LCSW - Outpatient Psychiatry

Overview: To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Greenwich Hospital is seeking to employ a full-time clinical social worker with specialties in treating a spectrum of psychiatric diagnoses, including mood, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and substance-related disorders. The clinical social worker will provide evidence-based and solution-focused treatments to patients with these and other clinical conditions, collaborating with psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, psychologists and other providers in a multidisciplinary outpatient setting.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran Responsibilities:

• 1. Complete comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and/or psychiatric evaluations.
• 2. Develop and maintain a treatment plan responsive to patient/family concerns, problems and clinical impressions.
• 3. Use a patient and family centered approach to engage individuals and families in a plan of care that addresses their identified needs.
• 4. Provide education and counseling to individuals and families.
• 5. Utilize recognized best practices to provide individual, couples, family and/or group psychotherapy and/or crisis intervention as indicated.
• 6. Consult and collaborate with external providers/agencies/organizations including but not limited to protective services, court systems, outpatient therapists, work/education settings and housing supports.
• 7. Provide referrals to community-based services for individuals and families as indicated.
• 8. Provide information, consultation and professional support to interdisciplinary team members and colleagues within the hospital and community.
• 9. Facilitate and/or participate in interdisciplinary rounds and other patient related discussions to promote integrated care and improve patient outcomes.
• 10. Demonstrate initiative and leadership in developing services and programs to enhance patient and family care, including development of evidence-based practices.
• 11. Contribute to individual, team, departmental and organizational quality assurance and performance improvement.
• 12. Document timely, accurate and clinically relevant entries of social work activities in the electronic medical record.
• 13. Mentor/supervise and/or participate in projects/ work groups as assigned by supervisor.
• 14. Navigate systems and provide advocacy for patients and families as indicated.
• 15. Professional Development
• • 15.1 Maintain and enhance knowledge base and skill set through educational opportunities and meet expectations set forth by State licensure, Hospital and departmental standards.

Qualifications:

EDUCATION

Master's Degree from an accredited school of social work.

EXPERIENCE

Individuals with experience treating a broad spectrum of psychiatric conditions and working in a collaborative, multidisciplinary clinical setting; training in cognitive-behavioral interventions; who embrace a biopsychosocial model of understanding and treating behavior and mental health; and are committed to program development are encouraged to apply.

LICENSURE

All candidates must have a license (LCSW) to practice as a clinical social worker.

SPECIAL SKILLS

The LCSW will possess the following special skills: empathy, active listening, critical thinking, strong organizational and computer skills, and the ability to effectively communicate with and advocate for patients and families.