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Job Description
Centered in the heart of San Joaquin County, Adventist Health Lodi Memorial has been one of the area's leading healthcare providers since 1952. We are comprised of a 190-bed hospital, 17 medical offices, home care services, comprehensive cancer care and a vast scope of award-winning services located throughout Lodi and the surrounding areas. Lodi is known for its small-town charm, extensive vineyards and delicious local restaurants and bakeries. The allure of Lodi's close-knit community is complimented by its proximity to major metropolitan cities in the Bay Area and Sacramento, as well as a quick drive to Lake Tahoe or the Northern California coast.
Job Summary:
Provides 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. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned personnel using both professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment.
Job Requirements:
Education and Work Experience:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education/related experience:
Required Master's Degree:
Preferred Five years' social work experience in a health care or social service setting: Preferred Two years recent post master's experience in a clinical setting :
Preferred Licenses/Certifications:
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in state of practice:
Preferred Family and Marriage Therapist:
Preferred Essential Functions:
Participates in recruitment and selection processes for departmental staff. Identified staff training needs and arranges in-service sessions as needed. Trains new Social Worker associates on job duties, assignments, and overtime scheduling. Completes periodic evaluations of personnel supervised. Coaches and counsels staff not meeting performance expectations issuing formal oral and written disciplinary actions. Clinical oversight of conservatorships with all county public guardian offices and county mental health. Conducts/assists in daily legal holds/matters and WRIT capacity hearing in Superior Court including psychiatrist, patient, and necessary staff. Communicates to patient's right personnel as needed. Clinical treatment team coordination and organization of daily clinical treatment team meetings. Communicates and assist providers including chief of psychiatrist on remote on all daily unit leadership responsibilities and treatment team coordination .Acts as liaison between patients, family, nurse, social workers, physicians, providers, multidisciplinary team, and patient's healthcare benefactor to optimize outcomes. Serves as consultant to healthcare team on specific and safe discharge planning. Formulates, develops, and implements 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. Assists 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. Documents assessments, plans, interactions, and interventions according to departmental, hospital and/or health system guidelines and standards. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Organizational Requirements:
Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply. Adventist Health participates in E-Verify.
Visit https:
//adventisthealth.org/careers/everify/ for more information about E-Verify. By choosing to apply, you acknowledge that you have accessed and read the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work notices and understand the contents therein.
