Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - H Street Clinic

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $115,000 annually

INTRODUCTION :

Central Neighborhood Health Foundation is a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center committed to the Triple Aim as described by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Improving the US Health Care System requires simultaneous pursuit of three aims : 1) improving the experience of care, 2) improving the health of populations and 3) reducing per capita costs of health care. Preconditions for this include the enrollment of an identified population, a commitment to universality for its members, and the existence of an organization (an "integrator") that accepts responsibility for all three aims for that population.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Works in close collaboration with physicians and other health care personnel in patient evaluation and treatment to further their understanding of significant social and emotional factors underlying patient's health problem.

Helps patient and family through individual or group conferences to understand, accept, and follow medical recommendations.

Provides service planned to restore patient to optimum social and health adjustment within patient's capacity.

Utilizes community resources to assist patient to resume life in community or to learn to live within limits of disability.

Prepares patient histories, service plans, and reports.

Participates in planning for improving health services by interpreting social factors pertinent to development of program.

Provides general direction and supervision to workers engaged in clinic home service program activities.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Variations in conditions may occur under certain circumstances.

CONFIDENTIALITY

Maintains patient, employee, and Foundation confidentiality at all times, discussing patient or employee business only with appropriate parties who have a bona fide need to know; and communicating only the minimum amount of information necessary with respect to protected health information (PHI) as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act of 1996 (HIPAA).