Clinical Social Worker - Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY 10021
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Licensed Clinical Social Work
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Management
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Job Summary:
We seek a highly skilled and compassionate Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) to join our healthcare team as a specialist in providing support and intervention for patients with chronic pain issues and substance use disorders. The LCSW will be crucial in conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, and coordinating outpatient services to optimize patient outcomes. This position will be instrumental in helping patients achieve optimization for surgery while addressing their mental health and substance use needs.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct comprehensive preoperative assessments on complex pain and opioid-dependent patients as referred by a PSS physician or clinical team
- Complete the intake process, including conducting psychosocial evaluations to determine appropriate interventions for patients presenting with substance abuse and pain catastrophizing
- Monitor and evaluate patients' progress towards their treatment goals, ensuring optimization for surgery
- Perform daily psychosocial assessments on pre and post-op patients referred by pain management providers
- Gather collateral information, assess the patient's support system, and present findings to the healthcare team
- Provide recommendations and preliminary treatment goals and objectives for patients, including referrals for additional SUD screenings and collateral follow-up
- Counsel patients on strategies to achieve treatment goals, particularly post-surgery, and monitor their progress
- Report activities, accomplishments, issues, and concerns to the healthcare team regularly
- Assess patient community resources, including mental health and detox/addiction support, and collaborate with all community stakeholders as needed
- Coordinate patients' follow-up appointments and referrals for treatment post-surgery when necessary
- Conduct family meetings with patients and their families to provide psycho-education and supportive services
- Educate patients and staff on relevant mental health and substance use topics
- Participate in daily staff rounds and debrief meetings
Qualifications:
- Master's degree in social work
- New York State LCSW license
- Knowledge and experience with current laws and best practices for opioid use and treatment of opioid use disorders, and experience working with patients on Suboxone or other medication-assisted therapies for Opioid Use Disorders are required
- Minimum of three years experience working with various mental health issues and treating various psychiatric DSM-5 diagnoses, including personality disorders, PTSD, bipolar depression, and anxiety, and minimum of one year of experience working with substance use disorders
- Strong crisis management and suicide risk assessment skills
- Ability to recognize symptoms of substance use withdrawal and initiate appropriate protocols with medical staff
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Knowledge of relevant laws and regulations related to mental health and substance use treatment
- Experience in interdisciplinary collaboration within a healthcare setting preferred
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- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/ Dialectical Behavior Therapy experience and experience with managing pain catastrophizing anxiety preferred