Req #: 235929

Department: UW MEDICAL CENTER - MONTLAKE - SOCIAL WORK

Posting Date: 06/20/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: 50% of $6,962 - $10,896 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As an employee you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-summary-classified-staff-greater-than-half-time-20230701_a11y.pdf)

$5,000 Sign-On Bonus to eligible new employees joining UW Medicine

The UW MEDICAL CENTER - MONTLAKE - SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT has an outstanding opportunity for a PART-TIME SOCIAL WORKER (50% FTE, Day Shift) to join the Complex Family Planning Clinic serving patients at Montlake and Roosevelt clinic locations. The Social Worker partners with patients, their families and healthcare team to address termination of pregnancy related social and emotional needs and provide support pre- and post-procedure. In partnership with the Women’s Heath and Maternal Infant Care teams, this position is responsible for a full range of social work services including but not limited to psychosocial assessments, options counseling, therapeutic interventions related to grief/loss, travel care coordination, and resource referrals. This position requires knowledge and comfort with the policies and procedures relating to the termination of pregnancy in Washington State. This Social Worker must provide care through unbiased practices and interventions.

WORK SCHEDULE • 20 hours per week • Day Shift (4 weekday, 5-hour shifts)

The Social Worker demonstrates a commitment to the following standards of practice: • Collaboration: Works collaboratively with patients, families, interdisciplinary team members, consulting and referring physicians, other practitioners, caregivers and community resources and agencies. • Communication: Communicates timely, relevant and accurate information to all parties involved with a patient’s care. Facilitation: Facilitates the progression of care by advancing the care plan to achieve desired outcomes. • Coordination: Integrates the work of the healthcare team by coordinating resources and services necessary to accomplish agreed-upon goals. • Advocacy: Advocates on behalf of patients and caregivers for service access or creation, and for the protection of the patient’s health, safety and rights. • Resource Management: Assures prudent utilization of all resources (fiscal, human, environmental, equipment and services) by evaluating the options available and balancing cost and quality to assure the optimal clinical and financial outcomes. • Accountability: Accepts responsibility and accountability for achievement of optimal outcomes within their scope of practice. • Professionalism: Acquires and maintains knowledge and competence related to the expectations of their position and practices within their scope.

RESPONSIBILITIES: • Provide specialty consultation to other health care staff and health care teams regarding psychosocially focused aspects of client/patient care. • Provide psychosocial support to patients and families. • Complete clinical assessments as per department standards for area of service. • In collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, develop and implement safe and timely treatment plans. • Provide care coordination for patients with complicated social and medical histories. • Provide case management and counseling services in specialized programs. • Make timely referrals to hospital and/community agencies including those required by mandatory reporting laws such as child and vulnerable adult abuse. • Maintain appropriate and timely documentation. Meet UWP Compliance and Billing requirements as applicable to position scope. • Participate in formal and informal teaching of health care professionals, health sciences students and the general community.

REQUIREMENTS: A Master of Social Work Degree from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education AND one year of full-time social work experience in a health care setting or equivalent. Experience can include a practicum placement as part of a social work training program and/or employment experience.

LEGAL REQUIREMENT: Within 90 days of hire must hold one of the following credentials issued by the state of Washington: • Agency Affiliated Counselor • Licensed Social Work Associate -Advanced • Licensed Social Work Associate - Independent Clinical • Licensed Advance Social Worker • Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-MONTLAKE UW Medical Center is an acute care academic medical center located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in seven specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.

The UW Medical Center-Montlake campus is located on the edge of the beautiful UW campus which includes many amenities available to our staff as well as very convenient public transit options including the Sound Transit’s light rail station across the street.

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All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

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