Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Transition Team

Job Description

Description

 $4,000 Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance available!!

PeaceHealth is seeking a Licensed Clinical Social Worker to work with the Behavioral Health Transition Team in Eugene, Oregon. This is team-based care in an outpatient setting. 

We encourage candidates to learn more about an organization that values Behavioral Health clinicians.

We provide ongoing clinical supervision and support as well as training opportunities. The team members have long-standing longevity and collegiality. The selected LCSW will join a team of dedicated professionals serving high-needs clients.

JOB SUMMARY

Coordinates and oversees the plan of care and service delivery of adult behavioral health consumers across the continuum of illness; promotes effective utilization and monitoring of health care resources; and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal clinical outcomes. Provide services to consumers with commercial insurance and Medicaid and Medicare.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provides an evidence-based intervention for patients in suicidal crisis.
• Provides individual, family, and group therapy to patients with complex diagnostic presentations and treatment needs.
• Assesses, develops, implements and monitors a comprehensive plan of care through an interdisciplinary team process in conjunction with the patient and their self-identified natural supports.
  
• Evaluates and provides interventions to improve a patient’s cognitive, social, vocational, spiritual, and emotional functioning, utilizing natural and community supports when possible.
• Provides urgent/crisis evaluations, interventions, and safety planning.
• Together with consumer and natural supports, identifies key problems, strengths and resources to be addressed in the treatment plan.
• May provide case management, coordination with other treatment agencies or outside support services, outreach and engagement.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS (required unless otherwise noted)

EDUCATION:

• Masters’ degree in Social Work (MSW).

EXPERIENCE/TRAINING:

• Minimum of three years’ experience in behavioral health setting.
• Experience in diagnosis and treatment of patients with complex mental health conditions--including suicidal ideation.
• Experience providing clinical supervision to bachelors’ and masters’ level clinicians preferred.

LICENSE/CERTIFICATION:

• LCSW is required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required at date of hire.

OTHER SKILLS:

• Interpersonal skills to obtain and interpret information appropriate to patients’ needs and age as required for assessment range of treatment, and patient care.
• Proficiency with DSM-5 diagnoses and best practice treatment interventions for a variety of behavioral health conditions.
• Demonstrated ability to promote positive interpersonal relationships and patient/family centered work environment.
• Knowledge and adherence to Social Work Code of Ethics.
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office applications and documenting in electronic medical records.
• Effective prioritization skills.

COMMUNITY/LOCATION SPECIFIC NOTES:

Behavioral Health Transition Team:

• Ability to work in a clinic, community, and home settings.
• Strong consumer engagement skills across continuum.
• Strong case management and consumer advocacy skills.
• QMHP required.
• Ability to supervise CSWA’s towards licensure preferred.
  
• Valid Oregon Driver’s license required.
• Bilingual skills desired.

PHYSICAL/COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS:

• Work requires normal amounts of physical effort at least 66% of the time.
• Ability to lift objects weighing 30 lbs. or less.
• Work is performed under normal working conditions with adequate lighting and ventilation.
• Job duties frequently require intense concentration and attention to detail (34-65% of work time).

Eugene, Oregon ranked 9th on the Livability Top 100 Best Places to Live. Come experience the wide array of restaurants, visit the fermentation district, and entertainment venues that make Eugene a true urban playground. Eugene boasts cultural amenities typical of larger cities, from the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art to the world-famous Oregon Bach Festival. Eugene is home to the University of Oregon Ducks! Historic Hayward field will host the Olympic Trials in 2020, NCAA Track & Field Championships, and the World Athletics Championships in 2021. The area offers outdoor produce markets, abundant parks, camping, hiking, wine tasting, and natural beauty. It truly is a place to experience and love!

PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend is a state-of-the-art regional medical center. On the leading edge of evidence-based hospital design, and creating a patient-centered, healing environment with a strong focus on quality clinical outcomes and patient safety.

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