Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)-Mental Health

STGi is currently seeking a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)-Mental Health to provide services at our Community Based Outpatient Clinic.

JOB SUMMARY:
The Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)-Mental Health will provide social work services under the direction of the CBOC Primary Care Physician, Psychiatrist, Nurse Practitioner, and VA Medical Center (VAMC) personnel.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Provide social work service based on physician's orders to meet the needs (physical, mental, and emotional) of patients.
• Provide initial social work assessment for adult/ geriatric Primary Care and/or Psychiatric patients.
• Participate in the completion of treatment, discharge planning, referrals and placements of patients as applicable.
• Provide coverage for chemically dependent patients as applicable.
• Provide psychotherapeutic intervention of a specialized nature to patients and or families having severe to complex psychosocial difficulties.
• Provide referrals for patients and families for individual, group, marital, family, financial or activity therapies.
• Provide mandatory reporting activities including Child Protective Services (CPS), Adult Protective Services (APS) and Elder Abuse.
• Provide crises intervention, supportive counseling and problem solving interventions as applicable.
• Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team that meets to assess treatment needs, diagnosis and/or develop treatment strategies and goals.
• Review progress of treatment(s) and provide appropriate feedback to a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team.
• Function as a primary liaison between families/friends of assigned patients and the VAMC.
• Serve as a community liaison with VA and Community Mental Health Centers and other appropriate agencies.
• Serve as a resource person to other CBOC staff members regarding other community services and programs.
• Ability to provide Group Therapy in accordance with state licensure and regulations.
• Maintain universal precautions and infection control practices.
• Provide smooth and timely flow of patients in accordance with the VA access standards and triage protocol.
• Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and assist during respiratory and cardiac arrest procedures as applicable.
• Document all pertinent patient information in their medical records and VISTA to demonstrate quality care delivery and promote continuity of care.
• Maintain the VISTA (Veteran Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture) clinic reminder tracking system current for each enrolled patient.
• Assist in scheduling patients for initial and follow up appointments in accordance to the VA access standards and the patient's medical/psychosocial/psychiatric necessity.
• Maintain patient information regarding their plan of care.
• Provide health educational, materials and resources to patients and their families for informational purposes.
• Assist the Clinic Manager in ensuring all patient information on access/wait time documentation is complete and accurate.
• Assist the Clinic Manager in ensuring all patient information on electronic encounter documentation is complete and accurate.
• Participate in the ongoing Performance Improvement Program between Contractor, its Subcontractor(s), and the VAMC.
• Ensure that all required documentation and reports are completed in an accurate, timely fashion and complete fashion.
• Assist with the clinic's compliance of all Federal, state, local, Joint Commission, OSHA, Veteran Affairs, Contractor VA Program and Subcontractor safety and operational regulations, directives
and standards.
• Maintain confidentiality of all information and support patients' privacy, rights, and safety.
• Perform other work related duties as assigned.