Matrix Providers is hiring a Licensed Clinical Social Worker to join our team of talented professionals who provide health care services to our Military Service Members and their families in Bethesda, MD (Walter Reed National Military Medical Center)

• Employment Status: Full-Time
• Compensation: Salary ($50.00/hr)- $5,000 SIGN-ON BONUS
• Schedule: 0700-1630 Mon-Fri
• Benefits: Competitive financial package with a comprehensive insurance package including health, dental, vision, and life coverage.
  • Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid Holidays (Outlined in Handbook)
  • 401(k) Plan

Requirements: The Licensed Social Workermust have and meet the following:

• Education: Graduated from an Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) accredited Master of Social Work (MSW) program Certification: Must maintain current certification in American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers; American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Course; American Red Cross CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) for the Professional Rescuer; or equivalent.
• Experience: Have a minimum of two (2) years within the past five (5) years in the independent practice of clinical social work providing mental health counseling, therapy and intervention services to adults.
• Licensure: Current unrestricted license Social Worker to work independently without clinical supervision.

Job Summary:

• Shall be sufficiently skilled to teach patients proper self-care and to motivate patients and family members to continue the procedures for promoting rapid healing.
• Shall be knowledgeable and possess skills necessary to provide care appropriate to any age-related needs of the patients. The Contract LCSW shall demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development appropriate to the appropriate patient population served: Infants, Children, Adolescent, Adults, and Geriatric (>65).
• Possess the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary health care team, work some evenings and weekends as needed, walk and stand for extended periods of time and be able to manage stress, as evidenced by the ability to respond and to meet demands of case load, such as submitting proper documentation and referrals.
• Possess knowledge and experience with military health system, combat/deployment issues, people suffering from medically unexplained symptoms, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and/or disasters are highly desired.
• The Contracted LCSW’s will be knowledgeable in professional care theories, principles, practices, and procedures to perform nursing assignments of moderate difficulty and experience in assessing adult and geriatric patients, as appropriate.
• Due to the unique environment providers must meet the necessary security screenings and background checks to qualify to work here at WRNMMC.
• Provide individual, family and group psychotherapy, and couples therapy.
• Provide screenings, clinical assessments, treatment, case management, consultation, referral, and education.
• Assess and resolve complex social, economic, and psychosocial problems that may impact on the service members’ and their families’ medical treatment as outpatients, inpatients or while the service member is being evaluated for medical discharge from the service by providing behavioral health direct services, to include screening, assessment, treatment, referral, consultation and education and in conjunction with DoD BH-CPGs.
• Conduct biopsychosocial evaluations and provides therapeutic interventions including crisis counseling to individuals, groups and families as needed to facilitate behavioral health clinical care management and optimize care.
• Evaluates the individual and family systems as well as assesses patient’s functioning within work, family and routines of daily living and identifies areas needing continued support, resources, and treatment in order to assist patients.
• Serves as a behavioral health referral resource and subject matter expert in behavioral health-related programs to the MTF staff, medical staff in primary care clinics and other on-post medical settings.
• Provides services for high-risk populations (service members pending medical discharge due to physical and or behavioral health injuries/illnesses, service members who were wounded as a result of their military duties, and the families of service members killed in action, etc.).
• Develops, implements, and maintains partnerships with Soldiers, family members, other health care providers and community resources, as applicable. Develops comprehensive treatment care plans in accordance with behavioral health care standards.
• Coordinates services for those Soldiers or patients who move out of the local area to ensure continuity of care. Facilitates transfer of the case to the gaining facilities’ behavioral health care case management resources, as appropriate.
• Matrix Providers is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For our EEO Policy Statement, please see https://matrixproviders.com/accessibility-eeo-disclaimer. To learn more about our Benefits Packages, please see https://matrixproviders.com/benefits.

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