonstrated level of understanding.
- Can initiate life-saving measures in the absence of Physicians.
- Assures the content and correctness of a prepared report and signs the document to validate its content.
- Consistently applies the VA’s customer service standards, always demonstrating helpful, courteous, and respectful conduct.
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