Part-time .4 FTE working 2 days per week (8:00-4:30pm), covering outpatient clinics at Maple Grove location primarily. Work Schedule - weekday; some evening and weekend availability when on-call.

Purpose of Position

Assists patients and families in dealing with the impact of illness, disability and episodes of care in the hospital or a clinic. Promote health and wellness to the highest degree possible with regard to psychosocial functioning and strive to achieve maximum benefit from resources at Gillette and in the community. Modalities are geared to individuals, families, groups and consultation with other health care providers. The scope of services includes psychosocial assessment, support and advocacy to facilitate positive coping, counseling, crisis intervention, case coordination, patient/family education, discharge planning and information and referral. Diagnostic evaluation and brief psychotherapy are also utilized in selected cases.

Compensation & Benefits

The annual salary range for this opportunity is $26,856.96 to $40,268.80, with a median salary of $33,562.88 (this is the salary for the .4 FTE). Pay is dependent on several factors including relevant work experience and internal equity. Salary is just one component of the compensation package for employees. Gillette supports career progression and offers a competitive benefits package, including a retirement saving match, tuition and certification reimbursement, paid time off, and health and wellness benefits. (if applicable: Sign-on bonus available for those who qualify).

Core Responsibilities and Duties

• Assessment
  • Identifies presenting problem(s); and includes family concerns, strengths and expectations regarding the emotional, social, of health-related issues; and leads to recommendations and appropriate resources of support.
  • Integrates background information and assessment using DSM-V multi-axis diagnoses to drive appropriate interventions.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking and analyzing with complex psychosocial information.
  • Communicate assessment outcomes through verbal exchanges with patient, family, referral source and other staff involved in care.
  • Clarifies patient and family strengths, needs and goals and develop objectives to enhance patient functioning.
• Intervention
  • Design and implement therapeutic interventions appropriate to clinical problem and within own professional competencies.
  • Use a range of modalities to address identified needs, enhance strengths and support goals consistent with the mission of Gillette.
  • Modify modalities in consultation with patient and/or family and care team.
  • Communicates interventions through documented and verbal exchanges.

• Patient and Family Focus
  • Interact with patients and families in a developmentally appropriate manner, recognizing the centrality of family or caregiver in care.
  • Show sensitivity and respect for diverse cultural groups.
  • Demonstrates ability to work constructively with complex patient and families.
  • Integrates patient and family focused care in social work practice by applying
  • principles of patient/family-centered care.
  • Empowers patients/families and advocate for their needs in collaboration with teams and community resources.
• Facilitates case coordination.
  • Researches, mobilizes and coordinates resources and the delivery of internal and external services that enable the patient and family to achieve identified goals.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of resources and relevant education of patients and families.

Qualifications

Required

• MSW
• Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker by the MN Board of Social Work
• Current CPR certification optional, if desired can certify and recertify through Gillette Preferred
• Prior experience in hospital or health care social work is strongly preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work effectively on interdisciplinary teams
• Interviewing and counseling skills and the ability to conduct psychosocial assessments and interventions in a condensed time frame
• Ability to establish and maintain therapeutic rapport
• Knowledge of psychosocial development across the life span, emotional and social impacts of disability and illness, community resources related to pediatric health care and disability disorders, mandated reporting obligations and laws and financial systems and services related to payer sources. • Basic computer skills

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)