Clinical Social Worker III - Anaheim - Clinical Support - PT Days - University of California, Irvine

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County’s only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

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Position Summary:

The University of California, Irvine, a career destination unlike any other, is built upon a rich history of academic and healthcare excellence. We are supported by a globally unique team of academic professionals, researchers, medical experts, and staff. Guided by our mission, vision, and strategic pillars, we thrive in a collaborative environment. We celebrate and leverage the diverse experiences and perspectives of our UCI community to continue to push the boundaries of innovation. Your opportunity to be a part of an award winning team, advancing your career journey, is now!

Incumbent is responsible for implementing, documenting and coordinating Healthy Steps program for high risk pediatric patients ages 0-3 and their families seen at the FHC in Santa Ana. Duties include assisting with integration of well child visits with multiple healthy steps screenings, conducting team based well child visits, data collection including caseload tracking, record keeping, and reporting, facilitating access to community resources and other referrals, maintaining community resource directory/database, interdisciplinary teamwork with all pediatric staff including LVN care coordinator. Ensures that all Healthy Steps program requirements are met and participates in all Healthy Steps trainings.

Essential Job Functions:

The identification of essential functions below is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties that may be assigned to this position, nor does it restrict the duties which may be assigned to this position if such duties reasonably relate to the position.

• Provides patient and family assessment, education, and counseling 25%
• Effectively collaborates with patient, family and pediatric healthcare team within the outpatient clinic setting. Enters assessment and case management notes on a daily basis for all patient contacts. Ensures accuracy of all documentation. Maintains accurate patient records of phone follow ups and response to case management. 25%
• Conducts and accurately documents outpatient psychosocial assessment, case management planning, community resource information, and all referrals. Advocates for participation of parents in planning for their children’s care. 25%
• Accurately coordinates and manages caseload of pediatric patients and families identified as high risk through Healthy Steps screenings, including proactive follow up and monitoring. Facilitates linkage with community resources to ensure patients are receiving needed services. Communicates regularly with pediatric care providers and ancillary staff. 25%

Total Compensation

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Required Qualifications:

• Willingness and availability to work overtime as needed or requested
• Understanding of medical terminology
• Skills to understand and implement standards and regulations from various regulatory bodies.
• Skills to interpret and implement hospital, JCAHO, Health Department and Child Abuse Registry standards and regulations
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Minimum one year mental health experience with pediatric population, experience and knowledge about early childhood growth and development, parent-child relational health, and family systems
• Minimum one year experience in health care setting
• Knowledge of and ability to work within a complex health care system
• Excellent organizational skills
• Current Clinical Social Work License issued by the Board of Behavioral Sciences
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to fluently speak, read, and write in English and Spanish
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of University and Medical Center organizations, policies, procedures and forms
• Demonstrated work experience with diverse cultures and low-income populations including homeless

Licenses and Certifications:

• LCSW (Required)

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Closing Statement:

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact UCI's Employee Experience Center (EEC) at eec@uci.edu or at (949) 824-0500, Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.