Clinical Oncology Social Worker

Job Listing ID:

4477284

Job Title:

Clinical Oncology Social Worker Application Deadline:

Open Until Filled

Job Location:

Portland

Date Posted:

04/22/2026

Hours Worked Per Week:

40

Shift:

Day Shift Duration of Job:

Either Full or Part Time, more than 6 months You may contact this employer directly. (Obtain the contact information to print or add to your jobs.)

Job Summary:

Clinical Oncology Social Worker US-OR-Portland Requisition ID:

2025-37250

Position Category:

Hospital/Clinic Support

Job Type:

AFSCME union represented

Position Type:

Regular Part-Time

Posting Department:

Patient and Family Services

Posting Salary Range:

$44.02 - $60.45 Per hour with offer based on experience, education and internal equity

Posting FTE:

0.50

Posting Schedule:

Every other Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday

Posting Hours:

8:00am - 6:00pm Department Overview The Oncology Clinical Social Worker may support patients who have experienced a cancer diagnosis and their support people inpatient at OHSU Hospital. Social workers in this role will support adult cancer patients under the care of a physician at the Knight Cancer Institute and may fluctuate between inpatient and outpatient services. The OCSW will complete assessments, provide resources, and offer emotional/behavioral support for patients receiving medical oncology services and their support people. The OCSW may attend care rounds, care conferences, or other disease-specific team meetings as appropriate. Individuals will be expected to cross-cover for each other for planned and unplanned absences within work unit. Individuals may meet with patients and their support people in hospital rooms, consult rooms, virtually, or by telephone. The Oncology Clinical Social Worker (OCSW) is a mental/behavioral health clinician who operates as a core member of a multi-disciplinary oncology team. The OCSW offers social work intervention through direct treatment and/or coordination of needed services to patients and/or their families experiencing psychosocial adjustment difficulties associated with illness, injury, disability, and related hospitalization.

Interventions may include:

biopsychosocial assessment, brief supportive counseling, care coordination, information/resource referrals, crisis intervention, and patient/support person(s) advocacy. The primary goal of the intervention is to assist patients in achieving maximum physical and psychosocial functioning, using evidence- based interventions targeted at improving health and well-being for a variety of patients. The OCSW also provides mental health support for patient's support person(s) as they navigate adjustment to the patient's illness, advanced care planning, palliative care needs, and other difficult decisions related to cancer diagnosis/care, also providing grief/bereavement support when appropriate.

Function/Duties of Position Psychosocial Assessment:

Conducts psychosocial evaluations of patients/support person(s) to identify needs and areas of support, including but not limited to: adjustment to cancer diagnosis, care coordination, mental health status, barriers to treatment process, subst Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

PI283977684

Job Classification:

Healthcare Social Workers Access our statewide or regional occupation report for more information about wages, employment outlooks, skills, training programs, related occupations, and more. Compensation

Salary:

Not Provided Job Requirements

Experience Required:

 At least 1 year

Education Required:

High School Diploma/GED

Minimum Age:

N/A Gender:

N/A