Medical Social Worker, Relief, Nights and Weekends in Portland, Oregon at Portland, OR (Marquam Hill)

• Conducts psychosocial evaluations of patients/families and significant others including, but not limited to the following: adjustment to medical or health condition; care coordination; mental health status; adjustment/compliance to treatment process; substance usage; child and elder abuse/neglect assessments; domestic violence issues; cognitive status (including potential guardian issues); and patient/family resources.

• Provides crisis intervention and supportive short-term counseling to patients/families and significant others as necessary to meet immediate psycho-social needs including, but not limited to: Trauma/Emergency Department/ On Call/ Family Notification, CODE Response (family intervention); unanticipated change in health conditions/suicidal ideation; teenage pregnancy; single parent pregnancy/parenthood, domestic violence, child and elder abuse/neglect.

• Provides grief/loss counseling and education regarding: fetal demise; actual/pending death of patient/family member; complicated pregnancies; pregnancy termination support, postpartum depression; chronic/acute stress associated with life circumstances; divorce/separation; loss of independence associated with illness or disability.

• Provides brief psychotherapy including: individual short-term psychotherapy; group work including information/support groups, family support, patient therapy); regarding but not limited to issues of adoption, abortion, domestic violence, family of origin, sexual/gender, substance abuse, parenting, relationship adjustment to disabilities and chronic or acute illness.

• Provides patient advocacy and associated services to patient/family and other involved agencies/parties regarding decision-making; advance directives; ethics consultations; court holds; guardianship/conservatorship; citizenship cases; and social cultural factors.

Job Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Competencies):

• Assessment Proficiency
• Short-term Counseling
• Crisis Intervention
• Excellent task Prioritization
• Effective Communication Skills
• Proficiency and skill in providing social work services in a healthcare setting
• Time Management
• Organization
• Patient Advocacy
• Problem Solving
• Creativity
• Adaptability
• Critical thinking
• Conflict Resolution
• Task Reprioritization
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without accommodation.

• 1 year Health care experience preferred
• Bilingual language skill are strongly preferred