Description
Provide positive care solutions within an award-winning health system. Grow your career while enhancing quality of life for those most in need. Leverage your expertise to make a real difference in the community. You can do all this and more at UCLA Health.
You will providea
range of services to multidisciplinary teams with emphasis on outpatient
practices of the UCLA Health-Behavioral Health Associates serving adult,
geriatric populations, child and adolescents. Duties may include psychosocial
assessment; care coordination, consultation to the team, individual, family or
group psychotherapeutic treatment; liaison with community agencies; treatment
plan documentation; and disposition planning and advocacy. You will serve as a resource to
providers, patients, care coordinators, and performs complex Position requires travel between South Bay Clinics, Torrance and Palos Verdes as well as flexibility in schedule. *Position is flexible hybrid with up to 40% remote* Salary Range: $105,298 - $125,844 Annual
Qualifications
We're seeking an experienced CA Licensed Clinical Social Worker with:
- MSW
- Experience and skill interacting with health care
providers in a multidisciplinary setting - 2-3 years of relevant experience
- Working knowledge of general theoretical and
clinical models - Ability to develop effective rapport and working
therapeutic alliances with patients - Skill in writing clear and complete clinical notes
and summaries of clinical evaluations - Skills and experiences in documenting/charting to
ensure current and accurate medical records are entered and documented in
patient files in accordance with established Medical Records policies and
procedures - Knowledge of clinical social worker ethics and scope
of practice - Ability to perform a complete mental status exam and
recognize changes in mental status - Ability to establish and maintain effective and
mutually respectful relationships with professionals and support staff - Knowledge of pertinent current community resources,
including income maintenance, mental health treatment, special education,
residential and vocational supports - Ability to provide and maintain appropriate
coordination of care with existing providers and/or variety of community
agencies and demonstrate assertiveness, persistence, and diplomacy as an
advocate for the patient - Ability to triage high risk behavior of patients
- Knowledge of community resources for higher level of
care or specialty care - Knowledge
of psychosocial factors related to all life stages; expertise in at least
one stage - Ability
to communicate clearly and therapeutically with patients and families
regarding diagnosis, progress, treatment plan recommendations - Ability
to establish and maintain effective and mutually respectful relationships
with professionals and support staff - Ability
to assess and respond appropriately in a timely fashion to the safety
needs of patients, family and staff - Knowledge
of child and adult abuse and neglect reporting laws and procedures - Knowledge
of scope of practice of relevant other disciplines including psychiatry,
psychology, and psychiatric nurse Practitioners. - Ability
to recognize complex clinical situations and seek and apply consultation
of supervision when needed - Ability
to respond calmly and effectively in crisis situations - Demonstrated
resourcefulness, effective written and verbal communications and diplomacy - Demonstrated
leadership and organizational abilities with previous demonstration of
consistency, independence, flexibility, initiative and creativity - Skill
at writing documentation that is timely, meaningful, complete, legible,
grammatically correct, concise and consistent with legal and
administrative standards - Ability
to use a computer for electronic mail and word processing, internet access
to University policies and procedures, and community resources for
patients/families
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University of California - Los Angeles Health
Nov 10, 2024