Lead Social Worker - Willowbrook

At Houston Methodist, the Lead Social Worker (SW) position comprehensively provides expert clinical social work services to include proficient psychosocial assessments, clinical diagnosis and appropriate treatment related to clinical findings as well as complex discharge planning to patients and their families and holds joint accountability with case manager for facilitating psychosocial and continuing care. This position assures that psychosocial issues are addressed and treated as needed across the continuum of care for each patient and works collaboratively with physicians, case managers and the interprofessional healthcare team to affect positive patient and family outcomes. The Lead SW position has responsibility for system-wide social work program development and has teaching, mentoring responsibilities for SW I and II. This position also provides clinical supervision as a licensed Social Work Supervisor to LMSWs seeking a clinical license of LCSW. The Lead SW leads the interprofessional healthcare team to facilitate efficient, quality care and achievement of desired treatment outcomes. The Lead SW position serves as system-wide leader for social work-related issues, psychosocial related issues, complex discharge planning activities, education, program development and population disease management.

Requirements:

Qualifications:

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS - REQUIRED

• LCSW- License Clinical Social Worker - State Licensure OR
• LCSW-BACS - Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Board Approved Clinical Supervisor (ASWB/TBHEC) AND
• CCM - Certified Case Manager (CCMC) OR
• ACM - Accredited Case Manager (NBCM) OR
• ACM - Accredited Case Manager (ACMA) OR
• ACM-SW - Accredited Case Manager-Social Worker (ACMA) OR
• C-SWHC - Certified Social Worker in Health Care (NASW) OR
• PMH-C - Certification in Prenatal Mental Health

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through ongoing skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations

• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security

• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles

• Expert knowledge/experience in utilization management, managed care, and payor issues

• Maintains individual competencies around critical Social Work functions including; payer rules and regulations, psycho-social assessments and discharge planning methods

• Demonstrates expertise on community resources, clinical assessment, clinical intervention, clinical treatment, health care financial and payer issues, Medicare, Medicaid and Managed Care requirements and eligibility for state, local and federal programs

• Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment in interactions with physicians, payors, and patients and their families

• Strong assessment, critical thinking, organizational and problem solving skill as evidenced by capacity to prioritize multiple tasks and role components

• Time management, collaboration, negotiation, and mediation skills

• Well versed in computer skills of the entire Microsoft Office Suite (Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word)

• Adherence to the clinical practice standards set forth by NASW practice standards for healthcare settings and more specifically in hospitals and medical centers

• Maintains level of professional contributions as defined in Clinical Career Path program

• Demonstrates clinical problem-solving and critical thinking to include diagnosis of emotional, social, environmental strengths, and problems related to patient illness, treatment, and/or life situation

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

WORK ATTIRE

• Uniform No
• Scrubs No
• Business professional Yes
• Other (department approved) No

ON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. DIsaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below.

• On Call* Yes

TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**

• May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes
• May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area Yes

Company Profile:

Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital is a Magnet-recognized, not-for-profit, faith-based hospital that serves the growing Northwest Houston community. With 358 licensed beds, Houston Methodist Willowbrook is committed to providing quality, cost-effective health care in a compassionate environment for a full range of services, including emergency care, cardiology, orthopedics and sports medicine, comprehensive women’s services, neurology and neurosurgery, oncology, and primary and general medicine.

Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.