Licensed Masters Social Worker

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Social Worker at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, you’ll perform social work assessments and interventions for inpatients, outpatients, and emergency department patients. Working collaboratively with all healthcare team members, you will develop and implement treatment plans that support patient-centered care for individual patients and the medical community.

Being dedicated to patients and family-centered care, you value the personal self-determination of your patients. To succeed in this role, you must manage multiple priorities simultaneously and engage in creative, compassionate, and ethical problem-solving.

Responsibilities:

• Perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical, social, and resource issues that impact individual patients, families, and at-risk populations
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with physicians, case managers, nursing staff, county agencies, community resources, patients, and families. 

• Serve on hospital committees and develop and present in-services to Hospital staff.

Dignity Health now offers an Education Benefit program for benefit-eligible employees after 180 days. This program provides debt relief and student loan assistance to help you achieve your goals. Full-time employees can receive up to $18,000 over five years, while part-time employees can receive up to $9,000. Join our team at Dignity Health to take advantage of this amazing opportunity!

Job Requirements

Required:

• 1-Year Post-MSW experience or Social Work internship in a clinical or medical setting
• LMSW license from the AZ Board of Behavioral Health Examiners 
• Master's Degree from a School of Social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education
• Ability to work independently as needed with a high degree of detail orientation
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities 

• Ability to work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary care team

Preferred:

• Minimum 3-Year Post-MSW healthcare experience 

Where You’ll Work

Hello humankindness 

Located conveniently in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is a 571-bed, not-for-profit hospital that provides a wide range of health, social and support services.  Founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph's was the first hospital in the Phoenix area. More than 125 years later, St. Joseph's remains dedicated to its mission of caring for the poor and underserved.

We are extremely proud to be a nationally recognized center for quality quaternary care, medical education and research. St. Joseph's includes the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute, Norton Thoracic Institute, Cancer Center at St. Joseph's, Ivy Brain Tumor Center, and St. Joseph's Level I Trauma Center (which is verified by the American College of Surgeons). The hospital is also a respected center for high-risk obstetrics, neuro-rehabilitation, orthopedics, and other medical services. St. Joseph’s is considered a sought-after destination hospital for treating the most complex cases from throughout the world. Every day, approximately 20 percent of the hospital’s patients have traveled from outside of Arizona and the United States to seek treatment at St. Joseph’s.

U.S News & World Report routinely ranks St. Joseph's among the top hospitals in the United States for neurology and neurosurgery.  In addition, St. Joseph's boasts the Creighton University School of Medicine at St. Joseph's, and a strategic alliance with Phoenix Children's Hospital.

St. Joseph's is consistently named an outstanding place to work and one of Arizona's healthiest employers. Come grow your career with one of Arizona's Most Admired Companies.   

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