Evening Inpatient Social Worker-Medstar Washington Hospital Center

Welcome

Come work with a great team!  Signet Health manages the behavioral health services for Medstar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC) and has an opening for a Full-Time Inpatient Intake Clinician

Tour of duty: Monday thru Friday

This person is responsible for providing direct clinical social work services to patients and their families as a part of the multidisciplinary team with most emphasis on completing Psychosocial Assessments, conducting groups, facilitating marital and/or family therapies, assisting in program development and developing, implementing and reviewing Treatment Plans.

Overview

Duties

• Maintains contact with nursing homes, medical-surgical units and other facilities and agencies to promote the program and to provide education regarding services available for their patients.
• Provides ongoing communications with referral sources concerning the status of patients referred into the program.
• Participates in agency-wide training programs and in-services.
• Provides quality and timely clinical documentation, per Joint Commission and other regulatory agencies’ requirements.
• Proficiency in interpersonal communication and interdisciplinary teamwork.
• Experience and skill in treating patients with various types and presentations of psychiatric/behavioral health disorders.
• Proficiency in conducting psychosocial assessments.
• Proficiency in developing interdisciplinary treatment plans.
• Must be flexible to adjust to the needs of a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrate effective problem-solving skills.
• Display proficient oral/written communication skills.  

Requirements/Qualifications

Candidates should have a minimum of 2 years experience in an adult Inpatient psychiatric unit and/or substance use facility and experience facilitating patients' access to community resources and conducting therapeutic groups. 

Must be flexible to adjust to the needs of a fast-paced environment, demonstrate effective problem solving skills, and display proficient oral/written communication skills.   Must be Licensed in DC as an LICSW or LPC.

Salary Range Information:

 $77,482.08 to $94,700.32

*Please note that resumes should not include photographs. To maintain a fair and consistent review process, applications with photos may not be reviewed.*

EOE

Hospital/Program Description

For more than a half a century, MedStar Washington Hospital Center has set the highest standard for health care—and reached and surpassed it year after year.

MedStar Washington Hospital Center is a not-for-profit, 926-bed academic medical center in the center of the nation’s capital—and every day, hundreds of people in the region depend on us for their care. In 2013 alone, the hospital opened its door for nearly 500,000 inpatient and outpatient visits by residents from throughout the Mid-Atlantic.

We are the busiest and largest hospital in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area—and serve as referral center and the central hub for the region’s most advanced acute medical care.

But we are much more. Our primary and secondary health services help our community’s residents get and stay healthy, and help to improve patients’ quality of life by managing chronic illness.

Our inpatient services, education and research programs, outpatient care and community outreach initiatives are all aimed at meeting today’s health care needs—and at leading the way to meet the future health needs of the nation.